“Slow” January

“Slow” January

The whole build up to Christmas has been intense, busy, sometimes even stressful. Starting in September I worked hard to build up stock, deliveries in November, kiln failures throughout November and December (still not solved), messing with glazes etc etc. However I...
Between New and Old

Between New and Old

Living in Ireland, we’re amongst the last to welcome the new year in Europe and since we have most of our family ahead on us in time, we generally start wishing well for the new year well ahead of midnight. It is quite funny that according to human convention we...
Circadian Rhythm

Circadian Rhythm

Luckily temperatures have now returned to being mild, but oh boy, a couple of weeks ago it has been extremely cold for December here in Ireland! I happened to spend that time in open air Christmas markets to sell my pottery to the wider public and it has been...
Building stress

Building stress

They say building or restructuring a house is one of the most stressful activities a person can go through… Most of my regular followers know that this summer we moved into our newly renovated house. So far so good. I thought that at that stage, the worst was...
From the other side of the counter

From the other side of the counter

I haven’t written a blogpost in a while as I was extremely busy stocking up for Christmas, getting stocks organized in the shops and getting ready for the Christmas markets I am participating in this year. It is the first year I am actually doing markets. It gives me...