Newnan Market Days

Yesterday found me and Denise down in Newnan, Georgia braving ice cold winds and threatening rain. What on earth could possibly convince us to drive an hour and a half away from the comforts of our humble abode on a perfectly good Saturday morning? My good blogosphere friend, Clay Perry, was attending Newnan Market Days and seeing as it was the last one of this year and the fact he’s invited me down so many times – funny how our schedules conflict so badly – I decided I’d better go. Add to that the fact that he set me up with the owner of Scott’s Bookstore on the square, it was a day I just couldn’t pass up. More on that in a minute. Clay calls his little event Crickhollow on the Square – pretty neat if you ask me – after his little wood carving hobby (hobby for lack of a better name), aptly named Crickhollow Studios.  He is pretty talented and I like his work. His walking sticks are absolutely wonderful and I’m kicking myself for not buying one. Oh well, there’s always spring time. Perhaps another barter will be in order (traded one of his wood spirit ornaments for one of my books)?

His wife Julie (Bead Bugs) also does some pretty cool work with – you guessed it – beads!

And his brother is an absolute wonder. Funny as all get-out. Pretty cool guy, except for the fact he wussed out on us “because it was too cold” when we asked him to break out the guitar.
Their tables were set up in front of Scott’s Bookstore. Clay was kind enough to talk to the owner, who he’s known his whole life, about selling Seven Days of Terror. She happily agreed and I left several copies short. So if you’re ever in Newnan, Georgia by chance, stop by Scott’s and get yourself an autographed copy!

I must say, I had more fun than I thought I would. I even got to talk to my other good blogo-friend, Wendy, on Clay’s phone. She’s a real hoot; you should definitely go read her blog. All in all, it was a good day. I got to finally put some faces with names – I’ve been talking to Clay and Julie for at least a couple years now. Getting to know them over hot chocolate in the whipping cold wind and sitting down to lunch with them at the Redneck Gourmet was a blast. Denise and I left after lunch, happy we took the time to venture down.

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