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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sandie wrote,</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>“By the way if you can get time off to go to the Retreat, you
need to take time to come to the GOW. :)”</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yeah, and if I had an RV and was finished
with the 8 to 5 “thang”, Yvonne and I would make ALL the carving gigs
like you two, and the decorative painting shindigs too.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Besides, that’s a low blow. The
North East Retreat is only 5 hours away from my section of NY and is on
Columbus Day Weekend. Even if I could make the GOW, </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Sandy Holder</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> has first claim on me in
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Michigan</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> since she
invited me to the Woodcarvers Roundup way back and I owe her for the fine
hammer dulcimer music that’s on my DVD. And then I already get Heck from
a certain </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ohio</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> woodcarver ‘cause I buzz down route 90 too fast on my way to
the Artistry in Wood. Ah, it’s tough being in such demand (eyes
rolled Heaven-ward and a “yeah right” grin on my face).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Your right though, someday I need to make
a pilgrimage out that way, catch the Swedish-American Museum and other things
Scandinavian… teach </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Doug Evans</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> how to carve <G>…etc.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>FYI, I already got the good word about you
an Ol’ Don being there… how to you think Tony pitched the invite to
me? Look forward to seeing you there. You haven’t been to the
NEWR in a long while… you owe me HUGS.</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Keep on Carvin'</span></font></b><font
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</span></font><b><font color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-family:
"Book Antiqua";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>-Mike B.-></span></font></b><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
woodcarver-bounces@carverscompanion.com
[mailto:woodcarver-bounces@carverscompanion.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>SANDIE BURGDORF<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 03, 2009
7:53 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
woodcarver@carverscompanion.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>[Woodcarver]</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Rhode
Island Retreat</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Just read that you will be teaching at the Retreat
this October. Don is going to be heading up the special project so we will see
you there. By the way if you can get time off to go to the Retreat, you
need to take time to come to the GOW. :)</span></font></p>
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