Dear Turned Wood Admirer,
It is nearly too late to remind you that I WON’T BE ON LONG BEACH ISLAND THIS WEEKEND! I know, I’m just as shocked as you are. I had applied, was accepted (of course), and prepared to go. However, “an issue” arose which involved a skilled surgeon addressing me with a sharp instrument, and associated medical weapons. I am home from the hospital, am quite sore, and am addressing the consternation that presents one who, through the veil of pain, light breathing and ever-so-ginger movement, has heard the unreservedly guilty surgeon utter the words “it went well”. (No, it did not go well, if it went well, I’d have hopped off the gurney, and run home – and I’d be in Loveladies, NJ, at this very moment.) I’m sure my doctor is just as good-natured as I am, and would recognize this as friendly banter. The fact is that my wife and I had booked a trip to England and Ireland this summer, and we have been forced to cancel half, and postpone the other half. So I’ll be ‘mending’ for the next few weeks, and going nowhere, in particular. The full “show” circuit begins again for me on Labor Day Saturday, at Arden:
September 4 – 103rd Arden Fair, Arden, De., 9-6
September 11-12 – 45th Chadds Ford Days, Chadds Ford, Pa., 10-5
September 18-19 – Artsfest, Solomons, Md., 10-5
October 2-3 – 34th annual Harvest Moon Festival, Coverdale Farm, Greenville, DE, 10-5
October 9-10 – 47th annual Colorfest, Thurmont, Md., 9-5
October 16 - Apple Butter Festival, Fair Hill, Md., 10-4
November 12-14 – Artisans Show, Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, De.
November 20-21 – Christmas Arts & Crafts Festival, Ocean City, NJ, 10-5
November 26-27 – Holiday Crafts Fair, Cape May, NJ, 10-4
December 4 – Craft Fair, Hodgson Vo-Tech, Newark, De., 9-4
I’ve added a couple of shows, previously unannounced in these pages, to the end of the above schedule. These shows all have the potential to be the best ever, if for no reason other than that I have some ‘new stuff’, which I happen to think is downright decent-looking. The pen department (ball points, as well as fountain pens) continues to burgeon. So you may wish to add to your collection. See you at a show soon (and I promise to completely recover on schedule).
Yours,
John A. Styer, The Lathe-meister
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