Hairy Potters & Geriatric Nurses

The Periwinklians are trickling back in from their group vacation.

Gary Potter, who believes that name is destiny, and who is called "Hairy" by his friends, both because he is a wizard with clay in his hands, and for his luxuriant gray ponytail [which he bought at the "For Bare Heads" store], used his vacation time to visit old friends and to take photos of them and to collect buckets of soils from their yards.

His plan is to mix their soils with his potting clay to create individual glazes for them and then throw mugs or bowls for them to use. It is working well so far. He has created a mottled tan/brown glaze from the yard soil of Randall Nathan and formed it into a replica of Albrecht Durer's "Praying Hands," holding a coffee mug. He compared it to the photo of Randall and was pleased that the brown spots are in exactly the same places as those on his friend's hands.

Now he is working on a bowl in the shape of Spencer Fulyard's head. Spencer's wife, Bea, is a geriatric nurse. Spencer says that the great thing about being married to a geratric nurse is that the older he gets, the more interested in him she becomes.