It's so much easier to just show them in bulk. If you see, you like and you want to buy (like ANYONE wants to buy anything in this market)...
Visit Sibbotery if you'd like. If not, send me love notes. I like those, too.
New items have been posted on the Sibbotery Etsy page. If you are so inclined, please don't hesitate to come on over and shop around. There's also a sale going on items remaining from 2008.
Thanks as always for letting me bore you with these updates!
Happy Inauguration Day.
Fly Eagles Fly
On the road to victory
Fly Eagles Fly
Score a touchdown 1,2,3
Hit'em low
Hit'em high
And watch our Eagles fly...
Fly Eagles Fly
On the road to victory!
E-A-G-L-E-S
EAGLES!!!!!
That about sums up my thoughts for this day.
Today's experiment in futility was attempting to file Mecca's nails with the infamous PediPaws. I followed the instructions (including the introduction period)...and as I suspected, Mecca would prove to be a worthy adversary.
Twenty minutes, lots of wrestling and struggling...we managed to get 1.5 nails done. And we both live to fight another day.
At this rate, by the time I get through all the nails, it will be time to trim them again. But it still might be worth it.
Emphasis on "might."
An era can be considered over when its illusions have been exhausted. - Arthur Miller, American playwright.
Every thing, one and place has its reason and purpose. Each interaction it seems is a lesson in what is...and what is not real. We're on a journey like Alice, there is no sense denying it. I think half of our journey is spent just trying to figure out if we are the character in a tale, or the writer himself/herself. Once we find the delicate balance of ownership and acquiescence, we get down to the real meat of what's going on in our lives.
"Back to life...back to reality..."
This is the first real work week after the holiday and I'm trying to get back in the rhythm of busy work days and creative evenings. I fared the season pretty well I think. My moments of melancholy came and went. I laughed. I cried. I celebrated. I mourned. I remembered all of 2008 and dared to dream for 2009.
I don't do resolutions. I know life doesn't work on a schedule. I do however, commit to growing this year, as I did last.
Back to work.
It is beautiful outside in Austin today. Beautiful enough for me to go out poolside, hang myself upside down by the waters edge and snap today's shot.
I realize with vertigo and a wrist brace, this might not have been wise...but it keeps me young.
"Man. I haven't spoken to you since last year." I just have not had my eyes on the blog prize, now have I?
Well, that's not completely the truth. I am working on a new website for my pottery stuff and that will include blog content that I'll likely cross post here because, well...vox is like a friend and I don't do well with leaving quality friends behind. I might not be here like I was when it was all fresh and new, but I will always be around. I'll share the site link later - but for now it's still under construction and I don't want to bore you with the details.
So um...what's new?
Novel found it's plot shift. Finally.
Well, we have a new year and I found a breath of fresh new air for my novel. Translated, that means I had a great epiphany about an area within the plot that's been causing me grief for nearly six months. I'm trying to nurse that epiphany to the completion of this albatross about my neck work so that I can move forward and actually go about *gasp*...seeking to publish it. Nag me about this in three months will you? There's still writing to be done and I don't even want to THINK about editing.
Pottery
Pottery has been taking more and more time and I'm excited about that. I have two additional classes I'm going to be taking this winter, one targeting glazing and the other called, "Finishing the Pot." Etsy should be be reloaded soon and of course I'll bore you with updates on that. And don't forget there's that new site coming soon.
365 Days of Face.
Since I know my blogging will likely slow a bit this year, I've taken up the 365 photo challenge that floats around flickr. I tried it once before and quickly grew bored with looking at myself. However, I want to honor my commitment I made to an incredible friend - so I intend to see it through in '09. I'll be sharing some of those here when I can't think of anything else to do they are particularly amusing.
Social Media Work and Play.
I tried to avoid it, but it appears I'll have to spend a lot more of time in '09 using social media for my alter ego existence as a marketing person. It's funny, the more I use it for those purposes, the less I tend to use it for my own. I'm trying to strike a balance, but so far, work is winning. Perhaps it's because I don't get paid for play.
At least, not entirely.
So that's all the news that is fit to print. Til next time I hope you do three things:
1. Don't fret about the economy and the state of the market. Fretting makes messes, not solutions. Whatever will be, will be and you better believe there's some rhyme or reason for it all that is bigger than you or I.
2. Make a commitment to a random act of kindness for someone you don't know.
3. Experience at least one of your heart's desires.
