Ima gives her presents to my friends. One formal striped phanek each for the women and a woolen shawl for Les. I give Little Flower School notebooks from my grade school – hee hee - since they have taken to calling me Little Flower. Is that La Fiorella as in Da Mayor, I wonder?

Aside: When I went to buy these books it went something like this:

Hottie Salesman: What subject notebooks do you want?

Me: Huh?

Hottie Salesman: Arithmetic? Handwriting? What class?

Me: Any.

Hottie Salesman: What class?

Me: Any class.

Hottie Salesman: I mean, how old is the kid?

Me: It’s for me.

Much laughter. Should I have been embarrassed?