PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF,

I’M A MAN OF CLAY AND GLAZE

PUSHED MUD AROUND FOR SEVENTY YEARS

OR TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DAYS.

Robin Hopper is a man of many parts, mostly worn out, rusty or dysfunctional, due to a lifetime of excesses! He started working with clay at the age of three and is still doing it over 70 years later. His lengthy, peripatetic career as a mudpusher has included side trips into working as a Professional Actor, Stage Designer, Property Maker, Stage Manager, Stage Carpenter, Grocer, Greengrocer, Jazz Musician, Teapot, Wine and Beer-Bottle, Trumpet, Trombone and Bugle Player, European Travel Guide, Founder of Several Clay/Art/Craft Organizations, Alchemist, Geologist, Primatologist, Linguist, Ornithologist, Botanist, Ceramic Historian, Educator, Author, Garden Designer, Lecturer on Japanese Garden Design, Laborer and Star of Stage, Screen and Potter’s Wheel!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

An Umbrella Organization





THE LATE MALCOLM DAVIS:  PRESIDENT EMERITUS , CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MENTEE, VISIONARY AND AGENT FOR CHANGE.


STEPHEN BRANFMAN: GUARDIAN ANGEL, HEALTH CONSULTANT AND INFORMANT




ROBIN HOPPER : PUBLISHER, MANAGING EDITOR, DREAMER, ARTIST, REPORTER, GARDEN CONSULTANT., COMPUTER INCOMPETENT AND KLUTZ.

JUDI DYELLE: WIFE AND PARTNER, OFFICE MANAGER, COMPUTER NERD, PORCELAIN ARTIST EXTRARDINAIRE,  SOUNDING BOARD, CRITIC, CHAUFFEUR, CHIEF COOK AND BOTTLE WASHER, ACCOUNTANT AND DOER OF EVERYTHING THAT ROBIN OVERLOOKS DUE TO MYOPIA

 
MORGAN SADDINGTON:  PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO RH



TONY CLENNELL:  GUARDIAN ANGEL,  MENTEE,  ADVISOR.

SHEILA CLENNELL:  OFFICE ASSISTANT AND COMPUTER ADVISOR.
OTHER IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, INVALUABLE  TEAM PLAYERS, OBSERVERS AND ADVISORS.

JOHN AND DARLENE WILLIAMS AND FAMILY, LES MANNING, MEL JACOBSEN, RANDY BRODNAX, RACHEL KINGSTON, CAROLYN SAVAGEAU BARBARA BROWN, PO,  CYNDI  CASEMEIR JOHNSTON, BILL JONES, MIKE SIEVERS, STEVE HAECKER, JENNIFER HARNETTY, DAVID ARMSTRONG. LANA WILSON, LINDA ARBUCKLE, THE BOARD OF NCECA, JANET MANSFIELD, ELAINE O. HENRY, NICOLE NICOLE, CARLA O’BRIEN, FRANK COLSON, BILLY RAY AND BEVERLEY MANGHAM, DEE AND TERRY BUCK, CARK BLOCK,  THE CLAYWORKERS OF TEXAS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS THAT ARE TOO MANY TO FIT HERE.

THEY ALL WHO BELIEVE IN THE CAUSE AND GO ALL OUT TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE WORLD  THROUGH THEIR BELIEF IN A BETTER ONE BY THE POWER OF POSITIVE THOUGHT AND  CONSUMMATE ACTION.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ALL.

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

THIS DAILY NEWSPAPER BLOG WILL BE PUBLISHED DAILY FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  I TAKE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS CONTENT. WE PLAN TO HAVE IT ON YOUR DESK EACH WEEKDAY MORNING.  THE WEEKEND IS FOR REST AND REJUVENATION.

THE POTTER IS A METAPHOR FOR SUPREME CREATOR, BUT ONLY A MAXIMUM OF 10 - 15% WILL BE GEARED TO CLAY WORKERS. THE PRIMARY CONTENT WILL BE FOR EVERYONE.  ITS CONTENT WILL BE LIKE A NEWSPAPER, WITH SECTIONS DEVOTED TO ARTS, POLITICS, HEALTH, SPORTS, FOOD, MUSIC, HOROSCOPE, HOME, CLAIRVOYANCE, HUMOR, OBITUARIES, BUSINESS, GARDENING  AND SPECIAL FEATURES.   I HOPE IT WILL RELATE TO PEOPLE WHO USE BOTH SIDES OF THEIR BRAIN AND BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF POSITIVE THOUGHT AND ACTION.  HOPEFULLY, THIS MIGHT HELP TO BRING HEALTH BACK FROM A SICK AND NEGATIVE WORLD TO ONE THAT IS POSITIVE, CREATIVE, FORWARD-THINKING AND RE-ENERGIZED.  I FULLY REALIZE THE ENORMTY OF THIS TASK BUT WITHOUT MASSIVE POSITIVE THOUGHT, WE AIN’T GOIN NOWHERE, BABY!  RH.




1 comment:

  1. I am catching up. Thank you for the note this morning. Your words bring tears to my eyes. I am sure that you know that line "From my lips, to God's ears". This came to mind today after reading this posting.

    Positive thoughts and much energy are pointed to you. Hugs.

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