Dear readers, sorry I dropped out of circulation for a while there. It has been a pretty busy, not to say, stressful month. I had to make a guerilla visit to Florence on a mission of mercy. Yes, I know: if you have to go on a mercy mission, Florence is not a bad destination. Stay with me.

The year has started off at full pelt, not quite sure how that happened. What happened to the lull after Christmas? I’ve had a gazillion things to do from setting up the Amazon store to the constant posting on Instagram. My PA needs a PA.

Happy 2019 to all our readers and the first day of the Alara sale, offering 20% off across the board on all orders received by 31st of January. Yes, I watched ‘Coming To America’ at Christmas, and since then I’ve been annoying everyone by exclaiming ‘Merry New Year!’ in a grandiose manner.