Re: David Morgan No Longer Braiding, so?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:55 pm
A very interesting topic, too interesting to me in fact for me to chime in on so clearly...
But Bufflehead I'm hoping that was a while ago when David said he was braiding whips. David's long term memory is pretty good, and he can keep up in most conversations and I would in fact love for him to have more whip conversations, but his short term memory has lately been 'shot' as he says. He's recovered physically from the broken hip of a year before last quite well but brainwise there have been some challenges which he is handling with admirable grace. I have noticed in a couple store conversations over the last year where he said he is still braiding whips, I try to be there to correct him.. And try to listen in on phone conversations he has with people who don't know about his memory issue ( explicitely ) to make sure he isn't saying we have this or that in stock or taking an order without writing it down.
He cracks each whip and strongly cares about and oversees the quality... Meagan is the whip master, so to speak.
When he talks in the store I've seen his brain come up with the answer that he is still braiding whips, he has so closely identified with braiding whips over the years, so that combined with short term memory loss, makes his answer sincere at least. He is braiding, he braided a chin strap or two this morning in fact, and I hope to get him to help me soon on a project as he is still a great teacher, but Meagan is cutting and braiding on the whips, and my nephew Alex is doing the foundations etc.. but most importantly is doing the heavy pulling on the whips.
I was doing some braiding -- and not reluctantly as opposed to when I was twelve through 18 when it was part of earning an allowance... but Alex has recently made more time to work, and his hands have toughened up, so I am a 'reserve' braider. I think part of the reason a shop is a shop is because of the team, and David is a very special part of our team.
But Bufflehead I'm hoping that was a while ago when David said he was braiding whips. David's long term memory is pretty good, and he can keep up in most conversations and I would in fact love for him to have more whip conversations, but his short term memory has lately been 'shot' as he says. He's recovered physically from the broken hip of a year before last quite well but brainwise there have been some challenges which he is handling with admirable grace. I have noticed in a couple store conversations over the last year where he said he is still braiding whips, I try to be there to correct him.. And try to listen in on phone conversations he has with people who don't know about his memory issue ( explicitely ) to make sure he isn't saying we have this or that in stock or taking an order without writing it down.
He cracks each whip and strongly cares about and oversees the quality... Meagan is the whip master, so to speak.
When he talks in the store I've seen his brain come up with the answer that he is still braiding whips, he has so closely identified with braiding whips over the years, so that combined with short term memory loss, makes his answer sincere at least. He is braiding, he braided a chin strap or two this morning in fact, and I hope to get him to help me soon on a project as he is still a great teacher, but Meagan is cutting and braiding on the whips, and my nephew Alex is doing the foundations etc.. but most importantly is doing the heavy pulling on the whips.
I was doing some braiding -- and not reluctantly as opposed to when I was twelve through 18 when it was part of earning an allowance... but Alex has recently made more time to work, and his hands have toughened up, so I am a 'reserve' braider. I think part of the reason a shop is a shop is because of the team, and David is a very special part of our team.
