We had a severe thunderstorm last night, and knocked down the tree. During the wind and downpour, I went out to close the umbrella on the patio, and noticed the tree laying there. As we saw it from the outside, it landed on our cars. My thought, not the front hood of van again, a week before the show… I slowly pruned the branches and releasing the cars from them, and finally be able to the pull back. We are surprised to learn there aren’t even any scratches on both cars. It took us three hours to clear around the parking space, and decided to end the day. We need to hire some professional. But, in all we are very lucky, the tree does not damage anything. If it came down 10 inches in left or right, it was the different story.


I had another good firing and there were no seconds, two in rows.

Driving to the studio today, I saw the fright car parked over the bridge. It looked like the airplane body. It was turbine blades for the wind power. The fright car looked very long. It was a very unrealistic view. Great to know someone is building the wind farm.
Fired the kiln yesterday. I peeked.


Snowing hard today. It is April, and this is really depressing after all this snowy winter… Come on.
I threw my hips last week while mincing onions. Go figure. I went to see my chiropractor, and he re-arraigned everything, and my left fingers. Now the left finger’s pain is back after three days. I now something related to my spine or nerves. Maybe the time pay a visit my doctor, maybe next week. I am going to glaze for next three days, and firing. So I will be off from the wheel for 5-6 days. That would be good rest for my fingers. Will see.
As for Japan, the earthquakes continue. This is very unusual to have this many a day almost one month after. The area of epic center is expanding, so the massive movement by the original earthquake left lots of strains to surrounding area. Fukushima nuclear plant. I am still folowing the news conference everyday. I do not think we found anything what going on around the reactor after one month, but massive radiation so nobody can access. This is going to be a long contamination to the world. I am sorry.