Well, the answer to that question is that after one two phonecalls with Tom the conversation got around to what kind of new yarn I was going to send him and how he was going to market his caps and yatta yatta yatta. I feel 10 pounds lighter, I swear to dog. So here is how it started...I hear the call to arms, the buzzing in my ear about calling Tom. Before he got sick, I would just stuff that down and try to ignore it. No more, no more. I called and talked to his mom, who tells me that Dad Clark has been "down" for 10 days with a fever...they have had an outbreak of West Nile up in that part of Utah. Yes, they are treating him as though he has it and if he does not get better (drink your fluids, Dad Clark) he will have to go to the hospital. So this means that mom has had Tom to care for and now that Tom is mending, she now is looking after her husband. She is a little dynamo and this is how she is doing it. Amazing. (send some white light up to Dad Clark, will ya?) She goes on and on with me about all of this stuff and then tells me that Tom is at The Cousin's house, selling corn by the side of the road. Yes, picture my curly haired friend on a chaise lounge, under an umbrella selling farm stand corn and cukes in Idaho while talking to ME about yarn and where he is going to go when he gets better. I love it. We had a great chat and I came to the conclusion that because he is crocheting and thinking about yarn and the future and life in general, we have a successful re-entry into that life. To ME, it is a really big deal. The most delicious part of the picture was that the farm where he was doing the Produce Party belonged to his grandma, the woman that taught him to crochet when he was a kid. Yeah, he is sitting the chaise lounge, under the umbrella, crocheting in front of the farm where....you get it, more healing full circle stuff.
He is making a remarkable recovery and believes that those of you that have sent energy and love to him are aiding in this recovery. Denise...he loves the yarn and was just astonished that you sent it. Thank you, big time!
So, in the meantime, I am dyeing and thinking. Tink got her hands on the initial skeins of Fat Bunny and declares it a winner, enough so that we are going to offer it in skeins that are just the right size for a hat. This is a thick 60% angora yarn, which will be quite affordable and wonderful. The caps that I have seen...oh MY! (Two of them are heading to Italy with young Fashionistas who declare them to be irrisistable.) You are going to love it. Tom is going to get some to play with and we will see Fat Bunny in knitting and crochet. Yippee!
It's amazing how much more energy is to be had when you feel 10 pounds lighter...happy camper, that's me.
What a wonderful end to August it is for you! And another week of August to go for more wonderful things to have happen! It'd be cool to be able to post a pic of Tom crocheting in the chaise at the farm stand of his grandma's farm!
Posted by: Nancy J | August 22, 2006 at 05:32 PM
Oh, that's wonderful news that Tom's doing so much better. Now it's his dad's turn: get better! Maybe Grandma can teach him to crochet?
Posted by: AlisonH | August 22, 2006 at 06:13 PM
So glad that Tom is getting better! Now . . . we just need need his dad to get better, too!
Posted by: --Deb | August 22, 2006 at 06:21 PM
that denise is a sweetheart :-)
Posted by: vanessa | August 22, 2006 at 07:12 PM
Oh, that is funny. "..... and by the way he's sitting by the roadside selling produce this morning, in case you were wondering about his proximity to his sickbed..."
Posted by: CarolineF | August 23, 2006 at 05:16 AM
Oh, that is funny. "..... and by the way he's sitting by the roadside selling produce this morning, in case you were wondering about his proximity to his sickbed..."
Posted by: CarolineF | August 23, 2006 at 05:16 AM
Yay for Tom!! I'm glad he is on the road. We'll keep him in our thoughts.
Posted by: elizabeth | August 23, 2006 at 07:39 AM
Yeah!! I'm so glad Tom is feeling better. White Light to Dad Clark right away. Which road is that? Maybe I should go buy some veggies and say "Hey!"
Posted by: Lisak | August 23, 2006 at 01:27 PM
That's wonderful news! Planning for the future, selling corn at the farm stand, fabulous.
Posted by: Monica | August 25, 2006 at 11:17 AM