Re: Exodus

Jim -- what Lynda said! This is really a bummer and I hate to think of you leaving all your special plants, but "Travels with Squinty" sounds like a good next chapter in your memoirs. You could do worse than land in Oregon. Keep us all posted! I hope the prospective buyer pans out -- 
--Barb, Grass Valley CA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda Young" <lyoung@grindertaber.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 2:16 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Exodus



Gosh, don't even know what to say.  That's just the pits.  I hate this
turmoil for you, but have every confidence you'll face it with your usual
aplomb.  If you need to unload, this is the spot.

Zem is right - it could make a heck of a road trip.

Lynda
Zone 7 - West TN

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf 
Of james singer
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 2:50 PM
To: Garden Chat
Subject: [CHAT] Exodus

Today it looks like it's going to work out, so I guess I ought to fess
up. There are three items on the agenda: 1. Ms Fatma has left me; 2. I
am going to lose this place; 3. Squinty and I will be moving on.

1. Yes. Ms Fatma is gone, getting a divorce, she says. I feel kind of
sad that it didn't work out, but life's like that--good days, bad
days--but it's never the end of the world, just the end of the
arguments.

2. No doubt; I'm going to lose this place. Between the insurance rate
hike and Ms Fatma bailing out, I am not able to make the payments on
the house. So I quit trying. I may have two months before they throw me
out. When this became clear, I tried to put the house on the market but
ran into a number of realtors who did not want to list an "as-is short
sale." Not enough money in it, they said. So I asked a friend to post a
notice on a rare fruit chat list that innumerated most of the
subtropical fruit trees I've planted and groomed and, lo and behold, I
have unearthed a Roman Catholic priest [no, not Gregor Mendel] living
abroad who wants to buy it. So this may work out.

3. My sister says she has a spare bedroom that Squinty and I can share.
So we'll be moving to Oregon. Not sure when... but before they throw me
out of here in all likelihood.


Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.1 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Sunset Zone 25
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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