I'm back from faraway, and unusually optimistic about the months ahead.
I'm still healing from the wisdom teeth episode, but it is a great relief knowing that they can't bother me anymore. And yeah, I kept them:

Besides the teeth, this caribbean blue le creuset cast iron pot is new:

My family and I watched all three seasons of "arrested development" over the holidays, while I spun lots of yarn:

oh, and this is new to me:

There are more new pictures on my
flickr page, I listed new-ish pieces for sale in my
etsy shop, and much more news to share in the coming days....stay tuned.