Miss Merry~

Yep, life has evened out now. Some of my worst fears came upon me, and whaddya know, I survived, and learned and am the better for it. I've even learned not to be afraid of some of the scary stuff life throws at you because once you ride through some of those things, you come out with more confidence, even when you've gotten a complete ass whippin.

So... off with the structured job and on with the complete fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants mode of life. I've been working on my potting wheel for a while now, I'm glazing like mad, and plan on doing some local shows, and putting my things up on Etsy to sell. I'm trying to keep the basic pots fairly inexpensive and then do some more intricate fine art pieces that may fetch a bit more.

Kept the husband, who turned out to be a winning horse, not one I was going to have to shoot after all. LOVED my job at The Bee, but left when they started to downsize and I was offered a severance and a crack at the free money of unemployment. So now, I've just arranged to swap time worked in the classroom (at my junior college, ceramics studio) for kiln space and access to stains and glazes and the crack at creating my own glaze recipes. I just talked to my art professor this morning and he must be like other teachers... when a student loves what you're teaching, glom onto them!) I start next week. I cannot wait.

I want to make a living doing this.... like a for real living, wages, plus health and life insurance...that's what I want, so now I have to see if I can do it. So if you have tips, or things to sidestep....TELL ME!

And tell me what's been going on with you!

Kate
www.dreamrkate.com