Three things make a list

[offcntr]

Highlights of our second day in Anacortes:

• Having two customers in a row who knew what potica was. (It's a Slovenian nut bread, served at holidays like Christmas and Easter.) Coincidentally, both of the were originally from Wisconsin, as are we.
• Selling our last yarn bowl to a lovely Polish woman, who said it was the perfect size and shape. Right after someone else had told me it was too small.
• A girl named Arden. Back in June, at Edmonds, we were visited by a little girl who loved our pots. I mean, it was like every time she noticed a new pattern, she'd squee, bounce a little, almost inflate a bit. I swear she was gonna float away if she saw one more bunny or kitty or elephant bowl. It was delightful. Sadly, she didn't have enough cash to get anything, and Mom wouldn't advance anything against her allowance.
  
  Later that day, I went down to my friend Shelly's booth to tell her the story, to find the same little girl there, equally enthusiastic about Shelly's animal sculptures.
  
  Fast forward six weeks. Late afternoon, I look up and say, "Edmonds." It's her and her mom. She's saved up her lawn-mowing money, and come to Anacortes looking for us. She found Shelly first, and bought a small elephant from her. Now she's trying to decide what she wants from me. Bunny toddler? Octopus dessert? Barn owl dinner plate? I'm going through the back stock box looking, for the barn owl dessert plate, when she finds the opossum dessert plate. That's it, we're done. She proudly paid out of her own pocket.

Comments

[lydamorehouse]

Nice.