He also built our front counter, which was quite fancy for a used bookstore.
When we closed the store in 2003 one of our good customers, Betty Comfort, bought the counter for the Dewey-Humboldt Public Library she was helping put together in the next community.
Judy told Scott about this and said she wanted to take him down there to see his handiwork.
He professed ignorance, or at least a faulty memory, about the counter but yesterday they made the journey about 15 miles down the road.
And Scott posed for his mother's camera in front of something he had built 24 years ago that is still in good use.
Betty Comfort is gone now but her charitable work is remembered in the library where one corner of it is designated "the Comfort Corner".
I love that counter! He did a great job!
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A precious person.
ReplyDeleteA good wood worker is hard to find, a wood butcher on the other hand...
ReplyDeleteThat's a fine counter. At first, I was worried that your lower half was missing. Then I saw that Scott still has his legs, so I realized it was a mirror.
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ReplyDeleteLove seeing that counter and reading the history of it. Well done.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Scott is truly a master craftsmen! What a great piece of history.
ReplyDeleteAnd do you know who that young guy was hanging out behind the counter at your bookstore! He looked vaguely familiar.
Truly fine story of a fine piece of functional carpentry.
ReplyDeleteHow awesome that the counter is still in use!
ReplyDeletegreat history and wonderful followup
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