A Happy Mother’s Day to all of you wonderful mothers out there! We spent a beautiful day here with family and their various dogs, and were able to cook out and have a picnic lunch outside – the first of the season. The pottery is selling well on our new wholesale website, and retail sales are picking up as the first of the summer people are showing up to enjoy these early spring days. There seem to be lots of birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, graduations, etc. this month and next, so the shop has been busy, especially on the weekends. Of course, many will show up on Memorial Day weekend, which for many marks the official beginning of summer, while others will have to wait for the kids to get our of school before arriving.

I had an interesting chat with the editor of the Kennebec Journal the other day. He was asking local people in town about ways to promote the area, and what our needs were. I told him that the newspaper and its online edition need to do a better job drawing people to the area for the first time, since many tourists come to Maine and only travel along the coast, which, while beautiful, is different than the experience of traveling through inland Maine, with its many attractions, and quaint places to visit and stay.

Our daughter Heather is off to Guatemala this week for 10 days to volunteer with a group of school kids. We are thrilled that she is doing this work out of the goodness of her heart, and she has worked hard to help with the fundraising in preparation for the event. She also recently got her teaching certificate, and will soon be an elementary teacher, and, again, we are very proud of her joining the ranks of such a noble profession.

The water is receding finally, and uncovering our island, and this week we will celebrate my birthday by spending the day there.

Please be sure and stop by our shop when you’re in the area. We look forward to seeing you all.