Incredible halt sauce

How to sum up these past couple of months?

Fear.

But also

Focus.

It's encouraging to see the stacks of pottery
sitting on the shelves waiting to be sanded
knowing that this is my best work yet.
That the business is set now to be what I have dreamed it could.
That my schedule of long days of Bus, school, pottery and photography
have not been unfruitful.

But there's been this fear.
that I'll make the same mistakes as in the past
That the whenever the formula for success includes me
the recipe is ruined.
Overcoming that lie will take some time and practice

Tonight's recipe was homemade hot sauce.
I had a large number of hot peppers aging (read as starting to rot)
in my fridge, which I had been avoiding for some time.
I love hot sauces, but had developed this fear of them
believing that somehow I would not be able to handle the spice anymore
Like I've not been able to handle many of the difficult things lately.

Peppers
Water
Vinegar
Salt
Cook, and blend

What could be simpler?
and in the end so marvelously green and delicious
it's first job will be coating on wings.

GREEN WINGS
I think I'll like that.

Ramble ramble

Did I mention my sister Colleen is coming to live and work with me?
So cool.

It's about to explode

Keeping pace with the emergency
that seems to be the plot of this story
the deadline
the headline
themes in a tale of take it too far and not far enough

The act of being willing to sell my home has set my mind
on those things, so many, unfinished.
Don't worry it's about to explode
should be writted on the side the bomb which is my head.
idea after time killing idea.
warfare on the mundane
built up in stockpile
lists of old cold artwar artwork
gleaming in proposition
and dusty in disuse.


And now when surrendur has been embraced,
the rebellion begins.
these armories are breached and the weapons of this war unleached
from the places they have been sucking out life from the nation

A strange post for a strange day
I worked on an art piece I had abandoned long ago
and fell into passion again


Beautifill
Angel discovered doing a photo shoot for a family I know.
Surprising the things you find not looking for.

150 mugs

First 75 of 150 mug order thrown.

Nemiben to Devils Lake

Just back from this year's canoe trip.
It was pretty strenuous at times, but a blast.

We paddled around 30k one day which was epic.
Here are a few picture highlights.

My Schoolhouse home

A few pics of my schoolhouse for Hanna,
Sorry it took so long

Lover of summer. The documentation. 5 weeks at the lake.

I'm back home in a frenzy
feeling like Dorothy
having clicked my heels together
and to my surprise arrived back home
out of a land so beautiful
and as familiar as my heart.

It's like the past five weeks have been a blink
a page flipped by wind,
only the wind was created by waves and swarms of golden dragonflies


who carried in their carapace the colours of our God's love for us.
Pages and pages of children's faces
and places
made sacred by the fact that we walk into them carrying the dwelling of God.
yet still having the abilitiy to profane them if we choose.
It is a wonderful, overlovely gift, our freedom in this life.



And I'm in love with it again.

As the sun grits it's way throught he dirty glass of my studio
and warms my bare back and arm
It is good to be back home.
If only for a short time.

Less than one week then canoeing!

Camp

two and 1/2 weeks at camp
video and photography most days
from 7am to 1am shooting and editing
It's a mix of the hardest I have worked in a long time
and the most pleasure I've had at a job.
Pretty cool
Pictures to come