It Pays to Chat

If all I did at Pen Shows was look at pencils, I’d be bored out of my mind.

Sure, that’s the biggest part of the fun, but when you get to talking with people, that’s the part that’s really interested. And if I hadn’t struck up a conversation with Don and Ellen Haupt while I was looking at the stuff on their table Sunday at the Philly Show, I never would have gotten to see the single coolest thing I saw the entire weekend.

As I was picking out a few pencils at Don’s table, Ellen noticed the theme to what interested me and asked if I was interested in seeing a really interesting pencil. It wasn’t for sale, she’d cautioned me . . .

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