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Browned Butter Blueberry Muffins

Blueberry Muffins

Today instead of turning up the heat in my kiln, I turned up the heat in my oven and baked a batch of blueberry muffins. We have 7 blueberry bushes on our property that we planted about 8 years ago.  So far this year we have harvested over 50 pounds of blueberries. So it is…

Vacation & My Shoe Dilemma

Stained Glass Flip Flop

Packing for a trip always creates a terrible shoe dilemma for me. I am not a clotheshorse by any means. My wardrobe consists of mostly jeans, casual shirts and tennis outfits. But every season I do like to buy a few key pieces that update my wardrobe. “Snappy casual” pieces as a friend of mine…

Statistically Speaking

Statistics

Do statistics really matter? What exactly are all those Google Analytics telling me? When I first started selling on line in my Etsy shop, I checked my statistics fanatically! Several times a day! Before Google Analytics, I kept a spreadsheet to see what time of day people were looking at my shop. I tried to…

Grumpiness and the Creativity Factor

Birthday Plate

I’ve been a little grumpy lately. And no, it is not because my husband has retired and is home now. Though I would be lying if I didn’t say it is an adjustment. To his credit, he has been doing a good job of respecting my space and time. So having ruled that out, I…

Colon Cancer – An Equal Opportunity Disease

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In February of 1998 I got a phone call from my dad. “Mom is in the hospital. They just operated. She has colon cancer.” I was stunned. What!? How can that be? I just talked to mom two days ago and she was fine! Mom had a few bouts of abdominal pain in the past…

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