My first introduction to Patricia was during the excavation phase of our house-building project. She introduced herself and asked if she could take some of the clay that was abundant in the mounds of excavated earth. I told her she was welcome to as much as she wanted.

Today she arrived on our doorstep with a beautiful housewarming gift that she had crafted in her ceramic studio. She had hoped to use the clay harvested from our property but explained that the resulting plates were too fragile.

We were thrilled with the gift which will find a prominent place for display in our home.