I was excited about seeing the encaustic painting demo, an ancient artform that incorporates melted wax into the works. Although I've never seen a painting done by that method, I could imagine how luminous they might seem. So on Saturday, March 1, I drove out to The Art Stop in Webster.

Someone arrived just prior to me and inquired about the demo. The shopkeeper told her the event was actually next Saturday, and the wrong date was a misprint. Where had she seen it advertised? In the Penny Saver. Hmm. I was next and told her it was in City Newspaper. Again, she said it was a misprint. The couple behind me had seen it in the D&C. Again, a misprint. I then explained to her that I worked with City Newspaper, and I really didn't think I'd misprinted it. That the info I'd received came directly from the shop. That I'd even corresponded with someone to get a photo to accompany it as a City's Choice. She replied that she didn't know anything about that, and that it hadn't been her.

Now, this is where perception comes in. From my perception as the calendar gal, I perceived her as implying the newspapers made the misprints. But, she could have meant someone from the store sent out a misprint. Actually, she said neither. She simply stated it as a misprint, not assigning responsibility to anyone. And all I know is that on the press release sent to City from artstop@frontiernet.net it clearly states "Saturday March 1^st."

Anyway, she was then very helpful and showed us some examples, and some of the products a person would use to do encaustic paining.

I then went on a thrift store shopping spree. And found a work of art! A beautiful purple hand-dyed silk scarf with sea through windows for $5.

Next up: Fusion 2008