Ismay Trading Post

This is the Ismay Trading Post. I passed it on my way from Bluff, Utah to Cortez, Colorado. It looked like it was abandoned thirty years ago, but the sign said 'open' so I went in. A skinny old man was presiding. You can buy corned beef and Spam and pop and candy and enamel basins and cups with decals of pink roses and a few 'Indian" items such as juniper seed necklaces and beaded belts and a pipe that looked like a hash pipe. There were two tin buckets of fresh peaches on the counter. Two Ute boys who had been practically flying on their bicycles came in and bought some candy. I was looking desperately for something to buy when I saw The Pots. They were sitting on a dusty shelf. Plain terracotta, glazed on the inside, unsigned and undecorated but I thought them beautiful. I asked the man where they came from and he shrugged and waved over his shoulder. I thought perhaps he meant the Phillipines. I bought one pot. He threw in a peach for free. When I was about two hundred miles down the road I realised that I had to find out more about the pots and maybe buy some as gifts. I was tempted to turn around and press the old codger into divulging their origin, but phoning or emailing seemed a more reasonable option. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find out any more about them. The maker must not have thought them worth claiming as his or her work. The Mountain Ute do have a pottery, but they dont answer my emails. One day I will return to the Ismay Trading Post and pursue this. It will probably be closed for ever by then.

I solved the problem of the lost maggots, kind of. I cant see these posts when I use Safari but I use Safari to create the post because I cant add photos with Mozilla. However I can see my posts on Mozilla. No problem until a couple of days ago. Oh well, it's entirely inconsequential..............