Beaver:

The snow shoveling is getting to be too much. I can shovel snow or I can work in the pottery. I do not seem to be able to do both. A discouraging conundrum. If I stay here, not getting the "work done" - just the shoveling? Or stay at Dupont while the snow builds up here, and ice, until I cannot get in the house or from house to studio...??

Yesterday I wrote a long email to my friend whose dad died. It helped me feel less sad, but brought to the surface other issues.

My main declutters these days are snow and my mind - while more snow falls, and more thoughts arise.

I do have a few more things to take to the Shop. I also have the wood ash problem - how to dispose of without polluting the stream.

Go to town and get more nuts and a thermostat for Dupont, and wait for the muddy waters to clear.