I have SO much empathy for you! I had a bunion operation a few years back, plus a "fix-it" to the 4th toe on the other foot at the same time. Two bum feet! I thought it was a good idea at the time... I had a baddd podiatrist! The bunion went OK, but the 4th toe is a mess. Luckily, it's numb, so it is like having a little dead goldfish on one foot instead of a toe. Now, I have a GOODDD podiatrist and things are much better! I never appreciated how much I used my feet until I had that operation and could not use either one. Hell, I use my feet almost EVERY DAY for one reason or another. I LOVED how you showed the "personal belongings" bag with your name on it in your drawings. Your cartoon blog is simply fabulous, Anna! And I loved the most recent cartoon for your co-op. Ah yes! Winter wheat--how many breads did I see in Berkeley bakeries in the early 70s that were made with "winter wheat?" I bought bags of winter wheat kernels myself & ground them into flour and made bread! I had forearms like Popeye and beat all the guys at arm wrestling. Kneading that dough was no easy task. I also bought 50lb sacks of soybeans and ground those up to make tofu or to use cooked in casseroles. (Our farts could have lit Cleveland for a week-just off one casserole with those babies.) Later, I decided my big sack of soybeans was the best place to hide the pounds and half-pounds of cocaine I was selling at the time. What policeman would look inside there? Thank God for God. Such lunacy. "Hi! I'm a vegetarian. I don't eat any animal flesh. Actually, I don't eat anything. Got another beer?" Anna--what is a "palouse?" I think that's the word I saw in your cartoon--"I have so much more to learn about the______" Anyway, I could not make out the word. I'd love to know what it's all about. How about some more COLORS? You know I love your colored pages--your eye for shapes is fantastic. Only a real artist can make the fields around your house as alluring as you do-whether in color or black/white. How are you and Larry doing in Moscow? Did you have a good holiday? You probably stayed off your feet, still. AH. That's what I was going to mention. When your doctor bent your foot and all hell broke loose. THAT I remember! Have you been told to put your tootsies on a towel and scrunch the towel up using them? I saw a device in a catalog that actually simulates this movement! It cost a bundle! But the ease of never having to get out a towel makes it worth every cent, I guess. "Build a better mouse trap" and all that... (Wait. You're British. Maybe Larry will have to explain that last bit to you.) I LOVE hearing from you even when it's a mass e-mail. Please keep me posted! Loads of Love to you both-Mary B
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Dear AnnaFrog,
I have SO much empathy for you! I had a bunion operation a few years back, plus a "fix-it" to the 4th toe on the other foot at the same time. Two bum feet! I thought it was a good idea at the time...
I had a baddd podiatrist! The bunion went OK, but the 4th toe is a mess. Luckily, it's numb, so it is like having a little dead goldfish on one foot instead of a toe.
Now, I have a GOODDD podiatrist and things are much better!
I never appreciated how much I used my feet until I had that operation and could not use either one. Hell, I use my feet almost EVERY DAY for one reason or another.
I LOVED how you showed the "personal belongings" bag with your name on it in your drawings.
Your cartoon blog is simply fabulous, Anna! And I loved the most recent cartoon for your co-op.
Ah yes! Winter wheat--how many breads did I see in Berkeley bakeries in the early 70s that were made with "winter wheat?"
I bought bags of winter wheat kernels myself & ground them into flour and made bread! I had forearms like Popeye and beat all the guys at arm wrestling. Kneading that dough was no easy task.
I also bought 50lb sacks of soybeans and ground those up to make tofu or to use cooked in casseroles. (Our farts could have lit Cleveland for a week-just off one casserole with those babies.)
Later, I decided my big sack of soybeans was the best place to hide the pounds and half-pounds of cocaine I was selling at the time.
What policeman would look inside there?
Thank God for God. Such lunacy. "Hi! I'm a vegetarian. I don't eat any animal flesh. Actually, I don't eat anything. Got another beer?"
Anna--what is a "palouse?" I think that's the word I saw in your cartoon--"I have so much more to learn about the______" Anyway, I could not make out the word. I'd love to know what it's all about.
How about some more COLORS? You know I love your colored pages--your eye for shapes is fantastic. Only a real artist can make the fields around your house as alluring as you do-whether in color or black/white.
How are you and Larry doing in Moscow? Did you have a good holiday? You probably stayed off your feet, still.
AH. That's what I was going to mention. When your doctor bent your foot and all hell broke loose. THAT I remember! Have you been told to put your tootsies on a towel and scrunch the towel up using them?
I saw a device in a catalog that actually simulates this movement! It cost a bundle! But the ease of never having to get out a towel makes it worth every cent, I guess.
"Build a better mouse trap" and all that...
(Wait. You're British. Maybe Larry will have to explain that last bit to you.)
I LOVE hearing from you even when it's a mass e-mail. Please keep me posted!
Loads of Love to you both-Mary B
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