[Clayart] damn cold

[Gregg Lindsley via Clayart]

Yeow! -37. impressive.. I went to college, one ot two, in Ithaca, New
York, which is in the snow
belt in Western NY. As low a temperature as I 've experienced was there, a
balmy -20. Twice a
year, a storm would come from the great lakes, full of water, and dump an
incredible amount of
snow which closed the town for at least 4 days as the town dug out. Those
who had experienced more than one winter there were well prepared, with
lots of dry goods and a good stock of milk, etc. It was a good
community builder, as people with snowmobiles and skis came by to check on
you and offer to get whatever you needed.
I grew up in Hyde Park, NY, north of Poughkeepsie, right on the Hudson
River. My house was right next to the Vanderbuilt Mansion estates. I
remember snow piled higher than I could see, (seen through a child's
memory), which stayed all winter. That started to change in the late
70;s, and gradually those amounts of snowfall started to go away.
Snow and cold has its own beauty, as well as being a stone hearted b*tch.
In California, where it is a balmy 47 degrees this morning. ( I can hear
the derisive snorting from here), :) . Not my fault, and I do know
cold. As I say to Califonrnians who make fun of
me for having a wood fire going in my cabin all winter, 'I didn't move to
California to be cold!'

Mel- stay sate and paint! re do old canvases. never bored.

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Gregg Lindsley
Earth and Fire Pottery
10325 Brookside Drive
Middletown, Ca. 95461
707-490-7168
earthandfirepottery.com
Function and Beauty
in the Mingei and
Bauhaus traditions
'At home among the lost and found'
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