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December 5,
2004
We’ve Moved – Now What?
I was born and raised and have lived in Pennsylvania all my life
(I am not going to say how long that has been) and that is, in
large measure, why I named my chair the Pennsylvania Rocker. A
couple of years ago we bought a piece of land in Central
Virginia not far from Charlottesville and earlier this year
began construction of a new home and shop. We moved in early
November and I am now ready to begin building chairs that were
ordered in the spring.
My dilemma as we thought about the move was whether or not to
change the name. I went so far as to buy the URL “varockers”
thinking that I might make a change. How would people feel about
a chair named for one state and built in another? What will
people who have always known us as Pennsylvania Rocking Chairs
think? Well, I have always subscribed to the saying that “ if it
ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and that applies to names as much as
anything. So, the Pennsylvania Rocking Chair will continue to
bear that name and will be built in Gordonsville, Virginia –
confusing perhaps, but not entirely illogical.
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