WHEN THE WELL RUNS DRY

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Most of you know I love working with clay. After I discovered the artist’s studio here last fall, I started out strong with some definite ideas, but then the well dried up. Now what? One day at the studio, I panicked when I couldn’t decide on a next project. What will the other students think of me if I come up with something stupid? They are all doing professional work. I scrambled through art books looking for inspiration...
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CHRISTMAS IN JULY

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No, I haven’t lost my “marbles.” I know this is July, not December, but let me ask you a question. Is there anyone reading this post who still has Christmas decorations “hanging” around? I keep my Christmas decorations packed away in a trunk, one of those old fashion trunks with brass corners and locks—like I used to have when I was a child. Oh! Except one year a string of lights cascading across my kitchen window took up permanent residence. I had a perfectly good excuse for not taking down the lights...
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WHAT CAN YOU SEE?

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Do you ever look up at the stars on a clear night? What can you see? The Bible has a lot to say about "seeing." Here's a verse: “Without a vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18). I have a different understanding of this verse now at age 74 than I had a few years ago. I used to focus on the word “vision”; something that was far off in the future, yet something hopeful and anticipated. Now...
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