Had a quick look. There's some tempting ones there, but I don't do Ebay. I see the prices in the USA are much cheaper than the ones here. Always the way!

Holy smoley cannot believe it went that high. Well, guess there are a lot of us out there. But boy, with my luck, I can't take that chance. I thought I was nutz going to 22 for one of my plants. (Which, DIED, of course. Ha!) Nawwww. . .I'll wait for it to come down. Saw what you guys were talking about, ebay using IDs now. Bummer. Now I'm afraid that I'll be stompin' on someone. Itching to drop a big order at SS. Anyone else do that yet? Comonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn spring!

Oh my goodness, Andrea!! From your thread title, I thought perhaps 'Lowe's' had gone 'Temple'!!! How nice to receive such a gift! I received a box (with hosta) from her not too long ago, myself. Guess that's why it's called 'the friendship plant'! Can't hurt--oh, unless it has nematodes or HVX! :o) No waaaay!!!! Now, wouldn't that be just the meanest thing to do, intentionally--I can't even go *there* with that thought--not today--it's way too beautiful outside and I'm on my way out!!! Thank you, Teresa, for my disease free, beautiful hosta--in a *public* way!

Outliers is an interesting book. The notion that "luck, coincidence and effort/hard work are generally all required to successful" at least looks at the mix that fate, destiny and the sweat of the brow play in most lives. But I would go a little further & still broaden the concept of "success" to include so much more than career or financial achievement. I think it is a big mistake (that our culture at large makes all the time) to automatically assume that a well-to-do person, or someone with a lofty title, is "successful" at life. They may be, of course, but they may also be full of anger, selfishness, & greed. They may have struggled & strived the joy out of their lives. They may never be satisfied. That is not success in my view. I do believe that life has plans for all of us. As I stated in another post, if we are attached to an image of our lives looking a certain way, we will suffer if life doesn't comply. That can happen at any income level. or..."Life is what's happening when we're making other plans," as John Lennon reminded us. I don't think being wealthy is in the cards for us all, no matter how hard we work. That's not the life every person is meant to lead. But that's not such sad or bad news either! People who have given energy & attention to what is real & capable of providing true happiness (connections, creativity, learning, growth, service, loving) are the most successful, in my view! Money may or may not stem from their endeavors. Either way, what could be more wonderful or more a marker of success, than when people truly enjoy what they are doing, find meaning through it, and are loving & at peace?