Ok, first thing. Concerning
our age difference. Sassafras is
younger than me. Some people have
been trying to figure it out.
Sassafras and I met in a car show in Ionia, MI. in 1997.
We instantly fell in love and lived happily ever after.
Well, something like that. I
was selling sterling silver jewelry and decals and Sass was selling her own
wire wrapped jewelry. I chewed
her out because her pricing structure sucked. [Sounds
like Mick is griping, but he is serious. I priced my jewelry so low Mick
could purchase it for re-sell and make a good profit. My pricing brought
new meaning to the phrase, "Starving Artist."]
We did manage to do a little commerce and she did change her pricing
structure and we did continue to bump into each other throughout the summer of
1997. By 1998, we were talking
about being an item and decided to put our businesses and lives together on
July 8, 1998. We rode the
motorcycle most of the night and decided to go to my home (which was a travel
trailer I was living in and pulling from show to show) in the morning.
Except for two weeks in the fall of 1998, when Sass was in college and
I went to York, PA and then Myrtle Beach, SC for motorcycle shows, we have
been 24/7 and liking it.
Sassafras is a mixed media artist. I do not know what type of art she cannot do.
I do know that any that she tries she does well.
A couple of examples; for the first couple of years we were together, I
did most of the cooking. I
am being honest when I tell you she couldn’t cook a lick, though she was
willing to try. [Now
wait a minute! I have to say that I wasn't that bad of a cook. I
just needed more time to develop my cooking talent... and stop needless flavor
experiments.] I suggested one day that she approach cooking like an art and
she did. Sass, today, is one of
the best and most innovative cooks I have ever known.
I consider myself a good cook, but not an artist like Sass is.
Another example is we registered this domain in the
summer of 2003 and hired a couple of morons to build us a site.
Anybody that went to our site for the next 15 months, know why I call
them a couple of morons. Anyway, Sass decided to approach web building as an artist.
This site is the results of that effort.
She has built the whole thing from scratch and I think she deserves a
round of applause. Let’s hear
it for the ‘Sassafras’ (crowd roaring in the background).
I thank the Gods daily for Sassafras becoming part of my
life. If she has entered your
life in any way, you should thank them as well.
Now, concerning me.
Besides being 6’4”, quite muscular, with a full head of hair and
charm to give away, I am quite handsome and known to be modest as well.
Well, maybe in my dreams. [He
is a lavishly sexy guy with a ton of class, despite all the hype you just
read.] I
am an ex-serious guy that left corporate America to become the Boss MisFiT.
Some of my favorite things are Ron White, the comedian, NAFTA, people
who burp in public, watching HOG members trying to be bikers, being a misfit,
fishing (I kill them and eat them, ain’t no catch and release with me), my
grandkids, Jelly Bellies, chocolate almond ice cream, movies that make me cry [and
laugh hysterically],
good authors, the “mute” button, West Michigan in the summer, witty
people, watermelon, live cows and dead chickens (we don’t eat beef, but will
eat a dead chicken or turkey), and a lot of other things.
Sass and I sell sterling silver jewelry, sunglasses and
goggles in motorcycle shows across the nation.
If you ever see us, stop and say “Hey”!
We are members of the Bahá’í
Faith.
Just click on it to find out more, if you would like to.
I have been a Bahá’í since 1978 and Sassafras declared in 1999. We
love to teach the principles as we work and travel around the US.
We consider ourselves deliverers of hope in a seemingly hopeless world.
We also are active bigfoot hunters/researchers.
We have spent most of our time pursuing this in Michigan, where there
is an active colony of bigfeet. What?
You don’t believe? Oh,
well.
Hey, check our
links to some of my favorite places I go
to on the web. Also check out the
picture area. We would also like
you to go to our forum and participate or even the
blather boards. And of course, you can email us anytime about anything.
I answer 100% of my emails, 90% of the time.
Written by Mick
and
Clarification by Sassafras
