Postcard from Baltimore

I've been here since Tuesday working at the Craft Council's Baltimore Show. Pretty exhausting, but also fun and inspiring because of all the beautiful handmade work. I'm running all the demonstrations and the artists have been lovely. There was a point yesterday when I thought, am I really getting paid to sit here and watch this guy throw pots?!

I'm blogging about the show for American Craft - check it out!

This isn't much of a Postcard from Baltimore really. Although I've been here since Tuesday, sadly I've seen hardly any of the city. I could be in Dallas or LA or the middle of Iowa and pretty much have the same experience of shuttling back and forth from my hotel to the Convention Center. I'm sad to have missed seeing the Walters Museum and MICA, and I haven't eaten even ONE bowl of chowder! Ah, next time...

Can't wait to get home so I can pop up to New Paltz even just for a night to recharge my batteries.

Snow Day!

We got a major snowstorm last week - not quite a blizzard, but a foot of the most perfectly crunchy, packable snow you could ever wish for. Winnie and I met Catherine at the park for a break in the middle of our "work from home" snow days. It was still snowing pretty hard at this point, big wet flakes that completely soaked you. But there were people EVERYWHERE at the park! Making snowmen, having snowball fights, careening down hills on makeshift sleds - it was amazing. Here are some pictures:


Me and Winnie the snow bunny, who went into Crazy Dog mode as soon as we got to the park - rolling around on her back in the snow banks and tearing back and forth between me and Catherine.


Catherine the amazing cross-training athlete skied to the park!

Snowmen galore!


Controlled chaos on the sledding hill.