We have been in Dallas most of this week at the International Lighting Market. Many of our clients come here to shop at this time of year and we like to be where they are. The mood at market has been good this year. I’d thought it might be down because some folks have complained that sales are soft in their retail markets, but it seems they are buying new stock anyway.

I miss Vermont, of course, but the unseasonably warm weather here has been a nice break. This morning it started to rain and the reaction here is happy relief that this might be the end of a lengthy drought.