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Creating Character: Working the Clay

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

My husband is a multi-medium artist. One medium is pottery. I enjoy watching him work with the clay and have since he was working with Raku one day and I was helping him quench the pots. You take these red-hot pots out of the kiln and put each one into a small metal...

Are You an Opportunity? Creating One?

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

It is day 4 in our new year. A few days/weeks ago, I did a post that spoke of clusters. Things happening in clusters, actually. That’s holding true for the new year. In the first three days of 2008, I’ve received a lot of messages from people struggling. ...

Happy New Year and Welcome 2008!

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

A new year. A chance for a new beginning, a new direction–a fresh start. Some changes we make will be so welcome, we’ll open our arms and embrace them with enthusiasm and zeal and a “Oh, yes! Finally!” We acknowledge them, accept them into our minds and...

In Memory

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

Theresa Floyd Charlie Through your special gifts so loving shared, you shall be remembered by many–often and fondly. My deepest condolences to your families, friends, fans and all...

Things to Do On New Year’s Eve

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

Today the door closes on 2007. For some it’s been a good year. For others, the best they can say is in short order it will be over. But for the majority of us 2007, like most other years, was a mixture of both. And how we view it largely depends on how we view...

The Sniff Test

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

If it… looks like a skunk, smells like a skunk, acts like a skunk… it’s probably a skunk. Skunks are great for conflict, but not necessarily great for fiction Things happen, or our awareness is drawn to them, in clusters. For the past several days,...