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Post by bella on Jan 24, 2012 18:16:51 GMT -5
I am reading 'The Golden Seven plus One', but dr Samuel West, about healing and lymphasizing; very interesting book.
Also, 'The easy way to stop smoking', but Allen Carr. Some of the reasons we smoke are pretty surprising.
Have you read any good books lately??
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Post by garrett on Jan 24, 2012 20:34:47 GMT -5
well i am busy reading redneckacres.grins
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Post by marielouise on Jan 25, 2012 19:40:03 GMT -5
right now I am into Mysterys! whooo dunits! Next week be somethin else!
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Post by kay on Jan 26, 2012 0:14:27 GMT -5
Do reading your bills count? My gas bill just came. Instead of the usual $175 for winter, it is only $38. What a blessing this warm unseasonal winter!
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Post by bella on Jan 26, 2012 0:30:46 GMT -5
right now I am into Mysterys! whooo dunits! Next week be somethin else! Cool; I read different subjects too. This rainy weather is good for checking out those books!!
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Post by bella on Jan 26, 2012 0:32:57 GMT -5
Do reading your bills count? My gas bill just came. Instead of the usual $175 for winter, it is only $38. What a blessing this warm unseasonal winter! Ouch; bills on your birthday; no fair!! But, good to hear it's a small one, anyway!! Yup, this weather is good for somethin'!!
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Post by marielouise on Jan 26, 2012 1:42:48 GMT -5
Bills---- hummmmmmm that time isn't it!
We don't need no stinkin bills!
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Post by bella on Jan 26, 2012 1:55:19 GMT -5
True. I often thnk we should move to town in our old age, but then think of water bills, rent, etc, etc, and then I dunno. Just don't want the kids having to worry or fuss over us if we got sick or something. UGH; whoever talked about the 'golden years' was smokin' somethin'. ;D
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Post by garrett on Jan 26, 2012 1:56:52 GMT -5
smiles
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Post by chile on Feb 1, 2012 0:26:55 GMT -5
Sigh, bills and taxes. And penny pinching coupon sites.
My next reading project: I recently inherited a huge box of my Grandmother's correspondence- letters and postcards. And another box of my Grandfather's diaries- he was an engineer, nothing juicy, but they are a record of working overseas from a time when the world was much bigger than it is now. I need to put this material in order and preserve it.
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Post by bella on Feb 1, 2012 1:10:36 GMT -5
Wow; that is awesome, chile. I have some old greeting cards from my parents & grandparents that my Mom saved in an old wooden box. It's wooden with flowers etched into it..really pretty. There's also postcards from my brother when he was in the army many years ago. How do you preserve these things?? I remember hearing once about something using (I think) epsom salts; cannot remember what else. I've considered writing a journal of sorts for the grandchildren, but then they've heard most of our stories already. ;D May just do that anyway. ETA: I'm sure most of us would love to hear some of the stories & things your grandparents wrote about; if you don't mind sharing.
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Post by Penny on Feb 1, 2012 7:15:58 GMT -5
I bought the new Catherine Anderson book that came out yesturday, Lucky Penny.....and thats what i am reading now.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Feb 1, 2012 8:42:18 GMT -5
A book named in honour of you Penny? That's Wonderful I have several books out of the library: Microgreens, how to grow nature's own Superfood by Fionna Hill Dr. Cass Ingram's Lifesaving Cures; how to use the latest and most powerful cures for the 21st century by Cassim Ingram Vertical Vegetables and Fruit by Rhonda Massingham and Living Beyond Your Feelings; how to control your emotions so they don't control you by Joyce Meyer
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Post by mohoghead on Feb 1, 2012 20:03:51 GMT -5
for anyone who followed the Victorian Kitchen Garden thread on Idig, i ordered and recieved a copy of Jennifer Davies "the victorian kitchen garden" I have always been fasinated byt he old ways of growing and preserving foods so this will give me something to relax with in the evenings. How many knew you can keep clusters of grapes fresh up to three months by cutting the vine and putting it in water with charcoal? so much knowledge lost!
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Post by chile on Feb 1, 2012 23:56:40 GMT -5
Wow; that is awesome, chile. I have some old greeting cards from my parents & grandparents that my Mom saved in an old wooden box. It's wooden with flowers etched into it..really pretty. There's also postcards from my brother when he was in the army many years ago. How do you preserve these things?? I remember hearing once about something using (I think) epsom salts; cannot remember what else. I've considered writing a journal of sorts for the grandchildren, but then they've heard most of our stories already. ;D May just do that anyway. ETA: I'm sure most of us would love to hear some of the stories & things your grandparents wrote about; if you don't mind sharing. I don't know what the best way to preserve the actual papers is. Maybe vaccuum sealing? I plan on scanning them too. I will pass along anything interesting. They had some great times.
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Post by roziedozie on Feb 2, 2012 11:19:50 GMT -5
I've spent the winter reading. I've just about read all 21 books written by Robert Tannenbaum. He's a mystery writer and his books all have the same characters that I've gotten really attached to. Until this year, I'd never read any Maeve Bency books, but I've read about 10 of hers now. Our little town has the most wonderful book store. It's part of the 'friends of the library' and volunteers run it. Paperbacks are .50 cents and Hardbacks are $1.00-$3.50. They have a slew of old cookbooks and magazines, too. I go there every week. Wish I had more time; I'd volunteer there. It's a local 'hangout'. There are places to read and tables with puzzles on them for people to put together. A really nice find.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Feb 2, 2012 11:59:41 GMT -5
Rozie, your local book store sounds delightful! There is an inexpensive used book store near us that even buys back books for cash or store credit towards more. Unfortunately, it has little in the way of non-fiction which is what I mostly read. Hubs reads lots of fiction on the road though so once he's worked through the bags of books he bought recently at a library sale, I'm sure it will become his new favourite store.
I have read a few Maeve Bency books and I quite like her writing.
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Post by catgrass on Apr 9, 2012 9:52:11 GMT -5
I have tortured myself again, and read "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" and "Little Altars Everywhere". Sooooo close to my own childhood-and I'm the same age as Siddalee.
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Post by tastyofhasty on May 12, 2012 22:59:54 GMT -5
I admit it, I'm a read-aholic. Don't watch much TV (except "Cash Cab"), but read allatime (blush). (what's up with NO smilies available here?) Just finished The Alienist by Caleb Carr - pretty darned good, most of the events take place in 1896 New York.
I like whoodunits too.
Lymphasizing, what's that, bella? I just started a little jar of cleavers tincture (in whiskey, we're out of vodka) ... that's supposed to be good for the lymph nodes, I read.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 12, 2012 23:19:56 GMT -5
Tasty, check your profile. You may have accidentally disabled Emoticons cuz as you can see, I have them! ;D I have 4 books out of the library at this time. Jere Gettle's "Heirloom Life Gardener" (good read btw), a Rodale book on veggie problem solving, a fictional book about a psychic medium and a book about Past Lives. When these go back next week, I have some beachy type novels and a Jimmy Buffett book to soothe my soul.
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Post by firebringer on May 13, 2012 9:28:45 GMT -5
I'm reading The Devil Colony-a Sigma Force Novel by James Rollins. It's really good, a thriller. With cliff hangers and all.
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Post by marielouise on May 13, 2012 14:01:17 GMT -5
AAAHHH that sounds good! I like cliff hangers!
I am rereading a novel --Reign in Hell--- by William Diehl
read it couple years ago but hurried thru it cuz we was visiting my brother and it was his book --on my night table---- ran across it in a garage sale so paid a whole quarter for it---couldn't remember all the action and intrique , just bits and pieces ---- surprising what I missed first time around. But not so surprising considering circumstances !
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Post by capebuff on May 13, 2012 20:11:56 GMT -5
congo kitabu
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