Re: hum....

Well, if you pass through Quincy, IL, you are welcome to crash!

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Mar 27, 2008, at 6:23 PM, Betsy Kelson wrote:

> I think the book was one of his last completed works before he  
> passed away.
> Early 60's because there were references to the Vietnam Conflict.  
> John and
> Charley(standard poodle with a lisp) went the Northern route. Maine,  
> a bit
> of Canada, Chicago, etc if I remember right. It does not look like  
> that will
> be your choice. I see you interstating on I 10 to maybe I35, to I80  
> and then
> north to Oregon. Have a safe trip.
>
> betsy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] hum....
>
>
>> I don't know, Betsy. I've never read "Travels with Charley." I just
>> returned from taking Squinty for a 5 mile ride, which included a
>> traffic jam. She had full range of the truck--front and back--and  
>> only
>> spent a few minutes of our tour under my feet. She complained a lot  
>> at
>> the beginning, but was pretty well settled down by the time it was
>> over. So I think she'll be a good traveler after a day or so on the
>> road.
>>
>> About Steinbeck: I read nearly everything he wrote from "The Pastures
>> of Heaven" to "East of Eden" in my teens--and nothing after that, for
>> some reason. Actually, I read "East of Eden" twice. I was stationed  
>> on
>> a lighthouse and my MIL sent it to me when it was first published. No
>> sooner had I finished it than Reader's Digest published its  
>> bowdlerized
>> version, so I read that, too. It was my first known experience at
>> seeing what good Christian conservatives didn't want us aspirers to
>> middlebrow pretensions to read.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 27, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Betsy Kelson wrote:
>>
>>> Jim,
>>>    Are you going to follow the same route as Steinbeck and Charley?
>>>
>>> Betsy
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] hum....
>>>
>>>
>>>> Awwww...it'll be fine. It will be a good trip. I can tell you are
>>>> stressing Jim. You and Squints will have a GREAT adventure on the  
>>>> way
>>>> to
>>>> your new place.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:49:47 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] hum....
>>>>
>>>> Weather here's passible--mid-70s, no wind to mention. Orchids are
>>>> blooming. Squinty and I are almost all packed up and ready to  
>>>> split; I
>>>> keep trying to find room in the truck for something and she keeps
>>>> fussing because she knows something's afoot but not what.
>>>>
>>>> Tomorrow we start "travel training" for Squinty--putting her in the
>>>> truck cab sans cat-carrier and driving around the neighborhood  
>>>> for a
>>>> few minutes--to get her used to the idea. Obviously, I want her to
>>>> begin to think of the cab as a safe haven so if she escapes while
>>>> we're
>>>> on the road, she'll come right back to be brushed or treated with a
>>>> "Greenie."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 26, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Donna wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> must have some nice weather everywhere... although it is nice out
>>>>> here, I am stuck in the office...
>>>>>
>>>>> just testing to see if working.
>>>>>
>>>>> Donna
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>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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