Grit in the Gears

I am the grit in the gears, the missing bolt, I am the poker of sticks into spokes. I like to know how things work, but sometimes when I take them apart and rebuild them, I have a few pieces left over. I am a man, so I tend to leave reading the instructions until after it goes wrong. And like all men I have a comprehensive mental map of the world and never need to ask directions. I never get lost, only sometimes I'm late, or end up in the wrong place entirely. It's what we do.

Saturday, 18 April 2009

In The Kitchen, by Penelope Shuttle

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IN THE KITCHEN A jug of water has its own lustrous turmoil The ironing board thanks god for its two good strong legs and sturdy back The new...
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009

"Eve of Destruction"

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In 1965...... Vietnam: 3,500 U.S. marines are the first to arrive there. Rioting in Selma Alabama, beatings, hatred, murder, Malcolm X assa...
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Friday, 10 April 2009

Skydiving in High Heels.

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This was on The Sisterhood of the Pointy Heel 's blog. However, I don't think anyone goes there any more, and updates are few and ...
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Tuesday, 7 April 2009

A Puzzling Jug

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In my archive of pots from way-back, but unfinished, is this puzzle jug . Ever since potters began to play with clay, they were playing t...
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Monday, 6 April 2009

A Jug

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I think I can out-procrastinate most people. This pot, I made in about 1992?, I plan to fire it some day. Builders had started on a new hous...
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Mick Casson, "The Craft of the Potter" (BBC-1974)

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In 1976, the BBC made a series called "The Craft of the Potter", it was presented by the late Michael Casson, (1925-2003), a truly...
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Sunday, 5 April 2009

Red Iron Oxide

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Sitting on 10 micron filter cloth, water dripping out. Red iron oxide is a very useful thing to potters, and of course, to many others. ...
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Thin or Thick Sir?

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