Morning coffee in a gorgeous mug from Darah Lundberg Ceramics. This sensational mug fits perfectly on my Gaggia for a morning cappuccino! I love this mug so much! ❤️

Morning coffee in a gorgeous Chun Blue Round Mug from David PJ Hooker. It is stoneware with layered glazes. This is one of two! Both mugs are fabulous! #pottery #stoneware

Morning coffee in a beautiful earthenware mug in blue and green from Evelyn Ward @evelynward.bsky.social This is such a cheerful mug! Huge fan of Evelyn's pottery. Acquired from Cedar Creek Gallery. #pottery #earthenware

Morning coffee in an exceptional Flat Bottom Mug by Samantha Hostert @shostert.bsky.social . This gorgeous mug is wheel thrown porcelain and silica sand. It's hand carved and soda fired. The colors and carvings are so beautiful! Acquired from Charlie Cumming Gallery. #pottery #sodafired #wheelthrown

Morning coffee in a spectacular mug by Alex Oskie/Loon Ceramics. The mug was made from reclaimed clay & soda fired. There is no glaze on the exterior of this mug, just flashing slip. The colors and markings caused by kiln and soda ash are stunning! #pottery #sodafired

Morning coffee in a Black and White mug by David Johnson Ceramics. I love the shape and colors. It feels silky! Perfect for my 1st cup!

Morning coffee in a stunning and fun Zombie Mushroom sgraffito mug from Rebecca Grant Ceramics. The mug is wheel thrown porcelain. I love it so much! #Pottery #Ceramics #wheelthrown

Morning coffee in a gorgeous Mamo Blue over Yellow Salt Carved Mug from Jon Schmidt Pottery. The purple is matte, and the bottom is shiny. This is a great mug! Gas fired Cone 10.

Morning coffee in an amazing, beautiful sgraffito mug from Terrapin Tile @terrapintile.bsky.social . The Pileated Woodpecker is my favorite bird! I so love all the pottery from Terrapin Tile!

Today's mug was a colorful soda fired earthenware mug by Justin Rothshank @jrothshank.bsky.social . I love this mug. It's beautifully made and the colors are lucious!

Morning coffee in an exceptional crystalline glazed mug from Egenolf Ceramics. I have a few of their mugs and absolutely love each of them. These mugs are beautifully made! And look at the colors!

Morning coffee in a fabulous mug by Ceramics by Court. Love the colors, shape, and feel.

Morning coffee in a superb wheel-thrown sgraffito Flower Doodle mug by Sarah Hui - Truly Sarah Ceramics. The carving is gorgeous!

Morning coffee in a beautiful handmade stoneware mug from Venner Ceramics. It is lovely and holds a lot of coffee.

Morning coffee in an intricate sgraffito Mandala Pattern mug from Felton Clayworks.

Morning coffee in a Komodo Dragon mug by Eileen Sackman!

I got a gadget for myself!

I used to marble paper. Think I am going to take up marbling again.

One more: I have my 4 Akira Satake mugs! They are white and black kohiki. They are so beautiful!

I am probably taking a short break from acquiring pottery until the end of December. We will see though. There are so many talented artists. Surrounding myself with beautiful items important.

Raku tea bowl from Oakley Way Pottery. This is decorative because raku is porous. I have some bowls coming from Oakley Way soon. Honestly, I'm looking at more items.

I picked up a Yunomi and another plate from Dwayne Sackey. I love his work.

I also am thrilled to have acquired this raku vase from Jon Puzzuoli. Part of his 2024 Pride collection.

Three amazing deep red vessels with lids by Zach Dunn. I saw these at a show a couple of weeks ago. I kept thinking about them. The photo does not do them justice.

More pottery: A vase from Hinckley Pottery. Wheel thrown by Jill Hinckley. Porcelain, reduction-fired.

More pottery acquisitions: Two Yunomi from Matthew Hyleck Ceramics (stoneware, Shino, wood ash).

Three beautiful mugs from Pickerelweed Pottery (on Etsy). These are porcelain sgraffito. The Octopus and Loon are gifts. The birch is for me.

And another recent acquisition: an 18oz. Whale Tail Mug from Maine Pottery Co in Stormless Winter! It feels really nice to hold, and the finish is smooth and luxurious.

Stunning plates from Dwayne's Pots. I love them! I've ordered another plate and a yunomi. Pictures when they arrive.

OK, I'm bringing out the big guns to test Bluesky engagement😀 Repost & follow to be in the draw! One randomly selected person will get this signed (& dedicated) copy of the Locked Library special edition of THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN.

My latest pottery acquisition: a beautiful bowl by Erin Killian from Maryland.

I did not buy any pottery yesterday. I did by a little piece of art titled 'Approaching Storm' by Jim Kopler.

Today's pottery acquisition. All by Zach Dunn. The mug is a gift. The vases are for me.

Favorite hopepunk novels, etc? It's what I need to read right now. Picture just because.

Over the next 14 months my goal is to buy a piece of pottery made by an artist in the following states: ME, VT, NH, MA, VA, WA, OR, RI, NJ, DE, CA, CO, DC, NM, and HI. I already have CT and NY pottery! Just ordered from a potter in MD! IYKYK (Image of a piece by Frank Kara (CT).)

Pottery makes me happy. I suspect my pottery collection will grow exponentially over the next 4 years. Some recent acquisitions:

More of the pottery acquired because of election stress! This is not all of it!

First day of early voting, and

Apparently, I cope with Nov 5 stress by acquiring pottery

Aurora Borealis on 10/10/2024.

We had an uninvited visitor.

The Go Fund Me to pay for Rivers Solomon's application for Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK is just £2,000 short (of £15k). If you are a UK person can you spare a couple of quid? Link in the original post below. I'd love to wake up tomorrow to see the GoFundMe over the line.

Horus the Elder and I wish you a lovely day.

This week, The Graven trilogy is officially complete! Deepest gratitude to all my readers who stuck with the series and are eager to see how the journey end. I was able to pull this off because of your enthusiasm ✨ The first two ebooks are still only $2.99 in North America! (Links threaded)

For the afternoon crowd: Talking about LA cults like The Divine Order of The Royal Arms of The Great Eleven who baked a woman in an oven or rocket scientist Jack Parsons who wrote an occult text using his, uh... bodily fluids https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/07/19/the-big-idea-stephen-blackmoore-2/

Pawpaw seedlings!

Sleeping bees in my garden this morning.

Good morning! Wishing everyone a not awful day.

I am in a reading slump. What is your favorite SF, Fantasy or Horror novel for the 1st half of 2023? (Photo taken this morning which has nothing to do with my question.)

Happy Book Birthday!