Good Day on the Market for My Buddies

Bea waits on a customer who bought a bunch of stuff.

Paul and Bea wrap up a purchase.

My buddy Bea Guiterrez-Clements appeared to have found a whole new receptive audience for her marvelous pottery on Roanoke City Market this sleety-rainy-snowy morning.

I was at her spot for just a few minutes and she tallied a big sale during that period and said the morning had been brisk. "We'll be back," said her husband, Paul Clements, an artist, himself.

They're over from Lynchburg where they live in a 1790s cabin outside the city. This is their first excursion to City Market and Bea would likely deem it an unqualified success.