Just a suggestion...The Rhode Island School of Design has an Illustration Department and a wealth of talent. Maybe you could make your pitch there? Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

Hello Julie, Are you sure that Nam Doc Mai is a condo variety? I was checking on Top's web site and I read that it is a medium growing tree, and most of the condo types like the Cogshall and Julie won't get more then 12 feet tall. I could be way off, and I want you to be right because I want to buy Nam Doc Mai next. I am a little worried right now though because my Cogshall has anthracnose. Everyone i have talked to said that it is resistant meaning it wont kill the tree, but I saw some small brown spots on new bud growth. I am going to have to buy some liquid copper. Pugg said that this was really effective. I just have the disadvantage of having to buy everything I need(fertilizer,fungicide) on the internet. I did see the Nutmeg tree on Top's sight but ouch they are really expensive. The small size I believe was $50, and the larger size was $75.00!! I know what the challenge is of trying to grow that tree in New York is, but I have to say i have been doing a lot of hmm.... I wonder! I can give it the lighting, and humidity during the winter, and the only challenge I think I will have in the summer is supplemental humidity but the problem I have is the cost. i would pay the $50 for a Nam Doc Mai, but I have been able to keep my Cogshall pretty happy, I just wish I didn't have the anthracnose on it. the one thing I will say about Top is I ordered a Green Caimito from them. The price for this tree was $49.99. I knew that when i ordered it, however I was shocked at the $24 shipping cost. The worst part for me was the size of the Green Caimito. I assumed that it would have been at least 2 feet tall with nice growth and decent diameter on the trunk. What I got was less then two feet tall, and the trunk was thinner then a number two pencil! I did chat with Ch3rri, and she told me that she had ordered from them before and was satisfied with tree size. i contacted them and told them about how the tree was really small, and the lead stem was busted. They gave me a $20 voucher and said that was the best they could do because they could not gurantee the tree once it left there nursery. I was not upset about the shape it came in. Matter in fact they told me that Caimito does not ship very well, and it would probobly lose all iis leaves, and it did not. The other problem with them for me was communication. I NEVER spoke to them over the phone, and they did not answer my emails until I all ready had the tree. I had found out after I bought and recieved it that the tree was probobly seed grown, but Top reassured me that it was airlayered. Now when I checked out the Nutmeg tree, I did not see if it was grafted or not. The pics of the small trees they sell make it hard to tell if it is grafted or not. If you decide to look in to it, please let me know. I am still pondering buying one next spring. I really should not, I don't have much room. I live in a small apartment! I hope that i have helped you. Andrew

See, I have a beef with Cook's Illustrated (aka, America's Test Kitchen & Cooks Country). They are not very "customer" friendly, IMO. I had trouble once with a bill from them for their CI magazine (one I didn't owe, I might add) and they were very nasty and threatening. There are also a lot of complaints about them on line regarding their billing practices so I know it was not just me running into problems with them. That being said, I do like their recipes! I watch their shows but, of course, you can't go to their website and see the recipes unless you subscribe (another pet peeve I have). However, with a little googling, I have found every one of their recipes somewhere else - for free. Years ago I bought a few of their cookbooks, but to be honest, I never use them. The cookbooks I use the most are the Barefoot Contessa's books - I have all of them - about 10 of them. I can't think of one recipe of hers that hasn't been delicious (and easy). Also, my two other favorite resources is allrecipes.com and food.com. On their sites you can ask it to show you the ingredient list for 2 people and I find that very helpful, since we are empty nesters also and don't like leftovers.

Can you export it to another program..say PSP and then do a "save as" and put it somewhere else? Or can you scan it directly into your Word document?