Both Cherie and Tim were working today, but rather than waste the day napping, I took Cherie up on her offer to go with her to work at the art department of the local Community College. The department was a large building with a mini kitchen on one side, tables in the middle, and an area set up for pottery spinning at the other end. The edges of the room was filled with completed and semi-completed artwork from this semester and from previous years. As the term had ended the day before, the department was not as busy as it would have been a few days before. Luckily for me, this meant that one of the staff allowed me to play with some clay and helped me to create a working whistle! It was a lot harder than it looked but in the end I was pretty happy with my work. I did actually create it for someone, and they may be a follower of this blog, so look out in the post in a couple of weeks time!
Although I completed the making of the whistle, it will not be ready for a while as it takes a few weeks to dry, and then to fire. I chose a glaze before I left for the day and left it in the hands of people far more capable than I am.
After Cherie took me on a tour around campus, I set myself up on a computer in the office and tried to catch up on my blog. Although I have enjoyed doing it, I often find it hard to find the time to write it. I managed to write about 5 posts, but I was still fairly behind (I am now as well. Currently writing this post in Denver, about a week in the future).
In the evening we went out for dinner at the local tavern, where I again got a burger (I think I see a culinary theme developing). The evening was not complete without watching more Vikings episodes. Although we had managed to watch 8, it seemed likely that I would be destined to leave without finishing the series...
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