125 BUCKS, coffee or tea, with cookies, included

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OH, man what a series of pictures! Monday David Makar came over with his friend Nancy, and David is the coolest and most fun companion, and he has HELPED us here so much, when he asked if they could come over and try a project I said 'no problemo'.
Nancy is a computer type, and had never seen pottery making up close. I was a teacher for many years, but retired from that 10 years ago. As these photos show, I first showed some of my finished stuff, then threw a vase on the wheel, then we got down and dirty. I helped Nancy make a mug, using a tin can, and it turned out perfectly. Not bad for a computer type from Boston! The project lasts less than an hour and involved rolling flat slabs of clay, wrapping them around a can and forming a bottom, adding a handle and that's it. David gets to come back in a week and glaze it 'green beans', then ship it or deliver it.
So, OK, 125 bucks. My insurer says 'no customers or students'. No problem, but what if a friend comes over for tea and cookies, as Nancy did, and we happen to make a cup? In the future, wealthy socialites can come over for tea and cookies and drop 125 bucks on the floor accidentally, for the experience.