September/18/2007

The Monthly Spiel is now almost a year past due. Maybe I should rename it "The Yearly Spiel." Last year on December 9th, my partner Marly Rogers gave birth to our daughter, Aurora Dawn. She is our bundle of joy and even though we don’t seem to get much sleep these days, it seems we have less and less time to for things like reading and writing. At 9 months old Aurora has 7 teeth, crawls all over the place. and can run and coast in her "plow" - a cart for helping babies learn to walk. There are many changes in the gallery as well as changes in the studio. I finally got my big glory hole furnace hooked up so we are starting to make the big stuff I have been wanting to do. I am also very happy to have some fabulous new upbeat people working for me in both the studio and the gallery. We continue to add new artists. Last year we introduced the book boxes of New Jersey master craftsman Steven Levine. His wooden books have secret chambers that can be used for hiding valuables or to entertain and delight the curious. The gallery offers the largest selection of art glass and hand made American crafts in Providence and free gift wrapping. We are open daily.