Dorothy, so good to see your report and that you're teaching others about your glazes. I thought of you last week when I was working in the art museum archives where I volunteer; they brought in a bunch of bricks with swatches of test firings of glazes from an artist's studio whose collection they have received. They had to choose representative samples of the bricks since there were so many and they're quite large. And just as well you didn't sit in the library parking lot to get online; it's good to get away from the Internet.

Staying away from news and the Internet I finished a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle early today and started a 1000-piece one this evening. In between I did some photography for another couple of eBay listings and general work around the house. Focusing on things that will help keep my stress levels down as I prepare to step down another milligram in tapering the Prednisone.

I followed a friend's instructions for roasting okra and was quite pleased with how it turned out. With a good supply for another few weeks I'll do this frequently. I cut out one of the two cucumber plants today, it had reached it's limit of production and I have enough small cucumbers for another jar or two of fresh pickles.

The spot weld on the corner of the frame of my computer glasses (blue blocker readers) popped apart and today I tested fixing it with super glue. So far so good (when the first impulse is to buy a new pair but all it needs is to be stuck back together again, it's good I finally bought some of the glue to try out. $1 for three tubes at Harbor Freight.)