Last night was our Empty Bowls event in Brasstown.  I just love this gathering of people.  We arrived about 45 minutes before the doors opened to get a good place in line because the event is a sellout every year.  The late afternoon air was a little cool, but not bad.  The Folk School resident musicians entertained us with mountain music while we stood outside in line then continued their singing inside while we ate and chatted with people at our tables.  This year we had two soups, the usual Brasstown beef and barley and a delicious vegetarian cream-of-corn, plenty of fresh salad, their kitchen-made wheat bread, and oatmeal raisin cookies.  The tables are set to seat ten people.  The dining area is three connected rooms and we were seated in the middle room.  In my opinion, it's the best place to see all the action and goings-on.  We bought ten raffle tickets for the paper bag raffle but didn't win any of the donated clay pieces this year. 

Cliff picked the dark bowl on the right, very interesting glazing.  My bowl has a stenciled verse from the Congregation of Abraxas............."That those who are now hungry may be filled and those without hope may be given courage."  The potter who created my bowl came over to our table and spoke to all of us for a few minutes.  The lady seated to my left chose a bowl that she had seen featured in an article in the Cherokee Scout.  She said when she chose that particular bowl, she was photographed and interviewed.  That bowl was being followed from its beginning on the potter's wheel to its new home and she will be featured with her bowl in this Wednesday's Cherokee Scout.