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November 1, 2020
The aftermath of our safe and socially distant Halloween 
October 31, 2020
A Feast For The Senses!
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Thanks for reading, and maybe watching!
You think your House is in a constant state of disorder? Try being Them!
Happy Halloween, and welcome to this special Halloween raku vase story! Today we are going to unleash the story of Chaos. No, I don’t mean your child’s untidy room, that time before your first cup of coffee or even the US election. We are talking about the mythless god of the Greeks, the progenitor of all.
Last week, we told the story for the raku pottery vase, ‘Tears of Uranus’, which you can read here, and the week before it was the story for ‘Gaia’s Revenge‘. It’s no wonder those two come from Chaos!
Chaos $
90
Today’s raku pottery vase ‘Chaos‘, tells the tale the story of everything, but also nothing, of the void, and how everything sprung from it. And it may explain those days we all have when the unexpected keeps cropping up.
It’s not easy existing in a cosmic void, particularly if you feel like you are alone in the universe. Fortunately, for most of us, we will never know how that really feels. But for Chaos, it was the only thing they would know for some time.
Chaos existed for much time in a state of disorder, at least according to us humans. One day Chaos started feeling different than usual. They wondered if they had eaten too many sub atomic particles and space junk. Just like many parents will be wondering tomorrow if they have eaten too much Halloween candy and their children will notice.
Chaos definitely began to feel more and more strange, until suddenly, a cosmic egg emerged from them. At first Chaos dismissed this occurrence as simply just more Chaos, but it was from this egg that all elements of our world would originate from.
Cosmic egg, it does the universe good. You can read the story of another cosmic egg, from a different culture here!
That our Earth comes from Chaos, might explain a lot of things from our history and that are even going on today. That science so many years later would describe the origin of the universe coming from a single point in a void, makes me wonder if the Greeks knew something we did not.
Let us know what you think of our vase story this week, and what you thought of our raku pottery vase, Chaos, in the comments below! Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!
October 30, 2020
Holiday Highlight
White Raku Ornament$35 – Shipping Included in US and Canada
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
– Aristotle
October 29, 2020
Holiday Highlight
Space Station Christmas Tree$75 – Shipping Included in US and Canada
On December 25, 2016 the crew of the International Space Station celebrated Christmas by floating in micro-gravity and opening Christmas presents recently delivered on a Japanese cargo spacecraft.
One astronaut wore a Santa hat in orbit.
Via Wikipedia, Christmas On The International Space Station
Thursday Throwdown October 29, 2020
It’s vase-to-vase combat like you have never seen before!
How it works: We share two vases and YOU vote which is your favourite! The winner will then move on to the next round to face another competitor!
Once again Mount Olympus has won with Grandmother heading off for reitrement! Can our next competitor break this winning streak?
Get your votes in below!
Grandmother
$75
The Series so far.
Gorgeous Vases of No Contact Wrestling
Vase Name
Gossip Girl
Phoenix Reborn
Pillar of Atlas
Evangeline
Ogopogo
Iris En Ciel
Original Twin
Kermit The Vase
Haring’s Dance
White Walker
Sobek’s Tears
Mount Olympus
Argus
Draupnir
Grandmother
Wins/Losses
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4/0
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1/1
0/1
1/1
1/1
4/0
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And so it was that An old favoUrite Has come to reclaim the lead! with 4 wins and 0 losses to each of them, we have . . .
Evangeline
$120
Evangeline tells the tale of a great Acadian love story that is a part of the local culture here in my home of Nova Scotia.
‘Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie’ is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In this poem he
follows her search for long lost love Gabriel, with whom she was betrothed.
Evangeline and Gabriel were separated by ‘The Great Upheavel’, also known as the Acadian Expulsion. During this dark chapter of English –
French relations in Canada, over eleven thousand Acadians were deported by the British.
Separated by the Acadian Expulsion, Evangeline and her betrothed would only be reunited in their old age when Gabriel, who was already very sick, would perish in her arms.
This work of fiction has become immortalized here in Nova Scotia, where you can follow the stunning landscape of the Evangeline Trail and explore the ancestral home of the Acadians! Nova Scotia invites you to
visit and explore our vibrant culture and landscape.
Maybe you will find your own ‘Gabriel’.
Mount Olympus
$240
Zeus was not like the other gods. He knew what he wanted and he would get it. And he knew all it would take is a little bit of Magnum, Ferrari, or a dose of Le Tigre.
Unfortunately, meeting his philandering goals also meant killing mortals and upsetting the other gods and – much more than once – his goddess wife Hera.
“Zeus is here to set the record straight! What was Zeus to do? It was not his fault everyone wanted him! He was blessed with being “Zeus’ gift to women” everywhere! Surely, nobody could blame him for that!”
“This is complete ZeuSlander!”
Indeed, It was true that the people simply couldn’t resist him – Mostly due to him being an all powerful god,
Zeus. was. “IT.”
Zeus’ tangled love life (including many rather questionable relationships) resulted in all of these children.
His harem included
Leto who was the mother of Apollo and ArtemisSemele who was the mother of DionysusMaia who was the mother of HermesDione who was the mother of AphroditeHera, the wife of Zeus was the mother of Ares, Hebe and HephaestusDemeter, the sister and lover of Zeus, was the mother of Persephone
One thing was perfectly clear: By gods, he knew how to pose!
It was no freak gasoline fight accident that brought this vase to life, but rather, the magic of raku and when the ash was cleared, Zeuslander was left to ponder life’s important questions alone on Mount Olympus – forever searching for an answer to “why male models?”
Who will be your victor? Be sure to get your vote in BELOW!
Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.I choose this vase as the winner.EvangelineMount OlympusNameSubmit
Their fate is now in your hands!
We will share the winner (and update from last week!) next Thursday!
October 28, 2020
Holiday Highlight
Teal Angel“To find your angels… Start trusting your inner voice and intuition”
― Melanie Beckler
On The Wheel Wednesday
Sometimes it happenes when we aren’t thinking. Have you ever noticed that when you are in the flow that suddenly small things start to go your way.
When we let go of our fear, shame and Pain, and live in the now …
Amazing things can happen, the right people come into our life and more bad days become good days.
If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that almost anything is possible. Imagine what is possible if you are open to coincidence and new ideas in the face of uncertainty. Just make sure you wear a mask.
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