Nearby a ceramic kiln, these gloves stand by to do their job. Not that I spend a lot of time around a kiln, but I have suffered from cold hands most of my life. I think it all started back when I thought it was so cool to go without mittens and gloves back and forth to school. I also seemed to always come in from play with cold extremities and wet mittens. I spent lots of painful minutes trying to thaw out on top of our big radiators. In later life, doctors tell me a lot of hours running my chainsaw didn't help my circulation much. So I struggle a bit now with Raynaud's Syndrome. I'm paying the price; basically, it's a pain in the fingers. Now that I think about it, it would really help things if I did spend my winter days hanging around a warm kiln.Sunday, January 9, 2011
Work Gloves
Nearby a ceramic kiln, these gloves stand by to do their job. Not that I spend a lot of time around a kiln, but I have suffered from cold hands most of my life. I think it all started back when I thought it was so cool to go without mittens and gloves back and forth to school. I also seemed to always come in from play with cold extremities and wet mittens. I spent lots of painful minutes trying to thaw out on top of our big radiators. In later life, doctors tell me a lot of hours running my chainsaw didn't help my circulation much. So I struggle a bit now with Raynaud's Syndrome. I'm paying the price; basically, it's a pain in the fingers. Now that I think about it, it would really help things if I did spend my winter days hanging around a warm kiln.
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I certainly learn a good deal while blogging and visiting different posts. Never heard of that malady, but now do after checking Mayo's site regarding Raynaud's syndrome. Since I live in a cold climate, I'm surprised that I hadn't heard of it before. Hope it's not severe for you!
ReplyDeleteOh, sorry about that pain. You lived in Maine and walked to school bare-handed? Oi! What is it with boys anyway?
ReplyDeleteBTW, is it just me or does everyone find that work gloves always have the little finger way too long?
Stay warm, Birdman.
Pain in the fingers can be a pain in the ass! But, we do suffer sometimes from things we've done in the past (read "youth")...
ReplyDeleteWe used to live in Minnesota so know all about cold fingers and toes and warming up around radiators! Not fun.
I'm gonna stay in Florida!
My brothers and I used to fight over who got to sit closest to the heat vent, and my sister would accuse us of 'taking all the heat.' Your postings always touch on something readers respond to. . . and how many other people would opt to photograph gloves? Cool.
ReplyDeleteAlways sat in the school bus seat with the noise, shaky heater by my feet. I hate to be cold.
ReplyDeleteI just was talking about Raynaud's with a friend's mom who was diagnosed with it in the 1980's. Hope it's manageable for you. She said back in the early days the side effects of the medication wasn't worth it. I used to walk around during Michigan winters sans gloves, until one day I thought, 'This is silly. I'm freezing and I have a pair of gloves in my pocket. It takes two seconds to put them on.' Ah, what we learn as we get older.
ReplyDeleteYour post stirs memories of boys walking to and from school up north wearing no hats, their jackets wide open and no gloves. Cool trumped warmth. It is one of those times I suppose I am glad to have been a bit of a (warm) nerd.
ReplyDeleteMoving from Phoenix to Santa Fe has made these a requirement for me even at work. Nice post. Stay warm.
ReplyDeleteKeep those digits warm so you can keep clicking...
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of that either. I don't like to think of you in pain, I hope it isn't too severe.
ReplyDeleteMy husband works outside all year and the winters are usually really harsh on him. This year I got him some Under Armour Cold Gear and he loved it and said it makes such a huge difference. We have a snow day today and he's decked out head to toe in Under Armour lol.
I'd love to have a kiln, on my list of things to explore some day.
Beautiful colors, cropping and subject. It looks like brie under that plastic, and if so I'm coming over.
ReplyDeleteAnd there isn't a parent out there who can convince his/her children that what is being done now will have consequences later in life. I guess that is the beauty of childhood-- living in the moment!
ReplyDeleteLike it! Warm tones and Calvinist work ethic.
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