Good Morning.

Thank you Mike at Studio Sales Pottery in Avon, NY!! Not only did Mike make me up a special batch of his tried and true kiln wash, like every great potter he did a 'show and tell' session in his studio and helped me better understand the problems I was having in my own. And, as usual, I went down there with additional questions, which he very patiently answered. He is such a great resource!

Now, the only problem is......Mike also kinda put me in a panic about my upcoming show. Not in a bad way - just a 'you gotta load of stuff to get done before October' way. I think my brain was on overdrive after that - I laid awake thinking about it all last night til after 2am. The best, though, was when Diana (who took this pic of me driving, btw) shows up at my door after going home from our roadtrip with a complete bulleted list of the 'highlighted' action items Mike brought up regarding prep for my show! If thats not friendship, I don't know what is! I think she could visibly see my semi-meltdown on the way home from Avon and just had to do something! Thanks Diana (and sorry in advance for the crazy B you're going to have to tolerate over the next, oh, 30 - 40 years!)

BTW - kiln washed last night - already can see its gonna work! yea!!

on to my day...