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Amy Allen's avatar

I love that the illustrations for your client's calendars were so important that they necessitated an overseas visit and a translator (and a dinner a Nobu!) for quality control. Nice also to know that others share my preference for a wall calendar. Clever thinking on your husband's part to borrow a plastic lobster rather than have an Annie Hall home lobster experience. :-)

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Vicki Smith's avatar

Thank you, Amy! I was flattered and terrified at the same time.

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Sally Showalter's avatar

I am a wall calendar and a Daytimer calendar as well. I never get tired of which one to choose. The Paella recipe is now printed and waiting on clam season. Thank you!

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Vicki Smith's avatar

Glad to know that I'm not alone in preferring an old-school calendar!

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WAYNE CHRISTENSEN's avatar

And I thought paper calendars went the way of dinosaurs . . . thx for reminding me they didn't!

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Vicki Smith's avatar

I'm a bit of a dinosaur myself!

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Amie McGraham's avatar

What a fabulous story! You have such talent from kitchen to drawing board to keyboard. And the side note about saffron was quite enlightening, I had no clue. Sounds like you’d need a botanical garden’s worth of space for your crop.

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Vicki Smith's avatar

Thanks, Amie! You are very sweet. Happy New Year!

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

I don’t particularly like getting older, but I do like the material markers of time, like paper calendars and clocks, both of which we have throughout our house. The illustrations on the calendar remind us of places we’ve visited, the clocks of the minutiae of daily life. Your lovely lobster with its little dish of butter reminds me of a delicious meal I enjoyed in Portland, Maine last fall, the paella recipe of another one years ago in Madrid. A new calendar or recipe is an invitation to plan, cook or dream. Thanks for another lovely post, Vicki! And Happy New Year!

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Vicki Smith's avatar

Thanks so much, Ruth! And Happy New Year to you!

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