I woke up well before the alarm went off. I thought about going back to sleep, but doing so always leaves me either unable to wake up the second time or feeling only half-awake all day. So I just stayed awake, and now, at 9 am, I already feel completely fatigued. I haven’t even done anything yet!

Any moment now, we’ll be heading out to the farmer’s market and feed store. Then I think I’ll clean the kitchen and do some artsy-crafty things, unless the couch starts calling my name too loudly, in which case I may just be a big old slug and watch craft shows and snooze all afternoon. It’s been dreary outside this morning, so being lazy feels like the thing to do … but I really want to work on my canvas some more. I had a dream about it last night, and I finally have a direction to head in again. Not that I really know where it’s going, but I am desperately trying not to analyze it while I am working on it. Just let the art flow, Orb. Let the art flow.

The latest thing I have decided I “need” is a clay extruder. I will, of course, learn to live without one, or I will find someone to borrow one from, because I never seem to “need” these things over the long term. Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a place you could rent/borrow/trade small craft tools?