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Olympics - A Potter’s Take

These have got to be the first Olympics - winter or summer - that I have watched with any interest.  Why is that?
Could it be that they are the first ones I can remember that have successfully instilled (or resurrected) some sense of national pride in the majority of Canadians?  I’ve always been a nationalist.  [...]

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Yesterday was a “Snow Day”

 
Yup, yesterday was a “Snow Day” here on Prince Edward Island.  For those of you who don’t know what a snow day is… an official “Snow Day” such as yesterday is when practically EVERYTHING in the whole province shuts down, or at least either opens late or closes early.  I mean government offices, banks, garbage [...]

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Trade Shows? - Check

Well we’re all finished up from the hustle and bustle of doing both the PEI Buyer’s Market in Charlottetown and the Atlantic Craft Trade Show in Halifax, and now it’s time to get down to the business - or should I say continue on with the business - of producing a mountain of functional pottery [...]

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Windy, snowy, rainy…

Hello Pottery Fans,
It’s a cold and rainy Friday night and I’m in a van heading for Greenwood Nova Scotia while Cindy & Elly are taking care of business in Summerside at the Three Oaks Christmas Craft Sale.  You’ll never know how bumpy the Trans Canada Highway could be until you’ve tried to type something at [...]

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The end of October?

Hello all,
It seems a real surprise to me when I consider the fact that October is nearing the end and November is right around the corner. What ever happened to June?
We’ve had a temporary visitor at the Studio over the past few days - well OK, a couple visitors, but we won’t count the mouse [...]

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Alright Already !

Heee heeee… I told you I would get to adding an update and here I am.  So, I was filling you in on the “goings on” at ROTB World Headquarters since I last posted waayyyyyyy back in March.
We were very fortunate to add 2 team mates to our bunch in the early summer.  Jacqui Green [...]

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WOW !

Holy WOW !
I enjoyed a whole lot of good information sessions during the PEI Craft Forum today and part of it was about blogs and the usefulness of blogs in marketing Craft.  I figured I was probably a couple months behind on this thing but NOOOOOOOOO.  I haven’t made an entry since wayyyyyy back in [...]

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Happy Spring

Hi again and thanks for stopping by the ClayBlog.  Spring is here… at least the calendar says so.  Snow last night, frosty windows this morning… doesn’t say “spring” to me at all.
Wow we finally got a load of clay into the studio.  Cindy - the sneaky bugger - just happened to show up to help [...]

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March already?

It seems almost unbelievable that March is already half-way done and spring is only a few days away. Where did February go?
We’ve been rockin in the studio for the past while… Elly is whip crackin, Cindy is finishing up 2 long-term projects with Seniors in Summerside and up in Alberton while getting ready to fly [...]

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We’re Back !

Well we made it back from Halifax safe and sound, of course not as scheduled thanks to another storm on the 31st / 1st.  We were enjoying our meal at The Stonewall when Jack received a call from Air Canada asking if it would be OK to reschedule their flights to the 2nd.  Needless to [...]

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