why yes, that is a pot....

[liminal_space]

on the first day of 2024, i threw two pots under the eagle-eye kid who was trying to teach me how to center clay. first pot? thick sides and not much more than a cylinder. second one? uncentered AF, ended up collapsing at the end of the whole thing, but i was getting a feel for the clay again and one side had beautifully thin walls. wooooo. :) i'm going to shoot for 2x a week for pottery and see where i end up at the end of january. 

last night was very low key and nice. we talked on discord with far away friends, had some cider at midnight, and i was asleep by 12:30 or so, i think. the real star of 12/31 was the homemade focaccia and creamy mushroom soup we had for dinner. we put fresh mozz, basil, tomatoes, and fig jam between split bread and it was sublime. SUBLIME. the soup was really tasty, too — kid wasn't a huge fan, but mister and i loved it....plus, it was very (very) healthy, so counterbalanced the decadence of the bread. 

a few of you have asked about the focaccia and i really want to share the recipe with you, so am planning on doing that (with the notes — because the notes are vital!) this week sometime. if you want to make it, you'll need bread flour (make sure the protein is at least 12%) because AP just won't cut it. 

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putting 2023 to bed in a completely new home and totally strange land feels unsettling but also right. i've been working on worrying less with mixed results — but i'm doing better with that specific challenge and that's all one can hope for. *nod*

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we have snow on the ground, but it's fake snow and i'm not impressed. i even rolled my eyes at it, which may or may not provoke the universe into saying, "ok, hold my beer." o.O it is also quite cold and i did not roll my eyes at that — last night, when we were coming into the studio, the metal of the door knob sort of freaked me out because i now GET that whole scene in /a christmas story/ where flick puts his tongue on the pole and it sticks. metal that is THAT cold bites. o.O 

today is just about being relatively lazy — we cleaned a little, mister took down the christmas decorations in the house, and hopefully this week the outside lights will be down: i don't like when christmas overstays its welcome. 

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so what about resolutions for 2024? there are things i want to do more of and things i want to do less of. that sums them all up. =D

one of my FB friends cracked me up — she posted over 25 entries yesterday of memes, FB shares, and quotes from authors she's never read, all of which were uplifting and motivational. interspersed was the promise she was limiting all online posting and scrolling for 2024 because it was just too much for her. 

today she's posted 14 times. lol

i messaged her to ask how the great FB departure of 2024 was going and she told me to eff off. dang, i miss her. 

it was all in good fun, but i do know how wonderful it is to get off of FB and instagram and all the other social media platforms and take back your life. at least it was wonderful for me. 

right now, i'm on fb maybe 3x a week for maybe 3 minutes each time. it works and it works well. instagram is another story, because i have trained that thing to only show me animals being cute. =D right now it thinks — and is right — that i am in love with talking parrots. 

:( 

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i started my first book of 2024 — "desperation" by stephen king. now, no matter what you may think of mr. king's literary talent, you just can't argue that the man can tell a story and has a style that is, while not lyrical, rhythmic and musical in a staccato sort of way. i tend to enjoy his work best when i don't want my brain to work too much and just want to get lost in weird worlds. this book is actually uncomfortable and squirmy to me — it's making me anxious! o.O i may have to put it aside, but that doesn't bode well for my reading the rest of the year. 

then again, life's too short for books that make you squirm when you're not in a squirming mood, right? 

shh. 

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so, yeah. happy new year, gnomies. 

Comments

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

I have a friend from 3rd grade who recently added me on Facebook. She too posts obsessively, but it is all photos of her arrangements of dinner, flowers, and cake? I know there is SOMETHING going on there, one doesn't post 30 photos of the same meal on FB if everything is going ok.

Glad the bread was a success. I am looking forward to the recipe.

[severina2001.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year! Glad that you had a peaceful (and yummy) end of 2023. And super interesting that you're getting into pottery.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Happy New year.

[howlin-wolf-66.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year! ❤️

[namastaybaybay.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize how much time I had on my hands since I cut my time down drastically.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

...which may or may not provoke the universe into saying, "ok, hold my beer."

LOL

Happy New Year!

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

facebook is so....strange.

the recipe is super easy! go get that bread flour and have it ready!

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

i was actually going to do a double major with art/art history my 2nd one — so i played in clay before and loved it soooo much. i'm really excited to see what i make. i never really liked working on the wheel that much, but i'm hoping that changes.

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

you too, my friend.

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

and a big one back at you. it's like happy new year ping pong!

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

that's great!

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

=D i feel like i'm being lulled into a false sense of complacency. lol

[honor-reid.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year!

Thats awesome that you are getting back into pottery. That meal does sound delicious.

If the book isn't working for you maybe just do a soft dnf and put it down for now and come back to it when you are in the mood.