Johanna

Talk about a surprise! Thank you all for your support of leatherworker.net. I couldn't do this without all the help, and I am grateful that the members and staff care about this place as much as I do. Every day 7000 or so people come to visit LW (we have almost 17,000 registered members now) and I hope they feel just as welcome as when we were little and new. I like to think of the board like the back table at my old leather store, where people drank coffee and talked, and showed each other how to do this and that. But the reality is the scary server bills, gas at $4 a gallon and well...you all know how it is. So to come home and find out that some of you dug in your pocket to help LW...brings tears to my eyes. Thank you, Sam and everyone. You folks are the best. Johanna

I did the best i could. The hotel has crummy lighting, and the room was packed. Mr. Don Butler won the Al Stohlman award this year. It was a great show, and I'll write more after i get some sleep.....zzzzzzzz It was great to see everybody, Harvey included. ~J