Catherine Cheek

Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.

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Smiley Ball Summer 2013 – E

Book Review: The Myths of Happiness

The Myths of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky This isn’t the first book I’ve read about happiness, so at best I was hoping for a refresher course. It is a good refresher course, and a good supplemental, as Lybormirsky has a lot of new information that I haven’t read in other books. Lybormirsky’s information comes from …

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Goodreads Giveaway

Goodreads Book Giveaway Faerie Killer by Kater Cheek Giveaway ends December 12, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win  

Sprig Mug With Wings

This was one of the four mugs I made last pottery session.  I’d done keyholes on the other ones, and decided to do wing sprigs on this one.  To make the wing sprigs, I used purchased scrapbooking/multimedia pieces I’d purchased commercially, and a two-part epoxy putty. Usually I use plaster to make sprig molds for …

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Book Review: Choice Theory

Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom by William Glasser My best summary of Choice Theory is that unhappiness almost always results from an unsatisfactory relationship, and unsatisfactory relationships almost always involve one person trying to control the other. You can’t control another person, you can only give them information.* This book expands this …

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