Fully Flummoxed

Photo by Todd Heisler, 2006 Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography. When 2nd Lt. James Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines ...

 My Blog Wrangler is back! Sort of. Lately she's been wrangling apartment renovations (still ongoing but she's still on good terms ...

When I finally made it out of college it was 1966 and Vietnam was a dark shadow growing larger every day. I was young and thought I was bul...

Not really perfect but closer to achieving the look I like -- weathered, mysterious, textured, ancient. This little guy is just about 6...

Perhaps you were wondering why my blog posts have been so infrequent. Or maybe you didn't notice! The reality of it is that my Blog Wra...

When I got out of the Air Force the question was not Where to Go (I'm a native Texan, no question there) but instead What to Do? Susan ...

I really get a kick out of making these Pod People or Penguin People or whatever you think they are. The ones above are high-fire glazed, e...

Here's what is sometimes startling: I make a piece of art that I think comes straight from my head. Well, maybe not straight, maybe dow...

Sometimes life completely confounds me. Sometimes I am fully flummoxed by life. Sometimes it helps to not listen to the news or read the pa...

More maps. The idea of maps is sort of out of left field for me because I couldn't read a map if my life depended on it.  Susan's f...

Art by Seth Apter  One of the distinct benefits of having a blog is getting to know fellow artists through their comments on your blog....

I finally got these pieces glazed and over to Austin Art Garage .  We are calling these pieces "The Baby Bump - Before and After"...

When I came home from hot, steamy Vietnam, the Air Force sent us to New Hampshire. We chugged up there during January from Texas in our lit...

I make maps while I listen to my audio books. Right now I'm getting ready to start The Night Circus . But in the meantime we've bee...

Susan has a blog named MapOfMyWorld that she rarely updates anymore. So I stole her title and now it's mine! After all, Texas IS a comm...

Looking at these past few pieces you would probably think I was pregnant. Nope. Not a chance. Not unless pigs fly. I have no freakin' id...

Another Dude made (unglazed)! Don't get in my way, don't stop me now -- when dinnertime comes around just set the food out and sta...

I wanted to do something different so I decided to make some Dudes that are expecting, or as is commonly said today, Dudes with a Baby Bump...

Oliver is an articulated man who is about 20" tall.  He's named after my next-door neighbor's dog, Oliver, who likes to come v...

I didn't know what they were. Did you? Answer at the end of this post. All this is just Stuff. Stuff I have to have, stuff I've b...