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For the first 3 months back home I have not done any pottery and I am really sad about it. I am busy working and making a living and it seems to just take right over. Leaving your home for 4 months does have a big impact and it has taken me this long to get back on track. I went straight from intense Haliburton to an intense working schedule.

Then I win a design contest and we decide to go to Cuba for 2 weeks just to see the sunshine after all that snow and to rest. I slept an amazing amount of time and I felt really refreshed. It also gave me time to think about what I want and how to go about it. Can I set up at home? How do I do it. What do I need?

We are very lucky where we live and the people we share land with. We rent a 3 bedroom cabin and what was my office for the last year will become my studio. They are very supportive about it and Steph doesn’t mind my office in the living room so we are going to give it a try. A kiln house will be build outside and we’ll figure the glazing part out later. For now a wheel and a kiln will do. We buy the kiln on the way back from the airport and a day later I find a wheel. I trade time for a wedging table and feel on top of the world. We put vinyl on top of the carpet in that room and set up a water system outside to clean my stuff. The electrician puts in the proper lines & outlet and I phone the kiln guy that I am ready for the delivery.

Then I go back to work because I need to pay for all of this and a month goes by again.
It is May and I have not done a thing yet. But I can feel that I am getting there. Somewhere anyway.