At 10:11 PM 10/19/98 +0000, you wrote: <SNip>>Dear Mr. Giannou: >In an earlier, gentler time <Snip> Dear Pat: Marvelous... absolutely marvelous. I do believe we could have used your word smithing on the gardens-L(ist) a year or so ago, I'm sure you would have been able to respond most appropriately to a person named Laura who had a fixation with riding horses <VBG>. Very well put dear... I'm sure M.Giannou is too uncouth to appreciate your missive, whereas I am not. Cynthia **Womyn Who Moves Mountains-Little Finger Of Michigan** **cmayeaux@traverse.com **USDA zone 4b-Sunset zone 41** ** http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/2659/garden/cynthia.html **