Re: earthquake, now Iowa

Warm is good.  Hot is better.  LOLOL

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:15:28 -0500 (EST)

>Yeah, I know, there are plenty of us who escape to warmer climates for
>some years...but I know plenty of transplants who eventually choose to
>return home to the midwest...I tried Florida for a year and had to come
>home when I couldn't take the sameness of the seasons any
>longer...actually found out I missed the snow for heaven's sake!! 80
>degrees on Christmas day, sitting in a hot tub...it just ain't right, I
>tell ya!!! Even in years when we don't have a white Christmas, we at
>least console ourselves with the thought that we'll "probably get
>pounded in January and February!" Masochistic? Probably...takes a small
>degree of willingness to suffer to live in the midwest...cold, sometimes
>brutal winters, hot/humid summers...but many rewards, too, come with the
>territory! Say, got a card from Mardi today and she was headed to Tampa
>today...to see the Hawks play! Hope she has time to come round to see
>you, Jim...
>
>
>
>Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
>"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
>--Albert Einstein
>
> --- On Mon 12/29, james singer < jsinger@igc.org > wrote:
>From: james singer [mailto: jsinger@igc.org]
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:25:24 -0500
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] earthquake, now Iowa
>
>Probably also why Long Beach, California, has an annual Iowa Day
><br>Picnic, Melody. Brings together all the immigrants so they can
>chuckle <br>about the winters back home....<br><br><br>On Monday,
>December 29, 2003, at 04:10 AM, Melody wrote:<br><br>> re: Pam's comment
>about "No kidding. Life in California certainly <br>> sounds interesting
>anyway. Mmm mmm mmm." :<br>><br>> I'll take dull, old boring Hills, Iowa
>any day, thank you very much.<br>> Nothing much of importance (beyond
>living a simple, quiet life) ever<br>> really happens here and I like it
>that way! It is what makes one of<br>> those sometimes miserable Iowa
>winters worth bearing! :-)<br>><br>><br>><br>> Melody, IA (Z
>5/4)<br>><br>> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the
>mysterious."<br>> --Albert Einstein<br>><br>><br>><br>>
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