For the fourth year I am participating in the Artist Open Studios tour... if anyone is close enough to make a visit i'll have my doors open from 10 to 5 on Nov. 28 and 29 and also on the following weekend of Dec. 5 and 6. Any one who needs directions should get in touch. A web site, aosct.org gives info on all the artists participating as well as some instruction on how to find them. Basically Thompson CT is the northeast corner of CT. We have the proud distinction of having both RI and MA as neighbors and in spite of what you may have heard.... people from there are pretty well mannered! I am but a few miles west of CT Rte 395 and a few miles north of Rte 44. Ct Rte 171 goes within a half mile of me but no one but me has ever heard of that. I am no Geographer... but I sometimes wonder if we are such a quiet corner because there is really no direct major roads connecting us to the rest of the state. or anywhere for that matter. The main road I use is 44 which used to be an indian trail and now, four hundred years later is only a two lane high way with more turns than a snake and a police speed trap for every passing zone.
I do have a few new works on display, new this year, for a demo I will be assembling wooden boxes and carving on a Buddha. I will be short on wooden boxes today.. I ah, er.. over committed myself and agreed to be in two places at once so my dear wife will be manning a few tables of wooden boxes at the the River View Farmers Market in Putnam... I'll have those items back in my shop tomorrow and next weekend.
as I type and look out the window the night is turning to day and the wind is really roaring.
'checklist'
... bring Gorilla tape
build good fire to thaw wife

It was an odd fall, I for the first time in years have had so much 'aying' work that I have not removed one flake of wood from a personal carving since September... >well I did carve the 'impaler' but that one is tucked into a dark corner with a tarp over it and is not to be mentioned among people of quality< I did squeak in a short but sweet nude shoot recently but only because Dave Moore twisted my arm. I have not had time to work on them yet... No.. I have been doing industrial work and making boxes.. almost exclusively to fill spots in the [link] web store. Again crafters.... it is not a way to get rich but I'm selling something every week without placing a single ad of any kind.

Hope you all had a decent thanksgiving, cheers!