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• Hi Marsha, Yes, it will

  Hi Marsha,

• Yukon Golds make such good

  Yukon Golds make such good mashed potatoes--I wish Gerald all the best with his crop! Tell him I said hello.

• I hope the roommate works

  I hope the roommate works out.

• It was a treat to find them.

  It was a treat to find them. KidThree and our little neighbor boys in the next building enjoyed them! We'll try them with jam the next time, now that I know where to find them.

• I will.  This worker is due

  I will.  This worker is due to retire later this year and can hardly wait.  The problem after she's gone is, of course, that there'll almost certainly be no replacing her--budget reduction by attrit

• I just finished reading

  I just finished reading "Idiot America," by Charles Pierce; it deals with this same subject (but not nearly so politely). It sure looks like the inmates are in charge of the asylum these days. . . .

• Right with you on all the

  Right with you on all the movies. At least I don't look silly going to animated movies on my own--being female helps there.

• As I wrote once, 'hope isn't

  As I wrote once, 'hope isn't dead until I am,' but I do agree with that Mother of the Year--better to be alone than to be with an incompatible person.

• How lovely that you stayed

  How lovely that you stayed friends with Bobby Jo your entire lives; I hope that for my 'Watkins' friend and me, even though we don't talk nearly often enough (my fault entirely). Sometimes when I driv

• I know those mounds

  I know those mounds well--their cousins haunt my home, never going away no matter how many times I try to return more to the library than I check out again. . . .