Obama talks now of true equality, of how all the dreams are true and anything is possible.
With the same breath he says gay people are now second (or third or fourth) class citizens not worthy of equality.
To address this in my personal life, from this point forward, "marriage" will be a non-entity. I will no longer recognize a marriage. If someone has a partner with whom they choose to live their life fine A couple is a couple. but marriage no longer exists. It is the only real way to make it all even. and for those that awarded me my new found status as not fully human? You are not friends, nor family. "I know you not, go with the goats".

no pictures but soon.

I decided to finally figure out how to make my ow spindle hooks as the company I get the pre-made "cup hooks" has changed how they make theirs to the point that I can't use them.

ERGO, new hobbies on the way. First you buy a single round nose pliers. Then you ask shop keeper about wire jewelery. You buy several wonderful books and supplies (several more types of pliers, draw plate, wire etc.. Stop in local bead store for more ideas and to check out closures for hopefully soon to be made wire jewelery, buy more books because you haven't made the wire stuff to figure out what size closure you need.

On the way home, stop in art glass store to check out types of glass you saw in the bead store. Sign up for introductory bead making class.... buy even more books. Eye glass kiln and think of where to put it at home.. Go to another glass store, see more kilns. Sign up for glass fusing two day workshop. Think about the glass spindles and handles I can make once I learn techniques.

see other classes but run while the credit card is still alive.

I will keep you posted and maybe have some lame pictures of first attempts in the following weeks... --- oooo! a marble making class... fused bowls and support spindle dishes...............

Ok, a couple things have changed, as you can see, I have remodeled the "avatar" home, a bit more cozy and the fireplace is nice in the chilly winter or even the cool spring nights.

The picture is my proudly, newly created first "cheddar cheese". Took an evening to make it, two days to press it to shape and when it finishes drying (a couple days) it will be waxed proper and put in the cheese cave for about four to six months for gentle aging. If all goes well, then just after Independence day, I should have a nice mellow sharp cheddar for eating, or maybe I'll wait till fall. If it doesn't work, I will have a two pound lump of bad milk LOL.

I think I will try Parmesan next. I have also done mozzarella and it was WONDERFUL. Fresh made cheese is soooo, different.

Put the cylindar attachment on the laser today to try it out...
Not bad. And I found out just how nice shoe polish can be-- but not near my trainees!
Two cylindars of bamboo, about 10 inches tall engraved almost the way round -- not all because the slope of the natural tube is too hard to figure to make things meet nice.
This is fun.