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27 August 2023 - 00:00

Have you ever sunk your fingers into a lump of clay and started to mould it into a miniature rhino? It’s always a rhino with us amateur potters, isn’t it? Never an elk, because wow, those horns are tricky the morning after a hectic Jägermeister evening. Isn’t it amazing how, after 10 minutes, you sometimes (not always, you see) decide that maybe this isn’t a rhino after all because of its uncanny resemblance to a falcon? No? Maybe I’m the only rubbish potter in the world. Anyway, what’s got me in this potty mood is a conversation I had this past week. ..

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