I wanted to make a little report and a big THANKS to the folks trading me stuff for the New Navy flat-top mandolin plans.

So far, people have sent me:
a Oklahoma Native-American spear point, a chisel mallet of Mesquite wood, an oil painting, landscape with railroad bridge, a hippy newpaper, a group of photos of a town in Austria, and a jug of Maple Syrup (yum-yum).

I't been great reading the notes from the folks, I wish we could meet in person.