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kilns and kills

updated tue 15 jan 08

 

Joel Patton on mon 14 jan 08


A short anecdote:

My brother and I were getting ready to work on some project or other,
and he produced a scrap of paper from his pocket -- something that
should have been notes for our project. He read it, got a funny look
on his face, and handed it to me.

The note was in a handwriting I didn't recognize. In big letters at
the top it read "KILL." Below that, it read "(woman's name) -- ex-wife
-- Summerville, SC -- (phone number)."

It took us a second to remember where we'd picked that up.

At the Pickens, SC flea market the day before, a vendor had told us
that his ex-wife in Summerville had a kiln/kill for sale, and he wrote
down her information for us.

I'm just glad nobody else stumbled across that piece of paper.

Joel Patton

Travelers Rest, SC, US
http://patton-pottery.com