Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Finally, Some Fame, Where's the Fortune?:

Hello everyone. I can now say that I am an award winning blogger. Ok, it's the Liebster Award which is kind of like the chain letter of awards but it looks good on the resume.
I need to answer a bunch of questions then pass it on to other bloggers.This is going to involve a lot of back and forth or clip and paste so I'm just going to tell you a bunch of personal info and it may not all be warranted to be true.Then I'll show a few new pots.

I was born in 1950. That makes me 35 years old, 6ft 6in tall and 175 lbs.

I have been married to my wife Tina for 37 years.

I have a full head of hair and an IQ of 182.

We have 2 kids. Our son Ben is in NYC where he runs a Global Brand Strategy company.The kid's a branding guru and old Dad is just stumbling through trying to peddle his pots.Our daughter Kate teaches art in Charlotte and makes jewelry. She has been awarded a paid semester at the McColl Center for the Arts to pursue her own work. And she is featured in a show opening there this weekend.

I am a retired teacher of multi handicapped children. I worked with older teens and young adults and taught a lot of daily living and transition to work skills. I was also dept. chair at a large high school.

I don't know what you all are complaining about, I sell out at every show I do.

Most of the potters that I try to emulate (see I did go to college) have been influenced by English country pottery.

When I read Ceramics Monthly I feel like I'm the only one who knows the emperor has no clothes.

Politically I am to John Boehner's left and Nancy Pelosi's right but try to get along with everyone.

One of my favorite workshops was the Carolina Clay Matters winter workshop with Mark Hewitt a few years ago and if Judy will comment with this years offering, I may come down again.

Most of the music I like was written before 1940 and played by string bands, fiddlers, and banjo pickers in the mountains of Appalachia.

I think that is 11 facts. I will pass this on to other deserving bloggers soon. Here are some pots including Mitt Romney's piggy bank.





7 comments:

  1. Very pretty pots, and you are not alone, I see that Emperor with no clothes on every day it seems!

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  2. Married at 2- good deal!
    Love the facts...(?) you are always a good read.
    My smile of the day.

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  3. I'm lookin for even a small fortune they can keep the fame, love that last pot. I was born the same year so I am the same age but subtract one foot and 75 pounds. Ha.

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  4. I am still waiting for the cash from this Liebster Award... maybe it comes as an end of year bonus.
    ... have the "fact checkers" weighed in on your answers yet?

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  5. Yes Michele, I checked all the facts myself and they are still exactly as I wrote them. They're on the internet so they must be true.

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  6. The Carolina Claymatters Winter Workshop is February 16 & 17th. Ellen Shankin is our presenter. No other info is available and the applications haven't come out yet.

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  7. Thanks Judy. Sign me up. I love her stuff.

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