On Wednesday afternoon I was driving south on Broadway with the Labradorian lamenting the loss of our old downtown Christmas decorations — as much for their silver tinsel that flashed in the afternoon sun as for their brightly colored lights at night — when I spied Ettinger’s Office Supply and remembered it was time to get a 2024 appointment book. I angled in a space out front and went in. Mike pulled out every size of Day-Minder except the one I’ve been using for 40 years.