HE GAVE HIS MISTRESS MY PADDLE. HE FORGOT THE AUCTION HOUSE BELONGED TO ME

same library carpet where my grandfather once taught me about coins.

I moved the replicas into a drawer.

I kept them as reminders.

Counterfeits are useful after they are exposed.

They teach the eye what to examine.

On Jude’s second birthday, I placed the Mercer Sunrise inside a museum case at the newly established Mercer Center for American Craft and History.continue reading …