Vicki, I am also called Grandma Elsie. I have one little granddaughter who will be 5 in August. She is a dream come true for our family. I have spent many mornings out in my patio this spring and would you believe I had a dove come very close to me 3 different times over a period of several weeks. Mom loved doves, and between that and the lovely flowers, I knew my mom was near by. Oh my yes, I can see my mom. Course tomorrow being Mothers Day does bring back a lot of good memories. I'm thankful to have both of my boys and families with me tomorrow. Thanks for sharing Vicki Love ya, Elsie At 06:08 PM 5/12/01 -0400, you wrote: >Elsie- I liked it a lot too. I still have my mom (thank you, Lord!) but I >sure miss her mom, my wonderful grama. I've always just gotten through >missing her by just talking to her as if she were still here. Not every >time, but a lot of times I get a "response" somehow, a feeling, or a sign or >something to let me know she's there and heard me. By the way, her name is >Elsie too. I always called her Grama Elsie and loved her with all my heart! >Spring is the best time to see and connect with her! Can't you just see >your mom in all the new flowers and all the renewing of everything? Try it >and see if it helps. You're in my prayers. Vicki > > > > Vicki, > > Thank you so much for this post. > > I really miss my mom and this helps me to > > realize she is still with me. > > Spring time is the hardest for me. > > Thanks, > > Elsie > > > > At 10:13 PM 5/11/01 -0400, you wrote: > > >I'm still here daughter; > > >Please don't mourn for me > > >I'm still here, though you don't see. > > >I'm right by your side each night and day > > >and within your heart I long to stay. > > >

Sicilian Meatloaf 2 eggs, beaten 3/4 c fresh bread crumbs 1/2 tomato juice 2 Tbsp chopped parsly 1/2 tsp dried oregano 1 clove garlic, finely minced 2 lb lean ground beef 8 slices boiled ham 1-1/2 c grated Mozarella cheese 3 slices Mozarella cheese Combine the eggs, bread crumbs, parsley, oregano, garlic plus salt and pepper to taste. Add the beef and mix well. On a sheet of foil, pat out the beef mixture to a 12x10 rectangle about 3/8" thick. Top with grated cheese and ham slices. Roll up like a jelly roll and seal the ends. Bake at 350F in a 13x9x2 pan for 1-1/4 hour (don't overcook). Top with the slices cheese cut into triangles and bake until the cheese is just melted. Let rest for a few minutes before serving.

Sicilian Meatloaf 2 eggs, beaten 3/4 c fresh bread crumbs 1/2 tomato juice 2 Tbsp chopped parsly 1/2 tsp dried oregano 1 clove garlic, finely minced 2 lb lean ground beef 8 slices boiled ham 1-1/2 c grated Mozarella cheese 3 slices Mozarella cheese Combine the eggs, bread crumbs, parsley, oregano, garlic plus salt and pepper to taste. Add the beef and mix well. On a sheet of foil, pat out the beef mixture to a 12x10 rectangle about 3/8" thick. Top with grated cheese and ham slices. Roll up like a jelly roll and seal the ends. Bake at 350F in a 13x9x2 pan for 1-1/4 hour (don't overcook). Top with the slices cheese cut into triangles and bake until the cheese is just melted. Let rest for a few minutes before serving.

Mother's Day...It has become a national institution. After the million things she gave us this is one day we really have the opportunity to give something back. And like most sons and daughters we wait until the last minute to think about presents. So as a public service, the editors at Shagmail have come up with the Top Ten Mother's Day gift ideas to AVOID while shopping this Saturday: 10. A bill from your therapist for all of the mental anguish she has caused you over the years. ( Ahhh.. why not? My mother owes me alot of money. ) 9. A nature video showing animals that eat their young. ( Well, that is just gross. ) 8. Eminem's autobiography. ( Hummmmm.. now thats an idea. I dont really care for him but it may prove a point.. ) 7. A copy of the Playboy featuring your new spread. ( I wish! LOL ) 6. Your laundry. ( Which one? ) 5. A framed copy of your Parole Papers. ( LOL I'm a good girl, I am! She would flip! ) 4. Brochures from local nursing homes. ( No, No, No.. Local would be to close. ) 3. Gift certificate for a Bikini wax. ( Whats wrong with that? ) 2. A draft of her Last Will and Testament you had your lawyer draw up to save her the hassle. ( Good lord.. I cant even comment one this one! ) And the number 1 Mother's Day gift to avoid this year... 1. Cemetary plot. ( Why? Do you think that would give her the wrong idea? ) If you dont stand for something, you'll fall for anything....... _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/

Maybe they are afraid of not being ready?? I'm not scared at all I think the sadness is for those left behind.. But it's a time of celebration for the one who goes on .. Just my thoughts Pj If you would like to order groceries by email email me at Peege@earthlink.net and I will refer you ----- Original Message ----- From: "Turk McGee" <turkm@ij.net> To: <FOLKLORE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 11:58 PM Subject: [FOLKLORE FAMILY] Question > Why is everybody so afraid to die? > > > > > ==== FOLKLORE Mailing List ==== > folk·lore 1. traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances, or > art forms preserved among a people 2 : a branch of knowledge that > deals with folklore 3 : an often unsupported notion, story, or > saying that is widely circulated Merriam-Webster >

A humoress Mother's Day site. http://humormatters.com/holidays/mothersday.htm Happy Days to all. Cece

Go figure!!! LOL! Pat Las Vegas Turk McGee wrote: > I swear I don't understand men! Tonight as bear was heading to bed, he > > put his hand on my shoulder to give me a smooch. Instead he stood back > > up and wistfully said, "I wonder what it would be like married to a > normal woman?" > > HEY!! Why didn't he look first before he put his paw on my frog! Dumpy > > was on my shoulder first! Frogs have rights!! > > LOL >

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several > days attack me at once. > --Jennifer Unlimited > > If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have > to serve as a horrible warning. > --Catherine Aird > > The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. > --Helen Hayes (at 73) > > I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of > them as stray eyebrows. > --Janette Barber > > Who ever thought up the word "Mammogram"? Every > time I hear it, I think - I'm supposed to put my > breast in an envelope and send it to someone. > -Jan King > > A few weeks after my [breast cancer] surgery, I went > out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent > over to pick up the ball, my prosthesis fell out. The > dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down > the road yelling "Hey, come back here with my breast!" > -Linda Ellerbee > > Things are going to get a lot worse before they get > worse. > --Lily Tomlin > > A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never > owned a car. > --Carrie Snow > > Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry > with your girlfriends. > --Laurie Kuslansky > > My second favorite household chore is ironing. My > first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until > I faint. --Erma Bombeck > > Old age ain't no place for sissies. > -Bette Davis > > A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman > must do what he can't. > --Rhonda Hansome > > The phrase "working mother" is redundant. > --Jane Sellman > > Every time I close the door on reality it comes in > through the windows. > --Jennifer Unlimited > > Whatever women must do they must do twice as well > as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is > not difficult. > --Charlotte Whitton > > Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together > and your body starts falling apart. > --Caryn Leschen > > When I was young, I was put in a school for retarded > kids for two years before they realized I actually had > a hearing loss... and they called ME slow! > -Kathy Buckley > > Behind every successful woman...is a substantial > amount of coffee. > --Stephanie Piro > > Behind every successful woman...... is a basket > of dirty laundry. > --Sally Forth > > Top Ten Things Only Women Understand > 10. Why it's good to have five pairs of black shoes. > 9. The difference between cream, ivory, and off-white. > 8. Crying can be fun. > 7. FAT CLOTHES. > 6. A salad, diet drink, and a hot fudge sundae > make a balanced lunch. > 5. Discovering a designer dress on the clearance rack > can be considered a peak life experience. > 4. The inaccuracy of every bathroom scale ever made. > 3. A good man might be hard to find, but a good > hairdresser is next to impossible. > 2. Why a phone call between two women never lasts > under ten minutes. > AND THE NUMBER ONE THING ONLY WOMEN UNDERSTAND: > 1. OTHER WOMEN! (Send this on to all the women you > are grateful to have as friends) >

This is wonderful! I sent it on. Thank you soooo much! Pat Las Vegas Alice Rickel wrote: > >If you send this to just one person, it should make it all the way > around > >the World by Mother's Day. > >

Thanks Janis. Make a good movie. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Turk McGee" <turkm@ij.net> <snip> Moments pass. There is a click. One gunshot breaks the silence and his body hits the floor. The roses he brought begin to rise in a pool of blood that spreads across the floor like a fan. His wife steps out of the closet she was hiding in and calls the police. She steps over her husband, sits down at the computer and deletes the message on the screen. She brings up the suicide note that she wrote for him earlier. She gets rid of the empty pillbox and calls her mother-in-law to check on her children. She hangs up the phone and calls his other woman and hangs up. The women calls back several times but she didn't answer. The police will assume that the husband must have called her before he shot himself. She practiced all the lines out loud. When she heard the police pull up she kneeled beside the man that had once promised God that he was going to love and cherish her and felt nothing. That man was gone long ago and this body belonged to someone whom she didn't even know. She didn't feel any pain besides the tingling of her ribs. She had no regrets either. She put him out of his misery and ended her own misery with just one bullet. Yet, she knelt there and screamed like her life was over.

Kath, I really thing AOL is having problems. Some people on other lists that I'm on and are on AOL are having problems with their email. And to think AOL has the nerve to raise their rates this summer by $2 Boy am I glad that I dropped them. Love ya, Elsie At 08:07 AM 5/12/01 -0700, you wrote: >It might be AOL then Elsie. I thought it was just me. Remember "Olklore"~? ><G> :-) > I was the only one that got that. > Kath > > > Kath, > > Then I must have them too, I didn't get the last part either. > > Elsie > > > > At 11:07 AM 5/11/01 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > Your morning thought for the day: > > > > Life is hard, by the yard -- > > > > > >....but inch by inch, life's a cinch~! :-) > > > I gots gremlins again Missi.....your posts are getting snipped. : ( > > > Kath

Space Weather News for May 12, 2001 http://www.spaceweather.com GEOMAGNETIC STORM WARNING: Our planet entered a high speed solar wind stream on Saturday, May 12th, which triggered a moderate geomagnetic storm. Sky watchers, especially those at high latitudes, should be alert for glowing auroras tonight near local midnight. THE SUNSPOT THE WOULDN'T DIE: Holographic images of the far side of the Sun reveal an old friend: active region 9393, the largest sunspot of the current solar cycle and the source of the most powerful x-ray solar flare ever recorded. The giant spot, which is probably now just a shadow of its former self, has already transited the Earth-facing side of the Sun twice. If AR9393 persists for another week it will emerge into direct view for a rare third transit. BRIGHTENING COMET: Southern hemisphere observers report that comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR), which split into two pieces last month, has surged in brightness again. For more information and updates, please visit http://www.spaceweather.com

>If you send this to just one person, it should make it all the way around >the World by Mother's Day. > >This is for all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal bleachers >at football games Friday night instead of watching from cars, so that >when their kids asked, "Did you see me?" they could say, "Of course, I >wouldn't have missed it for the world," and mean it. > >This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers >in their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry >Kool-Aid saying, "It's OK honey, Mommy's here." > >This is for all the mothers of Kosovo who fled in the night and can't >find their children. > >This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never see. > >And the mothers who took those babies and gave them homes. > >For all the mothers of the victims of the Colorado shooting, and the >mothers of the murderers. > >For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in front of >their TVs in horror, hugging their child who just came home from school, >safely. > >For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween >costumes. .. >And all the mothers who DON'T. > >What makes a good Mother anyway? >Is it patience? >Compassion? >Broad hips? >The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, >all at the same time? >Or is it heart? > >Is it the ache you feel when you watch your son or daughter disappear >down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time? > >The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. >to put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby? > >The need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear >news of a school shooting, a fire, a car accident, a baby dying? > >So this is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and >explained all about making babies. >And for all the mothers who wanted to but just couldn't. > >This is for reading "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for a year. And then >reading it again. "Just one more time." > >This is for all the mothers who yell at their kids in the grocery store >and swat them in despair and stomp their feet like a tired 2-year old who >wants ice cream before dinner. > >This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie their >shoelaces before they started school. >And for all the mothers who opted for Velcro instead. > >For all the mothers who bite their lips sometimes until they bleed - when >their 14 year olds dye their hair green. Who lock themselves in the >bathroom when babies keep crying and won't stop. > >This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their >hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse. > >This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their >daughters to sink a jump shot. > >This is for all mothers whose heads turn automatically when a little >voice calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own off spring >are at home. > >This is for mothers who put pinwheels and teddy bears on their children's >graves. > >This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't find the >words to reach them. > >This is for all the mothers who sent their sons to school with >stomachaches, assuring them they'd be just FINE once they got there, only >to get calls from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please >pick them up. Right away. > >This is for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep >deprivation. >And mature mothers learning to let go. > >For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers. >Single mothers and married mothers. >Mothers with money, mothers without. > >This is for you all. >So hang in there. >Please pass along to all the moms in your life. > >"Home is what catches you when you fall -and we all fall." >Please pass this to a wonderful mother you know. (I just did)

Elsie- I liked it a lot too. I still have my mom (thank you, Lord!) but I sure miss her mom, my wonderful grama. I've always just gotten through missing her by just talking to her as if she were still here. Not every time, but a lot of times I get a "response" somehow, a feeling, or a sign or something to let me know she's there and heard me. By the way, her name is Elsie too. I always called her Grama Elsie and loved her with all my heart! Spring is the best time to see and connect with her! Can't you just see your mom in all the new flowers and all the renewing of everything? Try it and see if it helps. You're in my prayers. Vicki > Vicki, > Thank you so much for this post. > I really miss my mom and this helps me to > realize she is still with me. > Spring time is the hardest for me. > Thanks, > Elsie > > At 10:13 PM 5/11/01 -0400, you wrote: > >I'm still here daughter; > >Please don't mourn for me > >I'm still here, though you don't see. > >I'm right by your side each night and day > >and within your heart I long to stay. >

No, there will be SIX creatures that will get to be 4 to 5 feet long. The rhinos get to be 3 -4 feet and the tegus get to be 4 - 5 feet long. Have I mentioned we will be moving? And moving onto property with these animals in mind? By the time I have several hundred of them, I'll need the room. *G* Vicki Ashton wrote: > How on earth are you going to handle 3 creatures that are 4 feet long > each?!?!? That's as big as a kid squirming around on the floor! They'll > need their own bedroom. I can see one -- I would love to have one; but > three?!?!?!?!? Ha -- keep it up girl! Vicki > > > Ahhhhh Vicki girl! Now surf the net and BUY one of these. Either the tegu > or the > > rhino. THEN ask me if I'm crazy!! > > ==== FOLKLORE Mailing List ==== > A very friendly warm list. > We are one BIG Happy Folk Family. > »§«:*´`³¤³´´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«

How on earth are you going to handle 3 creatures that are 4 feet long each?!?!? That's as big as a kid squirming around on the floor! They'll need their own bedroom. I can see one -- I would love to have one; but three?!?!?!?!? Ha -- keep it up girl! Vicki > Ahhhhh Vicki girl! Now surf the net and BUY one of these. Either the tegu or the > rhino. THEN ask me if I'm crazy!!

============================================================ COOL TRAVEL MAIL'S G A R D E N J O U R N E Y S Let Us Show You What's Blooming! ============================================================ http://www.CoolTravelMail.com Saturday, May 12, 2001 Dear Garden Lovers and Travelers, I love William Wadsworth Longfellow's description of nightfall: "Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels." And, poet James Russell Lowell's description of a dandelion: "Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold." Beautiful. Although anyone who spends time working on their lawn might not agree the little yellow flower is so harmless. But, you may be asking, why have I quoted these two New England poets back-to-back? So what do these wonderful observers of nature's beauty have in common? Simple, you can find them both at today's garden destination. Join me; you'll see what I mean. Today's headlines include: * MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY, MA * BUDS, BIRDS AND BURIAL PLOTS * GOODBYE GARDEN FAMILY - MY LAST ISSUE ----------------------------------------------------------- MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY, MA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As long-time Garden Journeys readers know, the places we create to memorialize our dead are often enchanting tributes to the beauty of nature and living things. That's definitely the case with Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA, just a few minutes from Harvard Square. Mount Auburn is America's first garden cemetery, a public burial ground opened in 1831 as an antidote to cramped and less-than-charming urban graveyards. It sprawls like an endless park around 170 acres of gently sloping, tree-covered hills connected by immaculately maintained grass walkways with names like Amethyst, Chickadee and Snowflake Path. Colorful azaleas and magnolias accent the shores of Mount Auburn's three lakes. In 1851, a writer with The North American Review described the earliest incarnation of the grounds this way: "It affords every variety of soil and elevation which trees or flowers would require, with streams and meadows, from which ponds may be made for plants which love the water. The plants of every climate may find there a suitable home. It might be thought that would require many years to cover it with verdure; but nature has anticipated this objection; it being already clothed with trees and shrubs of almost all descriptions which grow in this part of the country." The full text of that description is available at Gardenvisit.com. (http://www.gardenvisit.com/got/18/20.htm) An unofficial arboretum, Mount Auburn has more than 2,500 trees, even after loosing several hundred during a blizzard in 1997, according to an article on the Boston CitySearch site: http://boston.citysearch.com/feature/11806/) There are more than 500 different species, including a giant weeping European beech that measures 22 feet in diameter, and a plume sawara false cypress that towers 80 feet above the ground, according to CitySearch. The cemetery provides maps to visitors that list the locations of dozens of its finest shady specimens. You can pick one up at the main gate at 580 Mount Auburn St. off Route 16 near the border of Cambridge and Watertown. For hours and other information, call Mount Auburn at 617-547-7105. ------------------------------------------------------------ BUDS, BIRDS AND BURIAL PLOTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spring is a wonderful time to visit Mount Auburn. That's when its tens of thousands of perennials and flowering trees begin to bloom, and an incredible variety of bird life returns from its winter migration to fill the grounds with song. Garden lovers should note that the planting scheme involves as many as 10,000 bulbs and more than 40,000 annual plants. Bird lovers should note that Mount Auburn is a very popular place for viewing our feathered friends. In fact, Friends of Mount Auburn, a volunteer organization that works to improve the cemetery, is primarily a birding group. Author an avid bird watcher James H. Barton leads some of the tours hosted by the Friends group. You can take one of his tours - virtually - by clicking through his three-web-page account of a visit to Mount Auburn: http://www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/onLoc/onLocDirs/BOSSPR/pa/mtauburn/Moun tAuburn1.html If that link is too long to work for you, try going to http://www.virtualbirder.com and follow the links. So, what kind of birds can you spot at Mount Auburn? Everything from red-tailed hawks, ospreys and great horned owls to white-throated sparrows and ruby-throated hummingbirds. You can find Kentucky warblers, American goldfinches, Baltimore Orioles, Louisiana water thrushes, Philadelphia vireos, American kestrels and Canada geese. Complete listings of birds spotted on the cemetery's grounds are posted by the Friends group at http://www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/onLoc/onLocDirs/BOSSPR/bg/mtauburn/Bird s.html, and by a Massachusetts bird-watching group at http://massbird.org/LocalLists/MtAuburn.htm. ------------------------------------------------------------- GOODBYE GARDEN FAMILY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I write this edition of Garden Journeys with a heavy heart. The "new economy", is dictating that our time is through. You are reading the final issue of Garden Journeys. CooltravelMail has been purchased by a larger entity that unfortunately feels that this newsletter does not fit within it's current business model. Any parting of the ways can involve sadness. That's especially true when it comes to families. And you, my garden readers, have become part of my family. That's why it is so hard to say goodbye. I've had lots of fun over the last year, visiting and sharing some of the most beautiful places in the world. I would continue if I could. Right now, the opportunity doesn't exist. Someday, I hope to be on the Internet again, making friends and sharing my love of travel and gardens. When that day comes, I hope we can renew our acquaintance. Please feel free to email me to say goodbye. It would mean a lot. You can still find me at <a href=" mailto:Donna@CoolTravelMail.com ">Email Donna</a> for the next few weeks. After that, I'll be at <a href=" mailto:dlbpierce@twcny.rr.com ">Email Donna</a> Thank you - all of you - for your kind praise, your words of encouragement and, most of all, your interest in what I have to say. Seek serenity, pursue inner peace and....keep those thumbs green! Your editor, Donna Kath <mzmouser@earthlink.net> ~`* `*' `*' `* `*' `*' *' `*' *' `*' `* `*' *' `*' ~~~

Vicki Ashton wrote: > Turkle Girl -- I love the Rhino Iguana; but 3?!?!?! Did I read the > description right -- they get to be 4 feet long?!?! You're a shrink -- have > you ever tested yourself?!? lol -- vicki > Ahhhhh Vicki girl! Now surf the net and BUY one of these. Either the tegu or the rhino. THEN ask me if I'm crazy!! Bwa ha ha ha ha ha

little late....... kath Music & Entertainment Events - Memorial Weekend Fun - 5/10/01 Thursday, May 10, 2001 Dear M&E Enthusiast, Memorial Weekend is but 15 days away so if you are looking for something special to do over the long weekend look no further. We have a great line-up of events for this occasion for you to relax and contemplate the meaning of Memorial Day--you can also have tons of fun. Whatever your travel plans are, we hope you have a good holiday. On to this weeks issue: * BLUEGRASS * BLUES * CAJUN FESTIVALS * MORE GREAT FESTIVALS ------------------------------------------------------------- * BLUEGRASS ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Tri-State Bluegrass Festival May 24-27 Kendallville, IN http://www.ft-wayne.com/bluegrass/nibgas.htm Dry Branch Fire Squad (DBFS), The Collins Brothers, Front Range, Wildwood Valley Boys, Echo Valley, Ezells, Buckeye Ridge, Waterloo Boy Bluegrass, Bluegrass Impressions, and Open Highway. * Western Colorado Bluegrass Music Festival May 25-27 Grand Junction, CO http://www.oldblue.com/ Lost Highway, Bluegrass Patriots, open Road, Glen Wilbourn with Flinthill Special, Larry Stephenson, Julie Wingfield, and Bluegrass Etc. * Bass Mountain Music Festival May 24-27 Burlington, NC http://www.bassmountain.com/ Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Raymond Fairchild with Humphammer, James King Band, Country Current US Navy Band, Josh Graves & Kenny Baker, Ramona Church & Carolina Road, The Bluegrass Cardinals "Reunion", The Lewis Family, Continental Divide, Mountain Heart, The Chapmans, A.L. Wood, Goldwing Express. * The Acoustic Café May 26 Hayden, AL http://www.theacousticcafe.com/ Doc Watson, The Overalls, Lamar Morris, Greg Jones & Ray Brindley, Uncle Bud's 'Lectrowood Experience, The Herb Trotman Band, Crossing The Gap, The Other Guise ------------------------------------------------------------- * BLUES ~~~~~~~~ * Black Diamond Blues Festival May 26-27 Pittsburg, CA http://www.ci.pittsburg.ca.us/depart/leisure/Festivals/page2.html Killin Floor-so blue, Andy Santana & the West Coast Playboys, Henry Clement & the Gumbo Band, Beverly Watson, Little Charlie & the Night Cats, Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers Denise La Salle. * Denver Blues & Bones Festival May 26-28 Denver, CO http://www.denverfestivals.com/blues/blueshome.html Delbert McClinton, Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets featuring Sam Myers, Tommy Thomas & Sammy Dee w/the TT Band, Curtis Salgado, Marcia Ball, Eddie Cotton, Robert Belfour, Converse/Hornbuckle Band, Erika Brown Band, Coco Montoya, Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Chris Daniels & the Kings. * Santa Cruz Blues Festival May 26-27 Santa Cruz, CA http://www.santacruzbluesfestival.com/ This year's festival, our ninth, features luminaries JONNY LANG and KEB' MO', and a host of veteran blues warriors and sensational performers covering the spectrum of blues styles. On SATURDAY, MAY 26, the festival kicks off with Lang, Roy Rogers, Tinsley Ellis, Lloyd Jones Struggle and Hamilton Loomis. On SUNDAY, MAY 27, it's Keb' Mo', Sista Monica, Jimmy Thackery, Tab Benoit, The Delgado Brothers, Chris Cain, Melvin Taylor and Studebaker John & The Hawks. ------------------------------------------------------------- * CAJUN FESTIVALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Cajun/Creole Music Festival May 26-27 Simi Valley, CA http://simi2000.com/rotary/cajun.html This event is the largest special event fund raising activity in Simi Valley. The two day event features Cajun/Zydeco and Country Music from nationally acclaimed bands , as well as, dance lessons and a Kids Mardi Gras Parade. There are about 2 dozen different specialty food vendors and approximately 50 craft vendors displaying and selling a wide variety of goods and services. Featuring Hal Ketchum, Lynn Anderson, Lisa Haley, Hunter Hayes, Leroy Thomas, and Acadiana * Cajun Fest May 26-28 Amana, IA http://showcase.netins.net/web/cajunfest/index.html All the ingredients for a memorable weekend are at hand. Look for tons of fresh boiled crawfish, renowned Cajun and Zydeco musicians on the Alliant Energy Stage, Mardi Gras costumes, dancers and dance lessons, Cajun comedy, and real Cajun chefs servin' up steaming kettles of jambalaya, gumbo, and much, much more! ------------------------------------------------------------ MORE GREAT FESTIVALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Lake Eden Arts Festival May 25-27 Black Mountain, NC http://www.theleaf.com/ Billed as World Music meets Mountain Music; Poetry meets Yoga; Zydeco meets the Zipline; Kids meet Llamas * Sacramento Jazz Jubilee May 25-28 Sacramento, CA http://www.sacjazz.com/ America's premier jazz festival, with 125 bands from across the United States and around the world, featuring the best in Traditional Jazz plus Blues, Zydeco, Latin Jazz and Salsa, Swing Dancing and Western Swing and Gospel * World Championship Old Time Piano Playing Contest May 25-27 Decatur, IL http://members.tripod.com/~oldtimepiano/ Go back one hundred years to the beginning of the 20th century and the great new music it had to offer the world, and back on over a quarter century of our presenting that music once again. * Northwest Folklife Festival May 25-28 Seattle, WA http://www.nwfolklife.org/ The Northwest Folklife Festival welcomes thousands of regional and international artists to share their traditions through music and dance performances, exhibits, demonstrations, and workshops. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hope you have a fabulous time where ever you spend your holiday weekend. I'm sure I will. Enjoy, Thomas P.S. Send all stories, comments and suggestions to: <a href=" mailto:Thomas@CoolTravelMail.com ">Email Thomas</a> ************************************************************ TELL-A-FRIEND about CoolTravelMail! Visit: <a href=" www.CoolTravelMail.com/friends/ ">Tell-A-Friend</a> Kath <mzmouser@earthlink.net> ~`* `*' `*' `* `*' `*' *' `*' *' `*' `* `*' *' `*' ~~~

heehee~! .....sounds like a challenge. <G> :-) kath * Exported from MasterCook * Foolproof Beef and Broccoli Recipe By : Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 3/4 pound beef sirloin steak -- boneless 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 clove garlic -- minced 1 medium onion -- cut into wedges 1 can Campbell's Cream of Broccoli Soup 1/4 cup water 1 tablespoon soy sauce 2 cups broccoli flowerets Hot cooked noodles Slice beef across the grain into very thin strips. In skillet, over medium-high heat, in hot oil, cook beef and garlic until beef is browned. Add onion. Cook 5 minutes, stirring often. Stir in soup, water and soy sauce. Heat to boiling. Add broccoli. Reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Serve over hot noodles. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Per serving: 974 Calories (kcal); 62g Total Fat; (57% calories from fat); 83g Protein; 20g Carbohydrate; 251mg Cholesterol; 1265mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 11 Lean Meat; 3 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 5 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates Kath <mzmouser@earthlink.net> ~`* `*' `*' `* `*' `*' *' `*' *' `*' `* `*' *' `*' ~~~