Lest I go into the ditch. Hurricane Irene and winter had not been kind.

March in Layton means mud season for the mud slinger.

This tuffy tom wormed his way into the studio and my heart while I was at PVC. He and a squirrel who would sit and gnaw on the antlers above the studio door every day at noon were my only companions.

PVC ceramic studio equipment rock! Huge ass kicking slab roller made life very easy. I was a voti making factory.

Jack's mom passed away the same week my Grandma did, the first week of my residency. I made this voto for him.

"You raised an amazing son."
Jack is one of those souls who loves everyone, everything and every minute of every day. There are not enough people in the world like him.

This is a voto I made for my friend Ellen who had uterine cancer. Unfortunately she passed away in 2013. She was a wonderful, happy, positive, active spirit and I miss her dearly. She introduced me to Richard Einhorn, my favorite contemporary composer, who's work "Voices of Light" I listened to the entire time I made my cathedral series.