Book of Days

Now it is April, and here is your Convivio Book of Days calendar for the month. I light a candle in every church I go to, if I can. It’s a habit I picked up from my grandmother, who has been on my mind a lot lately, as she always is this time of year, for it was on the 30th of March that she left this world, many years ago. And last night, while I was searching through my photographs for one of chickens or eggs––a suitable springtime image––for what would be the cover star of this month’s calendar, I came across this one. A simple tray of candles, each representing someone’s prayer, someone’s wish. It was at a small old church in Bregenz, Austria. I lit the candle at the bottom left, for Grandma and for anyone who needed that light. Nowadays it’s apparent we all need it. Chickens, eggs: I’m sorry. Candles feel more appropriate this April. The calendar is a printable PDF, a fine companion to this blog. Use it in good health.

FACEBOOK LIVE EVENT
If you’re free this afternoon, Wednesday April 1st, I’ll be broadcasting on Facebook Live at the Facebook page of the Jaffe Center for Book Arts at 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. It’s called Book Arts 101: Home Edition and we’ll be talking books and craft and who knows what else. Expect a bit of a ramble and expect it to be a short one, no more than 15 or 20 minutes. It may be something I do on a weekly basis, if it feels right. It’s a new world of working at home, and connecting with all of you seems important… so join me if you can. It will be available for viewing at the Jaffe Center’s Facebook page even after the event, so don’t fret if you can’t tune in while it’s live. Perhaps I’ll see you there.

SAVE 15% at our Convivio Book of Days Catalog
Use code SPRING15 to save 15% off all of our items in three categories, through the 30th of April:
• Spring and Summer, which includes all of our traditional handmade artisan goods for Easter (pysanky from Ukraine and Poland, sturdy paper egg containers and fluffy chenille chicks and wooden bunnies from Germany, and a new Midsummer maypole from Sweden).
• Ramadan and Eid, which includes our full line of greeting cards for the holidays from Manal Aman of Hello Holy Days! fame.
• All handmade soaps by local soap maker Kelly Sullivan and by Brother Andrew at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community in Maine (because we all need to be washing our hands more often now).
• Plus free domestic shipping when you spend $50 across our catalog.

If you have an income to spend, this is a good time to support local companies, small businesses, restaurants and their staff. By purchasing from Convivio Bookworks, know that you are supporting an extremely small company that supports artisans by buying their goods to bring to you, so your purchase here goes a long way toward supporting real people we know by name.