Getting 401 Organized...

I finally got my 401 folders up. Good news! Our fourth group member has signed on and our group is ready to do our first chat session soon.

Next to find my copy of "On Writing" by Steven King. I already bought it and it's somewhere in my books. I may have to buy another one if I don't find it tomorrow.

Lamott was excellent ("Bird by Bird"). You can tell she has been at writing a very long time. She's not too stuck on herself either. I need to look up who her writer father was. Probably somebody famous everyone else knows.

My puzzles didn't come out right - something about the spacing yesterday. I was going to post them again, but ran out of time today. Tomorrow I do a speech about my life - luckily it only has to be two minutes long! Just watched "Lost" on ABC - some pretty intense mind games seem to be going on. My take: the people are on a different world - on a strange planet, complete with a flying alien beast who can control minds. This would explain why the French girl was never rescued and why the ship's hatch can't be opened. And is the compass broken or is North really in a different place? How fun.

I trimmed one pot (the cut-out candleholder) and mashed the tall candle holder. Then I threw a decent brown clay bowl though, but forgot to put it on a bat so it warped a bit when I used the lifters to get it on my shelf. Diane told me about adding sand to the clay to make it more stable so I'll try that next time. All in all, a very satisfactory work day. It's about time I started back potting; it's like writing. All I had to do is start.

Some more advice from Dr. Judith I just remembered: Don't submit your posts double-spaced - that makes the reader have to scroll too much. I just read the Course Calendar for 401 - there are more assignments there I hadn't noticed at first glance.

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Other news: We saved a lot on insurance today! NOT GEIKO though... Since my daughter Jackie is officially listed as not living here, our car insurance took a deep dive. Mom did some pottery today! I get to wedge clay Saturday too.

Friday: Indian food buffet at the new downtown restaurant! I can't wait! Southern Indian food complete with nan and puris. The spices in Indian food are good for you, including the curry spices.

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Time to make speech cards for tomorrow and check 352, Diversity pages. Read Chapter One today and typed it up. I notice Chucky has made headway on his personal folder in 401. Thanks, Chucky, for putting an "Extra Credit" section on there. I had forgotten to do that.

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