Tabletop & Ceramics
The Mug That Learned My Grip
There is a mug on the second shelf, the one closest to the stove, that I reach for without looking. It is a heavy thing, glazed in a brown that goes almost...
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The One Plate That Doesn’t Match
We own eight dinner plates that came as a set, cream colored with a thin gray line near the rim, bought together…
A Cabinet Of Cups That Never Matched
I counted them once, out of curiosity, standing in front of the open cabinet with a cup in each hand: fourteen cups,…
The Weight I Did Not Expect To Notice
I did not think weight mattered much in a cup until I owned two very different ones side by side for long…
What Ten Years Of Tea Does To A Glaze
The bowl I use for oatmeal every morning has a surface now that looks, if you hold it up to the window,…
The Sound Of Dishes Stacking Wrong
There is a particular sound a stack of plates makes when the top one does not sit quite flush, a faint rock…
Mending the Blue Bowl
The bowl came apart in three pieces on a Tuesday, and I remember exactly where I was standing when it happened, because…