12/9/14 - WAKE UP!!!!

[mnhermit]

G'mornin' - tired a' waitin' on y'all to start the daily. Windy and rainy here on dog island, chores are gonna be a pain. Have a great day.

[coachdoc]

Wha... It's ugly outside and better in bed.

[Dub]

Rehearsing today. We're preparing for a Christmas show at the Iowa Theatre Artists Company in Amana this weekend. Shows Friday night, Saturday afternoon and evening with an extra performance Sunday evening at Sharon Center United Methodist (SCUM) Church.

Y'all take care.

[Doug]

I'z here 
Warmer than yesterday

[Deleted]

Morning

About time you lazy crowd got up and going.

[coachdoc]

Well, that sucked. Made it to work on time in spite of the freezing rain, and my first three patients were cancellations.

[John B]

Dec 9, 2014 9:58:41 GMT -5 coachdoc said:

Well, that sucked. Made it to work on time in spite of the freezing rain, and my first three patients were cancellations.

Isn't the preferred term "deceased"? Geez, doctors and their jargon...

[Lonnie]

Yeah, if dere vasn''t deceases, doctors vouldn't haff yobs.

More coffee, please.

[majorminor]

Morning - warming up and getting "melty" around here during the day and refreezing at night. Always makes the first step on any sidewalk or parking lot a bit of an adventure. Looks like Sandy will get the tree up this week but I don't think any of us are particularly feeling it - been a long year.

[dickt]

The frozen stuff stayed north and west of here. Home today and maybe feeling well enough to work on cigar box guitar #2. Oncologist visit tomorrow after six weeks of this chemo drug. No scan, just blood work to see if this stuff is frying my liver

[coachdoc]

Geez, Dick. That is tough. Your matter of fact attitude is admirable.

[millring]

Two nice stories from fellow potters on facebook this morning:

Towards the end of a long busy 2nd day of my local studio tour show a woman stood at my booth admiring my work.

As there was an absence of customers I approached her and we immediately connected as if we were old friends picking up from where we left off after a long separation.

Now I don't know if you've ever encountered such an experience but we found ourselves yapping away. She confided in me that she is a 2 year cancer survivor and gave details about it plus the personal upheaval that occurred at the same time.

At that moment I knew I had found the recipient of my gift to a person in need. I had decided to do this while I was packing pots for the show several days earlier. I even taped a note on the piece last week which stated "For a person who needs it" This piece wasn't perfect so I hadn't planned to sell it but it was beautiful even with several small flaws.
What I also found odd was that about an hour earlier I had noted that the recipient had not shown up & it didn't look good since it was about an hour from the end of day 2 of the 3 day show.

So I told her "I have a gift for you." Her face reflected how stunned and touched she was and I was very moved by her response. I showed her what I had written on the piece and removed the wrapping. She was clearly blown away and when I said it has a few flaws she replied "So do I and that's perfect."

I wrapped it up and gave it to her.

I have to add that this experience was as much a gift to me as my kindness was to her. –Gail Bair

I went to a Christmas party Saturday night and, of course with a pottery exchange gift, The gentleman that ended up with my mug didn’t seem to appreciate the time, effort or significance of value in something handmade from the heart. Anyway, my husband came to my defense and attempted to explain to him what "pottery" was. LOL. But next to the gentleman sat another gentleman that recognized the mug material and inquired out loud. Who made this? I replied. He said, "well i have a whole bunch of pottery clay, tools and stuff

in my garage that belonged to my late wife that you can have if you want it."

Have you ever known a potter to turn down clay or anything to do with pottery for free? Well my husband drives the 40 miles today to pick up my treasures and puts them in the garage for me. When i got home from work, I went to the garage and immediately started looking thru the boxes. Still haven't found the clay, but what I found was priceless. It was a small notebook filled with her notes and glaze recipes in her own handwriting. Also, in that box was a ton of brushes in good shape, My inquisitive part of my mind prompted me to pick up my tablet and do a quick search on fb. There she was, in pink with a hat on and a big smile. A human face to reference the notes and brushes too.

Perhaps the meaning behind this is to push me harder to learn more or be more creative. I'm not sure, but whatever it is, I sure hope i dont fail this amazing lady that decided to give me her gifts!

Amazing how angels work. -Becky Burnett-Gurley

[t-bob]

I need coffee... I am walking to the Coffee Roaster.

[Cornflake]

Good morning. I thought we'd cancelled Tuesday. It's still warm here, 50s-70s, but next week it should be a more normal 40s-60s. Enjoy your day.

[Hobson]

Found out on FB that my best friend from childhood died this morning. The surprise is that she lived 4 years after being diagnosed with COPD instead of the one year that was expected. She had such a positive attitude that we never knew how bad things were. I'm putting off telling Mr. H as we're about to go get his two wisdom teeth extracted. He doesn't need anything else on his mind.

[coachdoc]

Wonderful stories, John.

[billhammond]

John -- Those are lovely stories, thanks for posting them.

Cold here, gray. I ran the nightside news editing ops last night and get to do that again tonight, then it's three days of lesser worker-bee duties that I actually enjoy, so I'm looking forward to that.

[drlj]

I forgot to sign in. Thank you for the many calls, notes, and letters of concern. I am glad I was missed but I simply did not think to say "good morning" today and, since it is dark out and very night-like, there is no sense in posting now. There is always tomorrow.

[millring]

Dec 9, 2014 18:24:48 GMT -5 drlj said:

I forgot to sign in. Thank you for the many calls, notes, and letters of concern. I am glad I was missed but I simply did not think to say "good morning" today and, since it is dark out and very night-like, there is no sense in posting now. There is always tomorrow.

Oh, were you gone?

[drlj]

I was just negligent in my posterie, which is the act of posting, as my fellow English majors know.
I regret causing so much worry.