Starting to really wonder where this whole notion came from...that "Michael Schoeffling is a furniture maker in Northeastern Pennsylvania with a wife & two kids". What is the source? Who first published that and when? It is really feeling like one big game of telephone...if enough people repeat it, well then it must be true? Literally people just regurgitate it over and over and over again. So casually as if they know it to be true. Like it was happening next door. But NO ONE has ever given any more details. NOTHING. NO photos of beautiful hand crafted furniture. No photos of an older Michael Schoeffling. No address of a store. No real, documented "sightings". NOTHING! This is America! We live for that shit!
I can't wait to see your journey to Michael the master craftsman of Jake Ryan unfold. Love you crazy sisters.
ReplyDelete"Do you know how many times a week I go without lunch because some bitch borrows my lunch money? Y'know, any halfway decent girl can rob me blind, because I'm too torqued up to say no." -Farmer Ted, who grew up to be a total hunk.
-xoxoKristin
You will find him, of that I am certain! Maybe you can eat a birthday cake on top of one of his hand crafted tables!
ReplyDeleteSo, ladies..how goes the hunt?
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog. I too am searching for Jake Ryan and I actually live here in Wilkes Barre PA, where Michael was born. The town he supposedly lives in, Newfoundland is not far at all from me. I am thinking about taking a drive out there and just chat up the locals to see if I can find his furniture store. Have you guys learned anything new? I'd love to put our heads together and try and figure this mystery out! Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteI moved to Philadelphia several years ago and travel very often for work throughout "Amish" country. Finding Jake Ryan has been a fantasy of mine for years! I dream that one day I will be in rural Pennsylvania and stop to browse in one of those handmade furniture stores...and lo and behold, will stumble upon Mr. Jake Ryan himself! PLEASE let us know if you find him!
ReplyDeleteI just read a comment on a website, that a girl went into his store, with her parents. She asked him if it was...him! He laughed, and she confirmed it was him and hos store. Did you ladies ever see Michael Schoeffling? I fell in love with him from Wild Hearts, first. He probably just didn't think the limelight was for him. It just shows he's human. Are you going to post thest pictures on the web? He is trying to keep his life private.
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