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Heart

CCNL — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:05:18 +0000

Jo, you sure took the hard way to find out your heart is in good shape–great outcome! Those occasional weird sensations that we wouldn’t have thought much about 20 years ago take on a whole new meaning now, I’ve found. You’ve mentioned trigger finger. This week the TV ad about “The Brown Procedure” for carpal tunnel also mentioned trigger finger. I don’t know how widespread the procedure is and wondered if you had heard about it. It sounds rather revolutionary, if it’s as noninvasive and successful as they claim.

I downloaded both Half Broke Horses and The Glass Castle because of the recommendations here. I’ve just read a few pages and am anxious to get back and read both.

Candace

Wow

Owl36 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:57:30 +0000

It is good to catch up with all of you and see what you are reading. Also fun to hear about your pets and their reac tion to the snow.

I began to develop allergies a few years ago and when I let our dog in early in the morning, I started to sneeze. I sneezed about 17 times. Then Bo said, “ARF ARF ARF ARF ARF enough already.” Well at least that is the way I interpreted it. The look he gave me was attention getting. Bo was a Pomeranian.

Jo, I am glad you called 911 and got checked out. I think we hear so much about symptoms for women and how they differ from men’s that you don’t know what is serious and what isn’t.

I really appreciate hearing about all of your reading. One of these days, I will read books again on a regular basis. I still read a lot. I’d like to hear more about the kindle for iphone. I have the iphone and I love it. I have googled so many things. It is wonderful technology. I rarely use it for a phone though.

Georgianna

Long time

jackyjones — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:13:47 +0000

Good to catch up with you all. Our oldest son’s in law parents passed away 12 days apart in Feb. The parents live in Oslo, but our daughter and family are in MO, so we’ve had them staying with us, and it was good to have them even though very sad circumstances. Chuck’s mother has been quite well until recently and her husband, though fragile, was doing ok until his loss.

I haven’t had much time for reading so its nice to hear of the books that you mention. We plan to leave for FL next week, for a few weeks, but I’ll have my computer and will be keeping up much better.

Glad you have a good heart, Jo, that was a scarey experience! Jacky

HALF BROKE

CCNL — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:20:01 +0000

Looks like I’m going to have to download this, given this recommendation. I, too, have occasionally given a book I like to a Kindleless friend. That’s the one downside to Kindle–can’t share it otherwise.

Candace

Half Broke

Jerry Horgan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:47:34 +0000

I’m liking this book so well on the Kindle that I bought a hard cover copy to give to my friend Debbie.
J

Wrong author

Darlyne C — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:58:24 +0000

The book I was thinking of was The Master Butcher’s Singing Club by Louise Erdrich. She is another author I usually like.

Bean Trees

Darlyne C — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:45:52 +0000

I did read the Bean Trees and most of her other books. There was one that I also really liked, something about a Butchers music group. I believe they immigrated from Germany. I can’t remember the name but if you can find it it is worth reading. I think I read These is my Words but not the others. i will put them on my list.

Kingsolver

Judith — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:15:48 +0000

Darlene,
If you haven’t read “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver, then you really should. It is the prequel to “Pigs in Heaven” and tells about how the woman came to have the little girl. I have enjoyed all of Barbara Kingsolver’s books with the exception of the latest one (something about cooking, I think). I read the blurb about it and it just didn’t catch my attention.

I will also download “Half Broke Horses” onto my iPhone kindle. If you people liked it, I can believe that I will too.

I have been reading the third book in the Sarah Agnes Prine series. The first was “These is My Words” and it is one of my three favorite all time books. The second in the series was “Sarah’s Quilt” and takes up about six months to a year after the first one ended. The last one takes up about a year after the second book ends and is called “The Star Garden”. As I said, the first one is one of my favorites and I liked the second, just not as much. The third book is another winner, very, very good. By the way, the author is Nancy E. Turner.

Happy reading everyone.

Judith

What not

Darlyne C — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:28:41 +0000

I gave my Mother a pattern and got her started on dishcloths years ago. She only knew how to knit Afghans and we all had two at least that she had knit. She loved knitting the dishcloths and we loved getting them until—she started using synthetic yarn. I don’t think she realized that is wasn’t absorbent.

I loved Kingsolver’s Pigs In Heaven and some of her others but admit some were hard to get through. The Poison wood Bible was one I took a long time to read but am glad I read it.

Jo, that had to be a very scary experience and I am glad your heart is healthy. Years ago I had chest pain and usually took a tums or pepsid and it took care of it. One time it didn’t and I spent the night in the hospital. It turned out to be heart burn and I was happy about that. Now I take a pepsid or tum at the first hint of pain. My Dr. said this is common as we get older—to have those symptoms.

I am knitting hats and scarves for Granddaughters for next Christmas. I gave a grandson one in his motor cross colors and he never took it off, inside or out. His sisters said they wanted one also and gave me favorite colors. They are easy and fun to knit.

No snow for cast for a while and things are melting. I hope it keeps it up.

weather

tomato — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:09:34 +0000

here in the south, we hardly get an snow, but this winter we had some. . but it is unusually chilly here, i hope the month of march will be as nice as other years. everything will be blooming, everything looks like a faiyland, pink and white. azaleas, dogwood and flowers coming up. my granddaughter, who lives in N.Y. came to visit me for a few days, it was great. i started to knit again and making some dishclothes or use them for washrags. it keeps my hands busy, my fingers have a tendency to get stiff from time to time. Age is creeping up. you all stay well.