After I heard Kathy Marshall was driving a truckload of Mesquite to the AAW Symposium,
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I loaded my suitcase with some wood and bought a plane ticket to San Jose!
It didn’t take me long to unload, reload, and then grab another piece for good measure.
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Being the greedy person that I am, I later even filled a flat rate box that Kathy was kind enough to drop off at the Post Office for me!
The next day in a little 3 way turning swap, I then managed to snag her sweet hollow form!
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Jim Adkins got stuck with one of my pieces.
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This ended up being a good thing, because the next day (in a moment of senility or perhaps it was some undercooked chicken),
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he offered to trade me a piece of his type of art,
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for my other two!
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Along with an “empty bowl” I picked up from Scott Clark, I came home with a haul
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that’s only exceeded by the memories of spending time with a couple great people!!