http://www.ggobit.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:05:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.ggobit.com/2010/03/09/heart-2/ 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, ... http://www.ggobit.com/2010/03/08/wow-2/ 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 ... http://www.ggobit.com/2010/03/05/long-time/ 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 http://www.ggobit.com/2010/03/05/half-broke-2/ I'm liking this book so well on the Kindle that I bought a hard cover copy to give to my friend Debbie. J http://www.ggobit.com/2010/03/05/half-broke/ The book I was thinking of was The Master Butcher's Singing Club by Louise Erdrich. She is another author I usually like. http://www.ggobit.com/2010/03/05/wrong-author/ 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. ... http://www.ggobit.com/2010/03/05/bean-trees/ 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 ... http://www.ggobit.com/2010/03/05/kingsolver-3/ 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. ... http://www.ggobit.com/2010/03/04/what-not/ 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 ... http://www.ggobit.com/2010/03/04/weather-27/