Thanks for the encouragement

Good morning everyone! We've had some encouraging comments on the blog in recent weeks, so we thought we should recycle that positive energy here for our collective benefit:

“I truly believe in the need for your product and would venture to say you'll be very successful.”

“This is fantastic. Thank you for chronicling your brand journey so beautifully.”

“I love the Big Bear!”

“I feel an immediate attraction to Ursa Major and think the rugged VT-esque tie in is perfect…”

Not every day is jolly around here, so it really helps to get this kind of encouragement to help power through the darker days. Thank you! Muchas gracias! Danke schön! Siyabonga!

(Photo above taken at the Open Arms Cafe, a truly bright spot up here in the Vermont food scene... and one of our favorite places for breakfast meetings.)

Rugged Vermont-esque tie-ins

We had a fun email roll in today from an old friend. Here's an encouraging excerpt:

... read some of the blog (and more perused the pix)! LOVE IT, CONGRATS! I feel an immediate attraction to it and think the rugged VT-esque tie in is perfect to make male products seem maybe less metro?!?! i mean that as a compliment!! can't wait to test some...

Immediate attraction is good... so is the rugged VT-esque tie in. We'll take the compliments when we get'em.

Rather randomly, too, we encountered the fearsome bear you see up top today screened on a canvas bag put out by Rogues Gallery.

Something hirsute is in the air...