the Artist
A lot has happened since my last post. That’s an understatement. We’ve been riding the rough seas of the current small business climate. Along the ride we’ve experienced the best and worst of human nature. It has been eye opening. It really does take (in this case) a pandemic to find out who are friends and who are aren’t.
I’ve thought about writing off and on over the past few months. I strive for transparency… what it’s like to own a small business, who we are, that’s the reason behind this blog. Sharing the happy and successful is easy. We want to always project prosperity and positivity. But I can not share the hard very well. And of course there has been hard, for Applewood and for everyone right now. So I have been torn.
The good is we are fortunate to be considered essential. We have been able to keep working… not at full capacity but working none the less.
Small businesses resonate with me. I have felt really bad for my hair salon, the little gift shop that opened in our town right on the cusp of the virus, my dental hygienist, our local restaurants. I miss eating out the little bit we did. I miss meeting the Carpenter for coffee or stealing away for a good breakfast. I drive around our town and see the empty streets, the dark store fronts and it makes me sad.
I do think it’s wonderful our local restaurants have been able to reinvent themselves with “Take Out”. I’ve been racking my brain about how we can adapt and improvise too. Could there be such a thing as “Take Out” Carpentry? Curbside pick-up. Specials on “Additions in a Box” or “Decks to Go?” Kidding. But seriously.
Looks like this pandemic isn’t going away any time soon. So we continue to be open for business. We have had some chilly homeowner meetings on outside patios, and heated garages.. keeping our social distance. We’ve made it work.
We are scheduling projects for late spring, summer into fall. If you give us a call… we can meet wherever you are comfortable. At least it is warming up for outside meetings! We are hanging in there and hope you are too.
Be well and we look forward to speaking with you.
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