I've had lots of time to sit and think these last few weeks, while working in my studio. Normally I sit and listen to classical music while I create. An old habit from the days when I was studying towards my nursing degree. Classical music calms my soul and it almost become a white noise, as I tend to hit the repeat button, and the same tracks will play endlessly. I reach a stage where my hands work on auto pilot, my mind elsewhere.

For some time I wanted to change the path that I am on. Do not get me wrong in thinking that I want to stop Lampwork! Not in the least, only a change in what I am doing. As much as I love creating jewelry, I realise that I need to expand my horisons, and look at new ways of incorporating my beads into different types of articles. I know that any new path would not be me creating the wheel, as I am sure that just about everything out there has been done hundreds of times already.

Please check out my blog in the following months, as I would for sure show my new ideas here!

Secondly, I had been totally overwhelmed by the total kindness of people these last few days. Thank you to every one that had sent me kind words!

When I made a boo-boo of humangous world altering proportions last week, I was initially sickened by what I saw happening on one of my favourite web sites. A lot of soulsearching happened on this side of Mother Earth, and I decided to supply all the information about this sad topic on the web. A partial bit of what I had e-mailled to someone, was re-printed in a manner that distorted my original intentions. I will accept responsibility to be 'die vark in die verhaal' (direct translation: be the pig in the story) if I am guilty. But this time I do not believe deep down in my heart that I had done anything wrong (excluding the fact that I had E-mailed someone who, although her e-mail adress is readily available, does not want contact with strangers).