by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
We start getting calls and e-mails in the spring – “What’s going on in the store the week leading up to the Cincinnati convention?” And we don’t have a clue – at that point, we’re barely working on the schedule for the Spring Spectacular at the end of...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
In the past four weeks, it feels like I have been everywhere. A weekend in New York . . . Memorial Day Weekend at home . . . a weekend in Massachusetts . . . a side trip to Maryland . . . a weekend in Minnesota. Here I am at home again, with lots of untold...
by Gregory Smallwood | Jun 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
My life has been so hectic the past three weeks or so (last night was the first time I was able to check e-mail in ten days) – some work, some personal, some mechanical. Won’t bother you with the details today – but I probably will over the next few days once I...
by Gregory Smallwood | May 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Cristina Tessler gave me an update on her sister Ellen as we were tearing down our booths in Syracuse yesterday… "Our brother Chung has been taking care of Ellen since January 1. Now he is going back to the Orient and our sister Jean will take over and care...
by Gregory Smallwood | May 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Best wishes to our friend Joel Bechlem – after 3½ years on the road with Heartfelt Creations, he is moving on to a new challenge (starting his own business). This past weekend in Syracuse was the last time we had the pleasure of working with him – his last stop...
by Gregory Smallwood | May 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
A call came on a Monday in March 1994. It was my dad, telling me that my brother and his wife were at the hospital delivering their second child. He was heading to the hospital and wanted to know if I wanted to tag along – as if there was any doubt. A...
