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DEAR READER, Reader Dear, I've been too busy to blog!   (It's a patent falsehood, but it sounds so much better than the truth.  And...I have been scampering around a bit, getting my pottery pieces [those that sat dejectedly in two grocery bags in a corner of my attic for a number of years] all ready to go into a wood-fired kiln!]

It's something I'll get to experience for the very first time--the loading and firing up of a wood-burning kiln.  And that, Reader Dear, gets me fired up!*
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*You're guaranteed to hear more later.**
**That's no falsehood.


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