These are some of our Texas Blenko Friends
As my wife and I prepare to leave on our road trip to West Virginia for the Blenko Collectors Convention. I wish my friends who are already there or are on the road a very safe and pleasant journey. Really, when you boil our hobby down to its basic elements, it's our friendships and acquaintances that make our hobby so enjoyable. Friends who understand your passion, and share your excitement over a new find, or share your disappointment over the piece you missed out on. Friends who freely share knowledge and experiences. Hope to see you all at the convention.
"Friends have all things in common."
- Plato
-Tim
TIM, Karin, TEXAS COLLECTORS (new Friends),
ReplyDeleteYou do not know how much they mean to me, my friends, and how, how rare and strange it is, to find in a life composed so much of odds and ends… to find a friend who has these qualities, who has, and gives those qualities upon which friendship lives. How much it means that I say this to you -without these friendships - life, what cauchemar!”TS Eliot
Hillary
ReplyDeleteI also like TS Eliot. I have 2 first editons.
Tim,
R U in this photo? Texas group is large, no wonder Hillary is so pro texas.
Do you also follow sports?
When will you arrive? If I come it'll be saturday - sunday are these good days?
Solomon
HILLARY
ReplyDeleteYOU AREN'T GOING TO THE BCS CONVENTION. WHY?
WE HAVE FOLLOWED THIS BLOG NEARLY A YEAR - BLENKO CHEERLEADER AND NOW YOU BOW OUT?
EXPLAINATON IS DUE
OR AN APPEARANCE IN COURT
WVUGUY07
If you haven't seen this already, I wanted to share my fundraising
ReplyDeletetrailer for my documentary "Them That Work." I am still shooting, and
in fact have some big shoots across West Virginia the next two weeks
before I head back to New York City, but I wanted to let people see
what I've done so far.
Thank you to everyone that's helped and supported this so far.
Much more is to come.
Jason Brown
(trailer here --->) http://www.pewterproductions.com/
Jason,
ReplyDeleteI am so ver PROUD and you and your work! WVa Filmm maker, Professor
you are a very accomplished and awesome friend.
In a perfect world the funding for these wonderful projects would not be an issue. Somedaiy my friend this will be true for you, your work continues to receive awards.
Ya know Jason, if somehow you could do a film that focused on those wonderful WVa Glass makers from the 50s (smile). Hillary
WVU GUY 07
ReplyDeleteaka George ?
I am responding to this as you
were not the only one to +question
my
being out of town during the BCS
convention.
A group of friends and I make a yearly pilgrimage
to Chicago - for nearly six years. The eight of us
spend 5 days in the ' windy city '.
Blenko is a major interest for me, but I also
love Vintage Cars, jazz, Big Band Music, Old Films,
Most all Films, Theater and so many others things. . .
so BLENKO is Not my entire life.
THE BCS Conference is a wonderful event -
the 100
+ members are all devoted advocates of
BLENKO GLASS.
The Blog will continue in my short absence
and I will check the Blenko Project Mail every other
evening -
hjh