"Serene" > wrote

> Yesterday, we had six of the best artichokes any of us has ever had.
> They were the "frost-kissed", ugly ones -- 39 cents each. True joy.
>
> Then I read here that they may be disappearing for a while, so we went
> today and bought a dozen more.

Uh oh, I was looking at some today and decided against them,
I should have grabbed a couple, you say?

> Four for Carin to take up to her
> Dad's, four for us to eat, and four to make into an
> artichoke-heart-avocado spread that James likes but has never made for
> us.

Oh, that sounds good.

nancy