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Paring Down

October 4, 2017 at 9:29 am by Claudia

What did Don and I do before FaceTime? Well, we talked on the phone like everyone else, but since this has been a year of a lot of time spent apart, though late to the game, we have enthusiastically embraced FaceTime. Seeing his face grounds me, as does hearing his voice. He has a great voice. I just finished a session with him before he headed to rehearsal.

On Sunday, the cast flies to New Orleans. They will be teching the show there. Not a bad place to put on a show, right?

Blogging update: Yesterday, after having given it a lot of thought, I deleted the book blog, Just Let Me Finish This Page.

Yes, I did. I hadn’t posted there for 6 months. 6 months! I found I was feeling guilty about it, but not really wanting to maintain the blog. I haven’t been writing as many reviews – just a few lately through TLC Book Tours, and I post those on this blog. There are many books I could review as I get offered advanced copies and I still might review them, but if I do, I’ll do it here.

The fact is, maintaining more than one blog is a lot of work. And I find that I am less and less inclined to do that. Maybe it is related to the fact that I no longer feel any ambition in that arena. (Thank goodness!) I love my blog, and I love posting every day. I am happy with what it now is, and feel no need to get more readers or have it be anything other than my little journal here on the Web. I found myself feeling tremendous pressure to read for the sake of reviewing and then feeling guilty because I wasn’t doing that.

I want to read because I love to read. At my own pace. For myself.

And the blog was linked to this blog on my host and I no longer wanted to worry about spam and hacking attempts or worry that someone would hack into this blog via JLMFTP. It takes too much energy and dealing with that kind of thing on this blog is more than enough.

So, it’s gone. I feel a twinge of sadness, but only a twinge. Since I haven’t posted in so long, you would probably not even notice its absence, but I wanted you to know, nevertheless. And if you do have it on your blog list, you can remove it.

The only reason my other blog, Through a Lens Daily, is still up is because it’s on Blogger and I can just leave it there. I also use it to catch up on other blogs through the blog list on the sidebar. I haven’t posted there in years!

One girl. One blog. And there you have it.

Happy Wednesday.

Madness

October 2, 2017 at 10:03 am by Claudia

The day was beautiful yesterday, crisp and cool and lovely. Don got home a little after 12 noon and we went out for lunch, mowed the lawn, sat in the sun, did some laundry and then it was suddenly 7:30 this morning and I was driving him to the bus station.

Too soon. You’d think we’d be used to that by now but we aren’t. Sigh.

I woke up this morning to the horrific news from Las Vegas. I have no words but to say my prayers go to all who were involved in the incident, to those who are injured, to those who lost their lives and to their families, to the first responders. When will it end?

I’ll wish you a Happy Monday anyway.

Peace.

Morning Glories and Roseville

October 1, 2017 at 9:30 am by Claudia

I got home around 7:30 last night. Yes, a ten hour day for a less than 3 hour run-through. So it goes when commuting from the Hudson Valley. Anyway, it was that time when it was almost fully dark, but the morning glories were still open! I was grateful as they hadn’t opened yet when I left in the morning. I think they like this cooler weather with no late afternoon blazing sun that forces them to close.

This morning:

My cup runneth over. I also saw two robins and blue jay in the bird bath this morning. And I slept in. A nice way to start my Sunday morning.

Don is in the process of figuring out what he needs to bring home and what he’s taking on the tour. Then he will get in the car and drive home to the cottage for his day off. When he leaves tomorrow, he’ll leave the car and go back by bus.

I haven’t purchased any Roseville for a while, partly because of overpricing on eBay and partly because I just naturally seem to slow down after a while. Because I have a nice and varied collection, any new piece has to be something I really want. There are two patterns I really love that are hard to find and usually very pricey: Cherry Blossom and Morning Glory. I’ve had a couple of ‘almost got it’ experiences with Morning Glory, but alas, nothing yet.

But I finally got my piece of Cherry Blossom, which comes in two colors; a brown background and a blue background, actually closer to aqua.

I think you know which one I’ve been coveting.

It was waiting for me when I got home last night. It’s a smallish piece – it measures 5″ across. It’s unmarked, as many of the Cherry Blossom pieces are.

Isn’t it beautiful? I’m so happy to add it to my collection.

I’m struck by how much heavier Roseville pieces (and for that matter, McCoy as well) are than pottery made today. There’s such a solid feeling. This small piece weighs three times as much, for instance, as a similar sized pot made today and sold at Anthropologie or West Elm. Another instance of ‘they just don’t make ’em like they used to.’

Also, that Ohio clay was perfect for pottery.

I’m going to enjoy this day with Don, as I won’t see him for a few weeks after tomorrow. I have booked my flights to and from New Orleans. I’ll be there from the 19th to the 27th. I’m very excited!

Happy Sunday.

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