Dogloverload
“At bird shows, you look up,” he said, pointing up to rafters filled with imaginary avian escapees. “At dog shows? You look DOWN!” And everyone chuckled. I didn’t get the joke until later, when I...
View ArticleDiscomfortzone
Imagine someone gives you eight 10×10-inch sheets of 3mm fusible glass and four bottles of glass enamel paint in the above colors and says, “Make something with this stuff. Let us know how you get on.”...
View ArticleUnstaff of life
Bread–leavened or unleavened–is a staple food in nearly every part of the world. So why is Portland so daggone bad at it? WARNING: Small, grumble-filled rant ahead Market of Choice, a local foodlover’s...
View ArticleStripe? What stripe?
Oh yeah. THAT stripe. It’s kinda hard to miss, and getting a fair number of puzzled looks. Apparently other folk, venturing into rainbow hair color, start small. They polychrome a tiny curl at the nape...
View ArticleSkooby’s final week
Tonight I’m putting the final load into Skooby, my Skutt GM1414 bathtub kiln, and closing the lid on 14 years of firing adventures. Wow. Glassists talk glass, tools, studio, classes, techniques,...
View ArticleColor Line Enamel Trials, Round 1
Glassists testing products would do well to remember this maxim: Failure is good. Each failure deepens your subject matter expertise. Sigh. When it comes to enamels-on-glass, my subject matter...
View ArticleThe suspense is kilning me
Apologies for the pun. When it gets that bad, you know the glassist is kilnless. Try saying “glassist is kilnless” five times, very fast. Probably not survivable. Neither, according to my fevered...
View ArticleBlue
“I wouldn’t exactly call that SUBTLE,” Markie said doubtfully. “Blue. Subtle. Exactly,” I said firmly, so she set to work. By noon, the fading green stripe on my head had been joined by a SUBTLE navy...
View ArticleDennis and the feds
I want y’all to know I am NOT doing my taxes right now. Please notice the date. Yup. Procrastinating again. (No gloating, Shelby) Dear dear DEAR Mr. Taxman, I PROMISE that right after I post this, I...
View ArticlePEACOCK ENERGY!
So yesterday. I’m in line at the market, wrapped up in my own head, mostly thinking about stuff I have to do at home, upcoming surgery (The Knee is making a premature exit, but more about that later),...
View ArticleExit The Knee
I’m about to have a body part whacked to bits. The Knee is making a premature exit from the rest of me, because even with a brand new cortisone shot and a full-length metal brace, I limp like a guy in...
View ArticleDrive-by birding
“Do anything exciting tonight?” asked my friend Clarissa. …except that Clarissa isn’t really her name. “You writing about this the way you did LAST time?” she asked. I said, well, maybe… “Then don’t...
View ArticleSeverance package
Dear The Knee (“TK”); It is with great regret that we inform you that your position as Left Knee for Cynthia Morgan, Human Organism has been made redundant. Beginning Monday, July 13, 2015, all left...
View ArticleHow I spent my summer
Content How I spent my summer copyright 2015 cynthia Cynthia Morgan on Morganica2 Morganica My summer didn’t include writing about it, which you may have noticed. Sometimes your summers are lazy, where...
View ArticleMobility, workout tights, and this thing called normal
Content Mobility, workout tights, and this thing called normal copyright 2015 cynthia Cynthia Morgan on Morganica2 Morganica If this summer has taught me anything, it’s that normal takes a helluva lot...
View ArticleCharlie
Content Charlie copyright 2015 cynthia Cynthia Morgan on Morganica2 Morganica “Are you here for your feet?” The voice was shy, a little quavery, and I couldn’t find its owner with a quick scan of...
View ArticleThe rose tattoo
Content The rose tattoo copyright 2015 cynthia Cynthia Morgan on Morganica2 Morganica “Nice rose tattoo,” I said. Not THAT rose tattoo, as I’m not a huge fan of Tennessee Williams.* No, this was an...
View ArticleNo thanks. I’ll walk.
Content No thanks. I’ll walk. copyright 2015 cynthia Cynthia Morgan on Morganica2 Morganica This is me, standing on the I5 overpass near work, taking a picture of cars zipping away down the road. I...
View ArticleHallowcookies
Content Hallowcookies copyright 2015 cynthia Cynthia Morgan on Morganica2 Morganica Remember me talking about Monica, the Cookie Lady, at work? The one who makes about a blue jillion cookies and...
View ArticleTrick, or perhaps treat, please?
Content Trick, or perhaps treat, please? copyright 2015 cynthia Cynthia Morgan on Morganica2 Morganica “Gaak!” I said, squinting at fumaric acid and magnesium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate, “The...
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