Read This or That, Single Posts or Multiple Posts in a Blog Series

Single Post Observations

Lessons that Last a Lifetime How my mother’s upbringing and a world built for obsolescence inspired my passion for the environment, conservation and the preservation of traditional skills.

Handling Disappointment The patient persistence of potters and the lessons we learn from failed pottery attempts in the studio.

Blog Series Posts

Talking Turkeys Series: All About Turkeys

Talking Turkeys Part 1: The Turkey Factory and Farms of My Youth, my mother’s job at a processing plant and growing up around poultry farms.

Talking Turkeys Part 2: Raising My First Turkeys, my first poultry raising experiences with two broad breasted white turkeys and some ducks.

Talking Turkeys Part 3: Living With Wild Turkeys, my observations and experiences living with wild turkeys in the mountains of western NC.

Talking Turkeys Part 4: The Ancient Sacred American Bird That Traveled The World: A Turkey Tale, the origins and history of this bird species.

Talking Turkeys Part 5: Talking Turkey Conservation, the future of both Wild Turkeys and Heritage Breed Turkeys.

Talking Turkeys Part 6: Next time, I will discuss sculpting turkey molds and making pottery turkey mugs. Stay tuned.