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Last week's wood firing at Shug Daker's was an exhausting, 24-hour affair—especially the graveyard shift—and everyone was relieved when the salt chamber was finished and all the ports could be sealed. From left to right are Sonya Popow, Shug Dakers, and Andy Whattam, a few of my compatriots who put in many hours stoking the fire. I was pretty happy with how my saki sets emerged from the kiln. — Cliff