12/31/2008
Without going into personal detail, I do want to share with you a e-mail that I received on December 27th. It started with "Allison you do not know me but...."
This man wrote me just to tell me that he had seen my projects of scroll work and intarsia , and it made him want to give it (scrolling) a try. He proceeded to go out and get a scroll saw. Then he relates to me about how much he enjoyed this form of woodworking , and his subsequent addiction to "the saw."
He described that he had made Christmas gifts via this new found love and when his scroll saw broke down for two days it nearly drove him crazy!
Since I know the feeling of Scroll saw malfunction and how it really CAN and DOES drive you crazy, I realized that this person that wrote indeed had found the enjoyment of this art form and I have to admit that this e-mail from him made me feel (selfishly) very good. To think that little ol' me from a little mountain town could have a hand in someone else out there in this big old world finding a hobby, a pleasure, an enjoyment so much so that they took the time to write me about it is possibly the best gift I have ever received due to this blog.
I wish to thank him for telling me this, and I encourage others out there, that if you even have an inkling of interest in this kind of woodwork to give it a try, and perhaps another day, another time I could be so fortunate to be writing a similiar post in the future!
PEACE!!!
Wood Alley,
also Allison
