I Inspired Andy Warhol!

Mary Faith,

I practice structured procrastination. In other words, I make a detailed list of all the stuff I need to do and then carefully prioritize the list with: tomorrow, day after tomorrow, next week, next month, and so forth. I never do anything today until somebody calls my hand. I’ve been meaning to write something on this blog now for weeks. Honest Engine I have, but now that you’ve given me a head’s up – called my hand – here’s my thing…

I remember that flag coloring contest in the second grade. How could I ever forget that? The dog ate most of my crayons so I had to use hot pink for the stripes and purple up there in the corner behind the stars. I also remember running out of room down near the bottom and switching over to three-point stars. Thank goodness we didn’t have Hawaii and Alaska to deal with back in those days or I would’ve been in serious trouble. Mrs Richardson didn’t give me a passing grade on that endeavor but I’m convinced, “without me, Andy Warhol would’ve been just another name in the phone book.”

A while back, here in Clemmons, I was stuck in a grocery-store line and noticed the lady in front of me wearing a Beaufort shirt and I said, “looks like you visited the boat show?” One thing led to another and somehow I mentioned your name and she said, “The porch lady!” When I told her we graduated high school together, she got so excited I thought she was going to ask me to autograph a pack of Frosted Flakes.

I still say they should’ve used bigger print in that first “Our State Magazine” article. Remember that? I called and asked you to paint a portrait of Petie and you said, “That’s porch. – NOT POOCH!” Geez!

Color me red and keep up the good work, girl.

Jim

PS: Here’s a digital picture of my turn-of-the-century (pre-porch-lady) Mary Warshaw original for all to see. Everything I’ve written above (pooch typo, supermarket stranger, my 2nd grade flag entry) is all true but with a spin. There’s one thing I’d never attempt to spin though - your talent. It is what it is – Awesome!