"Retirement"?????

Well, it's final. Sam's public school teaching is coming to a close. He "officially" retires June 30th. But as a new friend just told us;
"Artists don't retire, they just run out of time!"
I can see that happening already. He has so many plans, ideas, projects, expectations...we couldn't do them all if we lived to be 100. And of course, I have an agenda for him too!! But we're still looking at doing Ann Arbor and Tawas this year (Michigan shows). At first we were going to schedule a LOT of shows, but due to aging family members with poor health, we've decided to "jump in slowly"! We are discussing doing Harrisville, MI (it's close) and "the Pink Palace" in Memphis, TN in October (a working vacation). Next year we'll try for Rochester MI's "Art & Apples" which was always one of our favorite shows to do.