Busy Hands Homestead

I make lists: to do lists, shopping lists, pro and con lists, why I love Adam list (I made it a few months after we met), I even have a what I will do and not do with my children list that I made the summer after my junior year of high school (and I know exactly where it is).  Maybe this is part of the reason I have always looked forward to making a list of New Years's Resolutions. I love the feeling of starting over, doing better, of the last year being past and a new one just beginning.  When I was younger my New Years's Resolutions were simpler:      I will make straight A's.      I will apply and be awarded enough scholarships to pay for the next school year.      I will do my crunches every morning.      and on and on.. I knew I could attain these.  It was all so much easier when I operated in world that consisted of - well - mainly me.  The only resolution I never managed to fullfill was to ...

I spent the afternoon pouring over pages of old copies of Ceramics Monthly, sketching down the forms and shapes I like, trying to find my own voice. This is a perfect use for the journal a dear friend made for me.   I am so excited to try out some of these ideas during my class tomorrow!