Actually, Gorey wrote and illustrated many bizarre books, and his home is a museum on Cape Cod, I believe. I got Clare one of his books for Christmas a couple of years ago. It was about these strange children, and I think it was written in verse. It was called The Gashlycrumb Tinies. I talked to Clare a bit about your poems and book. She said getting them self published by Amazon's publishing company is easy. Then I forgot to get her to write down the details. But I think if you go on Amazon's website and hunt around, you'll find info on self publishing. I've seen the info many times. Clare was interested in the illustration idea, and I want to talk to her more about it. She's deep in a job right now, illustrating software on teaching children to read, and the publisher/editor who hired Clare keeps making the work more elaborate and changing things. Clare's stress level is building dealing with this person. Say....this thread is a great place to have private conversations I've noticed. Heehee. Maybe I should post a rose photo. Diane

Or better yet, contact AHSC directly at KentuckySeeds@hotmail.com and ask for the conference info. We'll email you the whole package.

Not thinking spring but maybe Jan thaw. So the ice melts. So don't have to put ice cleats on every time I fill bird feeders. I'm enjoying seed and flower catlogs coming. Making small list don't need much.

Funky.....I didn't have time to do a lot of research on knives because I wanted to get the order in ASAP. We currently have a set of low end Henckels.....it was probably $100 or less with the block, 6 knives and 6 steak knives. It's got to be at least 10 years old. I use the steak knives for just about everything...I know.....so bad. As mentioned, I don't cook much and if I do it's super easy stuff. I ended up buying Victoronix....a chef's and paring knife. Figured anything would be an upgrade from what we have and they got good reviews. Didn't want to go top of the line yet with Wusthoff or better Henckels, etc. I'll see how he likes these and will maybe invest in better knives down the road a bit. Thanks again!