Jobless...

It kinda sucks. Not a little.
Thanksgiving is this week. I have much to be grateful for. Though I am sans employ, I have a marvellous family, a comfortable home, and relatively good health. I have the skills and abilities I have gleaned. Most of all, I have Tara. She has put up with so much from me, and still stays by my side. I am eternally grateful for her. I am thankful for God's attentiveness to my family and my life.

All in all, I would be completely ungrateful to complain about any aspect of my life.

Asking blessings of the kiln gods...

It has become a protracted and amusing joke, the gods of pottery. It started when I was in college, don't remember who it was who was the first... They really have no names or other designations, but they MUST BE APPEASED with sacrifices of... what else? Pottery. The kiln gods are apparently the most flighty of these, as their whims can only, at best, be hoped to be positive for the one firing the kiln. I am going to open the kiln in just a little bit. I am... hesitant. I'm always a little scared to open a kiln and see if the kiln gods have smiled upon me and bestowed upon me marvellous finished wares. We shall see.

UPDATE:

Nothing died! That's a plus. Some things didn't fire out completely though, necessitating another firing later... But that can wait a bit. *whew*!

It finally happened...

My employer decided that I wasn't needed (or wanted) anymore. So now I am unemployed.
It's a scary term, unemployed. There is a sort of foetor hovering about it, always waiting to infuse you with it's reek, covering you with it's miasmic awfulness. While I am NOT sad to put my former employ behind me, I am now in the ranks of those who are in nned of gainful employment. One part of me would love to try and make a go of the "making stuff", but I realize, barring some major unforeseen event, that that is probably not in the cards at this time.
Speaking of stuff, here is a pic of one of my latest creations...

It is a pendant made of black clay with orange glass. The tree that seems to appear was a little gift from the kiln gods. I won't say no to that! It is actually available for sale in (one of) my etsy shop(s):
http://mossbottle.etsy.com
Shop early, shop often!