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Sis and D's Handmade Spoons, Brandon, MS (2026)

04/22/2026

Double Decker, it has a ring to it. 29 years ago Sparky Riordan called Sis and said they are organizing an arts and craft show in Oxford called the Double Decker. He grew up in Clarksdale and was a friend of the family. He said I think y’all would fit well in this show. We discussed it and said well let’s give it a go. We sent our hundred dollars in and headed to Oxford after a big storm passed thru earlier in the morning. We drive up to our booth on the square and parked on the square next to our booth. Well Sparky was right about Sis and D’s fitting in the Double Decker and haven’t missed one since. Hope the weather holds out for everyone and we get to see all of our loyal customers again. I’ve included some photos of the products I have been working on since Christmas. I actually have some spoons and spreaders made from the ice storm in January. A friend helping with Samaritan’s Purse brought me the wood from the ice damaged trees. Making lemonade from lemons I guess you would say. Anyway hope to see y’all Saturday.

07/25/2025

Nostalgia-noun-a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal association. I’m headed for the famous Neshoba County Fair tomorrow and I can promise you generations have much nostalgia for this event. I was thinking nostalgia comes in many forms and one that fits what I do with my spoons and other wooden cookware brings out many stories that I have enjoyed hearing from many customers. The one I hear most of the time is about a dough bowl or certain spoon that was used by a grandmother or mother and ended up in the wrong hands, or according to the person sharing the story. I could write a book on those stories. I have made many pieces to replace or copy those nostalgia pieces and I have made many other pieces from a tree, barn wood, even pieces of wood from a house being torn down that was their home. These are great mementos to remember a place or time that brings back memories. Sometimes I even hear a “ Mom remember that is mine one of these days “. I know I have related nostalgia to my spoons but as time slips on by you realize “it’s the little things that matter”. Sunrises, sunsets, bacon cooking, smoke from a campfire, fall colors, a frosty morning, coffee brewing, the first tomato sandwich, good chili, a mess of crappie and on and on and on.
I know I will see lots of my customers and now I call them friends tomorrow and hope they can pick up a few items that will be “nostalgic “ in the near future. I enjoy hearing all the great stories about the cooking utensils they have brought in past shows. Hard to believe that this will be my 29th show at Neshoba. It’s been a good run and hope I have got a few more “Fairs” left in me. Somehow a Robert Frost poem has stayed with me all these years,
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. “
Take that road less traveled every now and then. See y’all tomorrow

07/26/2024

My truck is packed and ready for the famous Neshoba County Fair. I set up in the morning and hopefully the rain will hold off. As everyone knows who attends the fair, it’s either red clay dust or red clay mud and usually we get both on the same day. Did I forget to mention that the temperature is usually the hottest and most humid days of the year. None of the above matters to all the folks who attend the fair as this is a time of friend and family reunions and that is why it is called America’s biggest and oldest house party. It goes on for over a week and includes harness racing, music of all kinds, a craft show, political speeches, a carnival, food vendors, a triathlon and many other activities. The small houses are decked out and everyone cooks their best dishes, even cookbooks have been written about the recipes from the fair.
Below I have a few photos of some of the pieces I will have at the show tomorrow. I have made a few bowls for this show and most notable is the flaming box elder. A wood turning friend brought me by a few pieces of the scrap, but as all wood workers know it’s not scrap , just a piece of wood that I haven’t figured out what it’s going to be yet. Flaming box elder is caused by a certain type of fungus that is usually brought in by a beetle. It sometimes produces a beautiful flaming red streak and just makes it stunning to look at. The red will fade over time as it oxidizes but will last longer if kept out of sunlight. Anyway it is just beautiful to see. I also have a dough bowl made from a log that a friend drug out of the Bogue Chitto river called sinker cypress. This log could have been under water for hundreds of years. A walnut bowl I have is from a part of a log cabin from Kentucky. I left the chop marks on the back side as I thought it would be shame to sand off those chop marks made by a person building his log home in the hills of Kentucky many many years ago. Also there is a set of custom spoons I made for a lady from a redbud tree that stood in their yard for many years.
And last but not least, to be honest with all of you I was quite overwhelmed by the outpouring of compassion and sincere thoughtfulness expressed by all. Celeste and I both enjoyed and looked forward to seeing and visiting with all our loyal friends and customers. I thank all of you. I read this somewhere by an author unknown and it has stuck with me. It goes like this.
Grief never ends, but it changes
It’s a passage, not a place to stay
Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith
It is the price of love

Hope to see y’all at the fair tomorrow.

06/22/2024

It is with heavy heart and leaking eyes that I write this post. Celeste also known as Sis,C and sister passed away on June 20. She had fought a valiant battle with RA, scleroderma and other autoimmunes that go along with her diseases, but as we all know Father Time always wins this battle in the end.
I met Sis 32 years ago in Clarksdale Mississippi and it was a match made in heaven. I will share how we met to add a little lightness to this post. I had been hunting with a bud in the delta near Clarksdale. We stopped to eat at a local restaurant and he asked where I was heading when I left. I said well I am going to stop by that pawn shop to see if anything might peak my interest. Well the first thing to peak my interest was this cute green eyed lady that asked if she could help me. I said yes, there is a half mounted black bear with no teeth and not much hair, is he for sale. I wanted the claws to add to my buckskinner necklace as I was participating in a lot of colonial and mountain man re-enactments. She said “no” and I said “ are you a trader”. She said “yes”. What will you trade for I asked and she said “a wooden leg”. I said next time I come in here I will have the leg. She also told me that her husband had passed a couple of years ago so a widow meets a traveling salesman who is looking for a wooden leg. I had customers in several states and had a few that were good at locating things for me. I pulled into one of those in Alabama a week or so later. He of course asked me what I was looking for this time. I said “a wooden leg”. He doesn’t even look up and makes a call. Get in the truck he said and we were off to visit a former sawmill worker who was 18 50 years ago. It’s one of those memories that is burned in and you never forget it. We pull up and a 78 year old fella with his wife are walking down from the barn. He has two legs in his arm and walking on another one. He said “I’m getting a new one in a couple of weeks “. I thought for a minute and decided 2 was enough. He was going to give them to me but I had to trade something, so I gave he and his wife some wooden spoons. They seemed happy, I was happy and off to get my claws. She really needs to put her 2 cents in here but my side goes like this. I thought maybe with 2 legs I could get a dinner too. Well she only gave me a couple of the claws, got the dinner and eventually all the claws. I got the claws, she got me and I got her.
Sis had a magnetic personality, a smile big as Dallas, and left you with a smile in your heart. She was one of the best cooks, except for my mom, I ever knew. Much like me she was a perfectionist and it showed in our spoons, cooking, travel, relationships, and just life.
Brought her back home in hospice at the end. I had stepped out for a minute and when I stepped back in her pretty green eyes were open and telling me to get her boys. Ronald Reagan’s famous lines were burned in mind “she slipped the surly bonds of this life “ and “ touched the face of God”.
In the end life is a collection of memories and I got so many great ones of our lives that I will never run short. Included a few photos of a few of those “great memories “.

04/25/2024

Just wanted to let everyone know that the famous Double Decker festival is on Saturday April 27th. I will be in my regular space on the north east corner of the square in Oxford Mississippi, spaces 72,73.
Below are a few of the pieces I have been working on for the show. I’ve had many requests for coffee scoops, so I have been working on making a few of these for the show. Tasting spoons made from a customer’s own walnut is the next photo. I also finished a set of “Visit Mississippi “ spoons for the tourism council. The next two photos are scoops made to scoop dog and cat food. Next photo is olive wood pastry and cake knives displayed on a piece of sinker cypress a friend pulled out of the Bogue Chitto river. Olive wood small spoons and spreaders are next along with a box of rolling pins I just finished. The next photo is a folk art piece I call “T Rex”. I was carving a dragon head for a customer but when I finished it , it looked more like a T Rex. Anyway the last photo is marking spoons before I oil them in the last of the 8 steps in hand making all these different pieces.
Hope to see everyone this Saturday in Oxford, I always look forward to seeing my repeat customers and new customers. Weather looks nice so come on out if you get a chance. I have been working on this show since just after Christmas and think you will be very happy with many different styles and choices. See you then.

01/01/2024

Hopefully everyone had a safe and merry Christmas and here’s hoping everyone has a safe and healthy new year. Thought I would post a few photos of projects I worked on for Christmas gifts that were shipped all over. I did make one spoon today as I like to make one the last day of year and start the year off with one on New Year’s Day. Those are pictured in the first photos. I made these from some apple wood that my uncle gave me after he had to cut down the tree he planted in 1977. It is going to make some beautiful pieces.
The next photos are of a burl I have been trying to figure out what to make from it. I finally made the decision to cut the top piece of burl off and make a bowl from it and a double bowl from the other piece. It has a smaller bowl on top and turn it over and a larger bowl on the bottom.
The next photo is some pieces o made for my uncle and aunt to give to son and grands. Future heirlooms
Next is a chip/dip bowl with a spreader that fits small bowl. Will be a new item this year.
A basic set of spoons on next photo and a set of boards made for gifts on next photo. 3 nice stock spoons in next photo, big bowl servers with pot holder on handle is next.
Four deluxe sets in next photo and a chip/dip bowl that was shipped to Kansas for a gift on next photo. A walnut charcuterie board in next photo.
The last 5 photos are a bowl I made from a tree that was blown down when that devastating tornado went thru the delta last spring. I actually made this bowl from an oak tree that was blown down in Silver City. I made it last summer but it was given as a gift so I waited until they received it before I posted the photos. It was just an outstanding piece of burl wood and it was a pleasure to make.
Have a safe and healthy New Year and hope to cross paths sometime this year at the shows. I appreciate all my loyal customers and look forward to seeing you and visiting when I see you.

11/23/2023

I wanted to wish everyone a big Happy Thanksgiving. Hope everyone has a safe and great day with friends and family. Thought I would post a few photos of recent projects.
I know a lot of Sis and D spoons are working hard today, I know the ones we use ever have gotten a pretty good workout today. I have been shipping a lot of soon to be Christmas gifts that are going to make many cooks happy.
Photos below include cutting boards, antler handled wood knives,a bowl, custom order spoons, and a first- an antler handled Jack Daniel’s whiskey barrel stave with an antler handle. Jack Daniel’s used to be a customer when I was selling sawmill equipment. I sold them some carbide hammers that fit their hammer mill. It was used to chip up end and pieces from their barrel making facility. I recently toured their facility with some friends from Australia. I actually toured their facility in another life in January 1975. I included that photo so everyone can get a laugh today.
Have a great day and enjoy your family and friends. Time has a way of slipping by.

10/12/2023

Canton flea market day, it has been a very good day so far despite the drizzle rain to start the day. I am set up at the usual spot at the Episcopal church.
The first two photos are spoons made from a pomegranate tree. This tree was given to the daughter by her father who recently passed away. The tree died and I made it into some spoons and spreaders. I knew her dad well and it was a labor of love making these for her.
The rest are photos from the show today. Come by if you are in the area.

09/21/2023

Sis and D’s handmade spoons are back in Atlanta. The ladies at the Mississippi Tourism asked if I could make the spoons that are gifted at the show to promote tourism in our great state. I realize that Mississippi may not be at the top of the list in a few areas but we are at the top of the list in hospitality not to mention having some of the best cooks from anywhere. How many times have we said “that was a good meal but it ain’t like mama did it”. Our fellow Mississippians are some of the most kind and giving people in the country.
If you are in the Atlanta area this would be a great event to attend. Our Mississippi group has 5 great chefs with them who will be cooking some delicious dishes to sample.
My next show is Canton on October 12. I will be at the Episcopal church and easy to find. Just walk down the sidewalk and you can’t miss my booth. Hope to see you there.

08/20/2023

The famous Neshoba County fair is behind me for another year. It was great to see a lot of my customers and friends. I left about 3:45 in the morning to get to the show and watched huge thunderstorms as I drove to the show. I thought well maybe they will stay north of the show, wrong. After I unloaded and parked my truck in the back 40, I arrived back at my booth to a beginning rain. My neighbor booth person helped me get set up and the bottom fell out. I just sat in the booth and waited 2 hours to set up. It was a toad strangler but finally broke. I got set up and had a good day but when I went to get truck was caught up in a line for 2 hours. It was a long day but worth it see many of my loyal customers. All the vendors have similar experiences, it just comes with the show circuit.
The first photo is a cake knife and server I made from wood from an old cabin that was torn down from the family of the wedding couple.
The next photos are honey dippers that I will add to the Sis and D collection. I sent one to a friend who has bees and she sent me this great photo with her honey makers in the background. I have a short video but it won’t let me post on this format. It is a great video but her husband got stung while videoing.
The next photo is a very nice set of utensils I sent to a couple who are getting married and both are serious cooks. They have some serious cooking tools now.
The next 3 photos are sets I have made for families with wood used from their home places. I thought those turned out well.
The next 8 photos are from a walking stick I am working on. I found this stick on the side of my walking route that had been knocked down by a line cleaning crew. It has been so hot that I could work on this in the cool so I decided it was a good time. Not sure how I am going to finishe it off but have a few thing in mind. I put the Don’t Tread On Me with the 13 rattles on the lower part of stick. It’s call the Gadsden flag and was used by the navy during the revolutionary war.
Speaking of show experiences, I have one that I thought I would share. It’s one of those experiences that at the time is not funny but looking back it there is some humor in it. First let me set this up, Velcro was invented and patented in 1955 by George de Mestral in Switzerland when he discovered on his walks he and his dog would be covered in burs. He thought there’s got to be a use for something like this. Fast forward to a show In Arkansas several years ago. There is Velcro in many places on my tent and on this day a piece was hanging down, the hooky side. Well I noticed this lady, rather short, but with a high blond bouffant hair do. She worked herself around the booth and the bouffant was tall enough that it came in contact with the said Velcro. I did not know that Velcro would attach itself to hair with such tenacity. As I was trying to remove the blond bouffant from my Velcro, which there’s not a very graceful way, I happen to notice that her husband was standing a person or two back. He had on motorcycle boots and what appeared to be several tattoos, rather crude prison ones I was thinking. I sped up the process and finally removed that last stand, yes each stand was well embedded, and breathed a sigh of relief. When you pass by my booth check to see if there are any Velcro straps please.
Next show is Canton, I will be at my regular spot at the Episcopal Church. Hope to see you there. Y’all stay cool.

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