Getting what you wished for

Here we are in the Christmas season and it seems like all the irons we put in the fire are catching at once. While we stock the hundreds and hundred of boxes of chocolates that are already ordered, we also have a huge Global Exchange order for Valentines Day. Huge. (The Halloween project was a success.) This time around, we've hired local disabled workers to do the wrapping, but we still have to make thousands upon thousands of dark chocolates hearts by mid January.

Last weekend we delivered the four foot high chocolate Eiffel Tower Tom made to a ball in San Francisco.



And now we're considering doing a "roadshow" for Costco in January too. We have to have an array of products for custiomers to choose from over a four day period. The three most popular would be considered for distribution by Costco. Personally I have very mixed feelings about even the "good" big box store. I know it's not Walmart but...

Meanwhile I'm keeping busy doing the labels, brochures, and order forms for the chocolates. You can see some of them here .

So that's why no one ever hears from me anymore.

And now I'm off to the chocolate factory again.

Laughing

Last night Tom and I actually took an evening off chocolate-making (Christmas is very close now!) and went to see Wes Nisker, the Buddhist comedian, down at the library. As it turns out, he's a Jewish Buddhist comedian (and meditation teacher), which makes him even funnier.

Oh my goodness, I can't remember laughing so hard or so long in ages.

I think I enjoyed his take on the fall of the American empire the best. George W. Caesar. He suggests that we Americans accept the decline with grace, and step down from our position as Super Power with dignity before we are forced out of it. Great idea.

You can listen to him on the radio or better yet, if you ever see that he's performing at your neighborhood Buddhist center, go see him. There's nothing like an evening of laughter combined with real wisdom to put things in perspective.