a fairy story

My wife likes to give me little quizzes as I pass by.

My wife likes to give me little quizzes as I pass by.

 "Hey do you know what a walking foot is? 

I say "Yeah I had a bit of the old walking foot back in 90, thank goddess I got picked up by a country doc while hitch hiking or I never would have got it looked at boy howdy."

        "So you don't know..."
me: "No."

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tall bike clowns Olive and Dingo

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Delivering cases of tea today after the gig.

Delivering cases of tea today after the gig. 

Olive is on the other side of town doing another gig while I catch up the tea supply at Know Thy Food. They sell a lot of our brand. 

The tea company that sponsored us tell me that our tea is selling as well as their top couple of brands (that have been around for years, we have been around for several weeks) and we out sell all the other tea titles combined. Folks dig it and we thank you so much.

 I hear that The Lion's Eye Tavern and The Eagle Eye Tavern are looking at carrying our tea. If they start making O&D color changing mixed drinks I may be at risk of falling off the wagon. lol That is a riot. — at Know Thy Food Cooperative.

http://chariteaspot.com/product/pre-order-olive-dingos-color-changing-tea/

http://chariteaspot.com/product/pre-order-olive-dingos-color-changing-tea/

It's a great town to be a clown. Making them laugh at ississippi pizza

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burning sage on my bike.

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Donation station

We got home today soaked and face melted after rocking a party appearance.

We got home today soaked and face melted after rocking a party appearance. 
We could have worn raincoats but we purposely don't. When folks in traffic see us drenched in bad weather they lose their minds. 
People honk, yell and encourage us the entire commute. Normally they only do that for most of our commute. 
It's a profound delight to make those folks so happy. 
We do pick our moments and do this sparingly. 
The gear and threads can only take so many torrents. 
Also this is how George Washington died. 
He got sick after a long horse ride in the rain. We ain't going down like that. 
All warm and dry now. 
Hope you are too.

I forgot how much I liked doing the garage sale thing.

I forgot how much I liked doing the garage sale thing.
 It was a great way to make up for some of the gigs we lost when we were sick but it was also culturally enriching.
I love garage sale relationships, they are unique.
These interactions start out with haggling.
First we haggle, then after the deal is struck, we put away our guns and connect as people.
I never get bored of that.
Clowns are diplomats. We are supposed to connect with folks in profound ways.
It's funny to watch "garage sale" happen with clowns in the mix.
It was funny that we constantly had to tell Olive that everything can't only be a dollar.
Anytime someone asked "How much?" Olive would say "A Dollaah!" with a smile.
We didn't just want to sell things, we wanted people to enjoy buying things from us. We wanted folks to have the story about getting a great deal at the clownz garage sale.
still...
We had to keep reminding Olive that if everything was a dollar we would have to throw 50 more garage sales and there just isn't time.