Oh, Bonnie, that is beautiful! Thank you!

Guest, Thom, sounds like you grew up the way my SO did, he always went to his Memere's and had those kind of party pies, too. Later on when she lived in a nursing home run by nuns, his mom kept up the tradition. She is gone now and no one makes the pies like hi mom and memere, according to him. Of course it doesn't help that he's married to a vegetarian!**BG**

Naes, your story was way too reminiscent of our odl days on the ranch out on the Oregon Trail. We had snowdrifts like that, too! Not so fun anymore. I hope that isn't what is keeping you from going and that you are on your way to wheverer you wanted to be really soon.

Spaw, if we could bottle that, we be gazillionaires, eh?

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