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 …
Nov 19
Goodreads Giveaway
Nov 18
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 …
Nov 15
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 …
Nov 14
Crow Charm Book
I’d had three half-finished book covers waiting around for a long time, probably a year or more, and never gotten around to finishing them. Partly it was a lack of time, and partly it was because I felt like I lacked any creative ideas. This is kind of unusual for me, but when I feel …