This is my first post about John Megin. He was a friend of mine, he was an artist at the craft of bowl making. He was a quirky man, but with time he and I became close and very good friends.

More than 20 years ago he took his own life after a tragic accident that killed his closest friends in Niwot, Colorado. He called me that night and we spoke about many things. Little did I know he was saying goodbye. He died not too many hours later.

With his death he left me with a few of his unsold bowls, they were returned to his family, even though he told me they were mine to keep, or to sell, or to do what I thought best. I thought it best to return them to his family.

I now have five of his bowls, Photographs of them will grace these pages soon. As will stories of John in the best way my memories can remember him. While I have no photographs of him, I think he would be happiest to be remembered by his artwork, his beautiful wooden bowls.