Eating crow, errrrr....wood fiber!

I refused to try them; I didn't listen to my staff; I didn't listen to our customers. Everyone was touting the benefits and I wasn't giving in!

It's embarrassing to admit, but I've fallen in love with our Legna sheets. And this might be an understatement.

"Huh," you say. "What's Legna?"

It's the newest thing in bedding. All natural. Biodegradeable (though I'm not sure that this is a good thing!). European made (of course!). Made from beech wood fibers that come from renewable forests.

And did I say soft? Actually soft doesn't describe it. Close your eyes and remember the last time you felt a baby's bottom. That soft. Softer even. The first night I slept in them I had the sensation that I couldn't detect the difference between the sheet and the skin on my body---a very other-worldly and sensuous experience.

Here's the back story, way before I ever slept on Legna: These sheets were selling like crazy in our stores; we kept re-ordering. Because I wanted my staff to have the experience too, I gave them each a set of Legna sheets as a holiday gift in 2004; I didn't order a set for myself. They seemed too slippery, slimey and silky for me and, hey, I'm a bit of a sheet snob, so for me it's all about a high threadcount percale in the winter and pure linen in the summer.

Anyway, I continued to pooh-pooh this new fad in bedding. Until..... just last week my mother Susan (who runs our Eugene store) came a-visiting and had with her a one-night used (horrors!!!) set of Legna that a customer returned because of wrinkling (Huh? Natural fiber? Well, I hate to be the one to tell you, but natural fibers wrinkle!!). I threw them in the washer and then into the dryer, and out they came, completely wrinkle free and totally sensuous. On the bed they went. The neutral Cloud color paired perfectly with my Leitner bedding, and off to bed I went after a nice, warm shower.

I vowed to suspend judgment until morning.

Upon waking I was a believer. I think there's a future in these sheets! Now I have to admit my stubbornness to my staff, and here I'm admitting it to our customers!

You must have these sheets on your bed during some part of the year. I personally guarantee that they will provide you the softest, most sensuous sheet experience of your life.

Enjoy. And tell them Tim sent you in.

Thanks for reading.

Postscript: For those parents among you, you know how the little ones always seem to somehow end up in your bed? And you can't imagine why they would care about what sheets they sleep on? My six year-old son Henry just informed me that he would like a set of Legna sheets for his new bunk bed.

Uggh!

And yes, Legna comes in twin sizes!