Dreams come and go......

Seems you always wake up from a dream, don't you. Well, last week I had to wake up from mine. I haven't posted in a long time because I was too busy, fixing up my studio, building clients, going to shows, selling work and just enjoying every day as a real potter. But last week Frank came home from work without the wonderful job he had that morning and life took a turn.

I'm still busy making pottery, but not have to look at it mainly as a way to bring in income. The fun pieces have to wait, I'm booking show after show to sell as much as possible knowing that if I don't bring in enough, I have to go look for a real job again. But I did have to cancel one show. It was for a small fun one in Idaho Falls. I was using it as an excuse to go see Izzy but with airfair and knowing I would not make enough to cover expenses, well, I had to cancel. That hurt. More than anyone will ever know. But dreams can come again...
Unfortunately, as far as going back to teaching, education here is laying off teachers faster than the oil field is laying off engineers. So where do I go - not sure what I can do.....
So, I make more pots, more buttons, bowls, cups, work on the business end to get my work out to the public even more. So back to the mud for now.....