The beginning of the end
For the longest time the termination of a handle has puzzled me. I know how I want to start it but ending it has always been a puzzle. I have added lozenges. I have filled in the crotch. I have pushed up and pushed down. I have swiped, made little heart shapes, actually I have tried so hard I have forgotten all I tried. I'm still trying to end the handle. How can this little detail hold a man's attention for so many decades? Some would say such a simple mind needs no more to confuse it.
Mr. K is out in the garage glazing and loading my gas kiln. It has been over 15 months of solitude in the studio so to have someone here is so fine, so fine indeed.
I need people. I need people that talk art, food, music, books,health and reasonable politics.
How to end it? That question has consumed me the past few days. I wrote a blog post a little while ago entitled "Carpe Diem" live for today. I got word that a long time collegues wife had passed. They were married 47 years, very active and Jean died within 31 days of her diagnosis. She was my kids Montessori teacher and was nothing short of amazing. It brings tears to my eyes to think of my two little gaffers at nursery school graduation all dressed up with cardboard mortor boards and graduation diplomas.
What would you do if you had 31 days to live? Or how about a week? There was a time when I would want to fill the kiln one more time. Now, the temination puzzles me more than the 4 decades of the handle. 
If this were the last night of the world
What would I do?
What would I do that was different
Unless it was champagne with you?
This song by Bruce Cockburn makes me cry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjXttZzZP8I
This is a Newfoundland toast that I often recite:
Here's to it and from it and if you ever get to it for Christ's sake do it!
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We’ve all thought about when our last day on earth will be and what we would do.
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We’ve all thought about when our last day on earth will be and what we would do.
https://www.society19.com/au/things-you-should-do-if-it-was-your-last-day-on-earth/
Michels, Caroll, author
Written for fine artists ready to launch their careers as well as experienced artists who wish to relaunch their careers, How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist, Seventh Edition, an acclaimed guide, empowers artists to take control of their careers to create a fulfilling life and earn a decent income. In this newly revised edition, Caroll Michels continues to demystify the inner workings of the art world and challenge the status quo.
How to Sell Your
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The Handbook For Floundering Creatives To
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If you're brave enough to turn to a darker power in order to improve your life or get something you want, then these six comprehensive steps will guide you through the process of offering your soul to Satan or a lesser demon in exchange for diabolical favours like fame, fortune and power.
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by Steve McDermott
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We surveyed people from around the world, asking how they spend their time and how that matches up to what’s most important in their lives. If you had one week to live, what would you do? Would you do more of that now if you could? Have we got our work-life balance all wrong? Why do our most important priorities – those things we would do in our last living moments – take up so little of our time?
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If you have been keeping in the loop lately, then you have probably heard of the term "Karen" and the negative memes attached to it. While many people see it as a pejorative term aimed at older women, that's not necessarily true. It's more of an attitude check. "Karens" are women who are acting overly entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is appropriate. They believe rules should be broken to accommodate them, or service workers should go to great lengths to get their nod of approval.
While it's okay to speak to a higher-up if something is actually amiss, "Karens" usually complain, or ask to speak to the manager, for malicious reasons (i.e., wanting to get a worker fired because they slightly inconvenienced them, or tapping into their privilege to get their way at the expense of others.) A "Karen" is also someone who would, say, call the police on a Black person who has simply asked her to leash her dog in Central Park.
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With all that cycling you've been doing, have you ever thought
of doing a bicycle tour of France?
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"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
“Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”
In honor of pride month, Mary Oliver (1935-2019) spent half a century in Provincetown Massachusetts with her partner Molly Malone Clark (1925-2005) before moving to Florida.
“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
― Mary Oliver
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Peddle to freedom and adventure out on the road?
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The show will stream on NYC Pride’s Facebook and Youtube on Sunday June 27 beginning at 3:00pm.
Eat the Rich and save the planet.
A.P.
Pick good friends, you'll need them on your journey.
Listen to wise counsel, even if it comes from unlikely sources.
Open and walk through most doors, there is most likely an extraordinary world beyond it.
Pick a quest, then embark on it, it's pretty awesome.
If there is a sword in a stone try pulling it out, even if everyone says you can't.
Be kind to animals, some of them can talk.
Stand up for what you believe, even if you have to face down bad guys. Especially if you have to face down bad guys.
Be heroic, it matters.
C. Paul
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all you need to know!
If you’ve experienced bullying or want to learn about this issue through the eyes of those affected, this project is for you.
The You Will Rise Project was started by Linda Regula and Paul Richmond, two artists who were bullied as kids and who now use their visual voices to speak out about this horrific issue.
https://youwillriseproject.com/