The morning walks are good, but there’s only so much you can do to cheer yourself up. So today I give myself the relief of shutting up. Here are some signs of the times, instead…

Happy New Year, everybody!
To follow up on my post of December 17, “Tonight’s the Night!”:
Five caring professionals have come forward to capture the prizes in our second annual “Caring Profession Thank-you Week”: a fire captain and a nurse from Seattle, two school teachers from South Bend, IN, and one school teacher from New Orleans, LA.
Congrats to all of you, and hope to see you and your feedback soon on the “Happy Clients” page of Honey Girl Books and Gifts.
Other big news: Tranquility Pillows are now available with Velcro fasteners or the traditional snaps, to make it easier for tiny or tired fingers to attach and remove the three cloth stars. As the tag says, “Snap on a star and let your feelings be seen. It’s as natural as a night sky.”
Introducing “à la française”: a most French pillow!
Inspired by some kindly neighbors and their French daughter-in-law and grandchildren. And voilà! Families on both sides of the Atlantic will have a cheerful new cushion in common. (You can have one too, of course, via Honey Girl Books and Gifts).
Yellow and blue are a very French combination; think of The Little Prince. In this version, a maritime theme, added to the yellow and white, reminds me of hot sun on the cool beaches of Brittany, in a style hearkening back to the classy, crisp Petit bateau clothing line.
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“I have friends to make and lots of things to discover.”
Le Petit Prince, The Little Prince, classic novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943)