ANOTHER ROAD TRIP

Last Friday we made our way down to Middletown, CT to drop off pots for the upcoming annual holiday sale. I probably should just mention that this trip involves minimal effort, basically there and back again in a day trip verses the amount of packing materials, boxes, bubblewrap, tape, two days packing on my knees and UPS charges that add up quite quickly without  the  area bonuses of the excursion. The drive is quite nice with the tail end of autumn hanging on as you pass through the Berkshires and down to southern CT with a further trek from Middletown to Guilford for what adds to the reason we are in the area in the first place. In Guilford we start out getting a tasty cheeseburger and onion rings at Nick's, followed by grabbing up some pastries at Meriano's and then to a very nice wine store where the owner always has wonderful wines and suggestions for our Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Years dinner wines. I know I make mention of this trek every year but it just makes the drop off of pottery so much more special when involves stops at locales that used to be part of our daily lives when we lived in the area. I miss distinct aspects of Guilford, along with Williamsburg, York, Windham, Cleveland and Plattsburgh, more than just a general sense of nostalgia as each area had something to offer, wonderful experiences and opportunities and stuff that you just can't find anywhere else.

Illustrated is the show card and a temmoku and medieval green tray covered in meriano's pastries; cannoli, almond, chocolate and strawberry-cheese croissants.

"I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine." Lou Reed