Blair and I had a grand time at the Worthington Arts Festival. Read about us here and see a few more pictures of our exploits here.

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The International Polymer Clay Association met in Worthington for their first strategy meeting. The bottom picture shows the new executive director, Kathy Reynolds, and incoming president, Suzanne Ivester.

The beat goes on…

Taking a break from brainstorming, the group tried a little hand drumming that you can view here.

I might mention that it's fall 2008. How time flies. Here's a picture of me with friends in Colorado. While I was having sleepovers with the girls, Blair was battling Mother Nature in Ohio. Power's back on and things have returned to what passes for normal here.

Since I retired in June, I've been flexing my artist muscles. The renovation of the studio makes me take my new career more seriously. 

It's been a lovely, arty spring. David and Tessa have had several shows in various venues (Chicago, Pittsburgh, Coshocton) and after David's graduation, will be moving to Chapel Hill where they'll both teach art at UNC in the fall. Click on the images above to see David's shocking art.

Hillary's been in San Diego, nesting with Mike, hiking, working on projects…look at her travel blog to get a sense of how west coast life agrees with her.

Tessa's show in Coshocton gave us one of those brief windows of opportunity to get together. It was all part of the Dogwood Festival and the blooms along the way were a treat. To download the article about Tessa's art in the Spring issue of Surface Design Magazine click here or on the image above.

Blair and I have mostly been homebodies. Drumming, blogging, working. Life is good.

Such a party! Such a cake! See the pictures from our group's 60th birthday party. We celebrated the 60s…then and now…each in our own way.

Special thanks to photographers Terry, Jan and Hollie. 

View the pix.

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David's first attempt at averaging our faces resulted in this Rembrandt-like mixture. The female version resembles one cousin who didn't attend. You can see that most males lean toward facial hair. Most interesting.

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David lined us up and captured each of us at Thanksgiving dinner. He intends to run our pix through an algorithm he's devised to come up with the average relative. The program will compare 36 facial points and come up with what promises to be a strange amalgam of our clan.