A little about why I’m here.

Might as well make this post starting with my cats. I’m obsessed with these purple toe beans and everyone should know it.

This little kitty is Xavia and she actually covered herself up and I just found her this way. She’s the offspring of a little dilute calico cat my oldest son took away from a group of guys at in a parking lot when he was still in college. He didn’t know what their intent with her was but he brought her straight to me. She had her kittens prematurely almost 4 years ago and is sleeping beautifully beside me right this moment, comforted I’m sure knowing she’ll never go through that again. The “kittens” are sleeping too but not anywhere near her. Because she’s a little psycho. But so are they.

I’m Angela. A full time potter, I love to cook, my cats, my wife, and making pottery. I own and operate a small one woman operation in Morehead Kentucky USA and sell world wide from Etsy.

I recently left Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok because I’m sick of dealing with the egocentrism of social media and people just being fake all the time. I’m tired of making exceptions for them and this way, I might make friends along the way but there are no demands or expectations that I’m uncomfortable with or shady people skulking in the background just waiting to see if I fail.

So.

Thank you for joining me here and I look forward to seeing your posts.

Toe beans!

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So dry….

I started writing this on Saturday morning, early, even before the sun rises in the sleepy hills of Kentucky. The kiln is firing and the cats are being wild. Aside from the occasional hiss or growl though, the only sounds are the water fountains and the click click of the kiln elements heating up. I find I’m struck with a profound sadness, reading an article where William Shatner went to space and speaks of the death of our planet. I know it to be true and the inability to do anything outside of the little things that seem to not even be relevant, recycling, not being wasteful, cautiously spending, as well as cautiously and thoughtfully creating… Is frustrating at best. Irony in someone creating ceramics to sell online and shipping worldwide saying these things? Perhaps. In a consumer driven society, groceries still have to be purchased, cat food and bills still have to be provided and paid for. I tell myself, at least ceramic products are sustainable and reusable. They serve a purpose. It’s also something I’m passionate about, so that helps the justification. I’m not here to sell anything to you. I’m just having a conversation with myself essentially. The overwhelming sadness was just so much and I needed to voice it. A friend sent me the image and quote a few days ago and it’s relevant in my mind. I’ll try to be more upbeat in my next post.