Nik, you have indeed had your share of trials as a family. You have my sincere condolences for your mother's passing and I hope you are able to share many happy memories of the time she was here with you. I'm sure Kalliope is glad to have your support in her own medical issues as you are to have hers, and that is a gift to be cherished however the various tests come out. Vertigo is a considerably disorienting condition and an issue that may need monitoring if it can't be fully resolved, but it's good to have the information to work with, and as in your case to know it isn't yet more serious than it already is. You know your grandmother may be onto something when you have more than a dozen doctors (and vets) on speed dial. When the doctor starts rubbing his hands in glee when you walk in the room, however - that might be when you consider the priest. For now, I think you need to cut more roses to bring in the house to counteract those "bad vibes". We're happy to be praying on behalf of both of you, and thinking warm thoughts of health and peace for you as well. Cynthia

We did something similar when our dog was a puppy. We had a fenced yard but the deck was several steps from the yard and at first he was too small to go down the steps. We bought sod from Home Depot. Then the weather started to get rainy so he built a little lean to on the deck so the puppy didn’t get wet. We kept the sod on the deck until spring. we picked up the poop and replaced the sod a couple of times

This isn't about the genre of music you listen to, this is about hearing a great song from any genre. Never heard of the band before until DS told me and I'm hooked. Doesn't mean I'll stop listening to the Stones. If you put yourself in an only rock music corner, you're missing out on great stuff. Kswl, not sure what you mean regarding how they glorified prison. I see no glorification at all, and instead complete sadness & empathy. Nate writes from the heart if you listen to his songs. Prisons across the country are both old and new, and some should be torn down. And many prisons do have multi-purpose rooms and entertainment. They played this song at the concert and I was so happy DS was close to hear it which he had already. I hope it reminds DS of Mother's Day coming up. LOL This is dedicated to his mom & other moms of band members. Playing themselves.

I've heard of them, and would love to "adopt" some! I fell in love with radish pods... they're lovely pickled or just tossed on salads as kindof a spicy snap pea. Now, you do have to harvest them when they're young and tender... otherwise they're just not very good.