Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
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Gary fall down go boom.

Actually, it was just me being a klutz. I was in my Cross-fit Class last night. Working out. Sweating it up. We were doing some fast cardio stepping on risers and all was good. It wasn’t until I was “done” and doing a brief walk-around to catch my breath. A whoops… down on the floor!!! I had accidentally stepped on a foam mat we use for sit-ups and floor work. Apparently there were two of them stacked where I stepped. Who knew that they would slip out so easily… like hydro-planing with two mats. I went down so fast, totally on my side… and literally bounced up so quick that no one even noticed it. Not until I was telling my friend Alison what had happened and I said my hand hurt the most. Like I had hyper-extended something. It wasn’t until this morning that I saw the bruising!!!

I’m generally very good about “protecting” my hands during class… but who knew a simple foam mat would get me?! Methinks that wedging clay might be a bot painful now for a few days. Oh well… I’ve done worse.

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