Gertrude Stein and why I name my cars

When Gertrude Stein was an ambulance volunteer during World War I, she named her small Ford truck “Aunt Pauline.”   A Gertrude Stein fan, I too name my cars.   I have several GS favorite quotes… but this one always makes me...

Ceramic art at its best

Last night I had a dream… no, not nearly as prophetic and genius as Martin Luther King… mine was just a random dream where I was having a conversation with a girl I went to high school with. Usually I ignore, suppress, neglect my dreams… but this one...

11-11-11…apophenia? Or just plain fun!!!

Okay, so I admit I get caught up in apophenia, a cool word which means that people attach meaning to random patterns. And I do think the fact that today is 11-11-11 is cool. So, this morning at 11:11 on 11:11:11, I smiled… just because. I love the number eleven,...

Two months of every day blogging

I set a goal for myself to blog every day until my book comes out. That’s three months of blogging. (Did I see myself five years ago, using the word “blog” three times in a sentence? NO!) Look, perhaps people who have limited imaginations, limited themes and limited...