Comments on: I’m back…

By: Shirley

Shirley — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:32:27 +0000

Your description of the pressures of running a small business were spot on. And those pressures were why, 10 days after my second C-section in three years, I was back at work, answering the phone, typing invoices, doing mailings, and packing and shipping product, with our son strapped to my chest and our 2 yo daughter playing nearby. We couldn’t afford for me to take any more time.

God bless all small business owners, especially in the world of fiber.

By: Deborah Robson

Deborah Robson — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:10:36 +0000

Thanks for your articulate description of what operating a small, independent businesses involves.

And for heading up to help Beth. Wish I could have been there . . . I was meeting the semi and moving boxes of books and dealing with taxes and broken computers and. . . .

Hugs to you both.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:30:17 +0000

I love what you’ve just said. It is well said, and with heart. May your call for completely reasonable and indicated compassion be heard and soften the rigor of supply and demand over humanity. I too am all for firing February — count me in!

By: Ezara Penning

Ezara Penning — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:52:20 +0000

You may have trashed Beth’s shop, but in doing so you indoctrinated another group of spinners and future fiber buyers!

The most important thing is that you were able to help out a friend in her time of need.

By: Donna B

Donna B — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:43:30 +0000

So glad you could be there for Beth. I really and truly had a nightmare last night about The Loft struggling with all the economic fallout… It involved grating and liquifying soap to donate to Beth to wash fleeces , and purchasing some combs…which I’d really like to pull off IRL. LOL. Not the soap shredding.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:34:33 +0000

Hopefully March is better for her. What a great friend to go up and help her out!

By: Morgan

Morgan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:25:38 +0000

Dancing with Justin Timberlake? I saw him get punked… it wasn’t pretty. Certainly not as pretty as him

By: Ellen Bloomfield

Ellen Bloomfield — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:54:49 +0000

Hey, is that Beth’s new wheel I see in your picture?

By: Ellen Bloomfield

Ellen Bloomfield — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:53:48 +0000

Abby I’m sooo proud of you!!! You go girl!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:09:33 +0000

Amen! on what it takes to be a small businessperson. And kudos to you for being there for a dear friend.