This past weekend, I was doing a show. It was one of those strange weekends, a comedy of errors, if you like. It seemed like everything was going wrong.

Thankfully, or maybe unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, the misery was spread out amongst several vendors.

There's something a little bit scary about clicking the button. The button that says, "Okay, I'm ready to send this out into the world.

I just did that today. I clicked the button. I approved the final version of my next book.

This is a very similar feeling to completing a piece of artwork. You know ... that moment when you sign your name to the piece declaring IT IS DONE.

I had a wonderful experience a couple of days ago. I was interviewed by fellow artist Nancy Roux for the Art-A-Fair Festival Facebook page. Now, usually, I am on the other side of the table asking the questions.  In fact, you can see me interviewing Nancy on the video page. So, this was a shift from my normal function as interviewer.

It was a very different perspective.

I was at the Craft and Hobby Association trade show this last weekend. It's a great big trade show where buyers go to find the latest craft items and other things to sell in their shops. Since it's a trade show, you can't purchase items and take them home with you. So, it's a little bit different from the regular art or craft shows that most of us are used to doing.

I am a do-it-yourselfer. If there's something that needs to be done, I'll get in there and do it. Sometimes I don't even know how to do what needs to be done. But, I do it anyway.

Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. And, the times that it doesn't work, can often result in mistakes.

I am not a morning person. Nor do I wish to be. I like the quiet solitude of the midnight hours when there is nothing but the chirping of the crickets to disturb my reverie.

So, why do I get up before the crack of dawn on a Saturday? Because of an art show. Typically, setup time starts around 6am. With an hour drive, that means leaving the house at 5am. Which means getting up at 4am.

Yes, that's 4am, the time I usually go to bed.

Yesterday was my birthday. (Happy birthday to me!). So, off we went to Costco to get my birthday present. I've been lusting after a food processor for the longest time. And Costco carries one of the Ninja brand models.

Into the cart went to the box. Yes! It was just the one I wanted. A couple more things in the cart, and off to check out we went.

Have you ever been lost? I have and it's not a comfortable feeling. There's a feeling of panic that sets in. And, that panic creates an atmosphere where it's impossible to focus.

Without that focus, what happens?

You end up someplace you didn't intend to go. It could be someplace good, or it could be someplace bad. You just never know.

Over the summer, I interviewed several more artists. I just posted the first one from this batch on the Videos page of this website.

This interview is with Robert Ferguson. He has some great information about how to ask questions to get customers involved with your work.

Unfortunately, my video camera ran out of batteries in the middle of this interview. So, I'll have to see if I can get Robert to do it again so I can get some more information out of him.

Also, I have added closed captioning, so if I'm talking too fast and you can't understand me, then turn it on to read the words.