Progress in Flannel Shirt Land

Photo by James Fitzgerald on Unsplash

If you recognize the boots in the photo, you understand my title. Flannel Shirt Land is L.L. Bean country. Leon Leonwood Bean invented the iconic duck boot.

I steer clear of weather conditions for which the duck boot was invented, so I don’t own a pair. But boots aren’t my focus. The L.L. Bean catalog is.

For decades, the catalog has dropped through my mail slot. There’s the…