Author: Margo
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The dog days of summer are marching along
We can’t complain about this summer. We’ve had lots of rain and not too much heat, but I love the phrase “the dog days of summer”, so I’m using it. We’ve had so many wonderful customers here from around the world . The last person I waited on was from Italy, and I’m so impressed…
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Our building history and facelift
We have Scott Loken redoing a bunch of our brickwork on this store this month. He has a historic restoration business in Missoula, Montana. A few years ago, he and his crew repointed a bunch of bricks for the Occidental Hotel, and now they are working on our building. They find out which bricks are…
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We’ve almost finished rebuilding my kiln.
When I say “we”, I really mean David. My kiln was thirty-seven years old. Each time I fired it, the walls seemed more crooked. I’d been telling David for the last several years that I really needed to rebuild it, but it seemed like such an overwhelming task. I originally built the kiln at my…