The 3 Habaneros & Misc.
Hello all, I feel like I’ve abandoned my blog for the past week and I’ve missed everyone! It’s now Sunday afternoon and I feel like I am, for the most part, recovered from my week long excursion as a substitute teacher in Denver Public Schools. I subbed in Special Education which just about wore me out. Working with children with special needs is challenging to say the least and I decided that I needed to set some parameters with the school.
I feel like I am finally getting some wonderful opportunities and making headway with my art career which is solidly colliding with being a substitute. Yes, I’m glad to get paid and if I wanted, I could work every single day of the year as a sub since there is such a severe shortage here in Denver - maybe nation wide. It’s hard to say no when an assignment comes my way - especially since I’m working at the school that my daughter attends and know all of the staff and teachers. First, three different people offered me the job as a special ed para-professional full time last week. Three times, I politely declined. Next week, I will be subbing three more days in special ed but am taking Monday and Friday off to work in my studio. I’m debating about the following week, as I had planned to do the finishing touches on the house before the home tour on Sept. 8th.
I suppose absence does make the heart grow fonder, because I have been thinking about clay often the past week and can hardly wait to get back into the studio!
Meanwhile, I received a nice email from EBSQ on Friday. They are publishing a cook book this fall titled In the Kitchen with EBSQ and have chosen to include one of my little paintings of 3 habanero peppers along with my fresh salsa recipe in their book. I almost forgot how much I enjoyed painting these little works last year. I made almost 75 ACEOs using both paint and fiber which really helped me get over my clay slump (no pun intended) last summer and fall. Angela had asked if I would make some ceramic aceos awhile back, and after giving it some thought, I think I’m done with the aceo format.
Have a good week everyone,
~Cynthia
