Jan Eliot's funny and irreverent Stone Soup follows the saga of an extended, blended family, starring two working-mom sisters living just across the fence from each other. Val and Joan share life with their opinionated mother, a middle-school diva and 10-year-old tomboy, a reclusive teenage boy, a wild preschooler and his new baby sister...and of course Wally, the ultimate nice guy who steps into his stepdad shoes with grace amid the chaos. Working-parent hassles, pre-school tantrums, middle-school angst, love and the single mom... it's all here in Stone Soup.
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Thirdguy said, 3 months ago
I love bundling up for a walk on a cold day. It makes the hot chocolate that much better when I get back!
tmt said, 3 months ago
Our dog seems to think along the same lines as this one…
Dani Rice
said, 3 months ago
@tmt
Our dog stands at the edge of the carport, looking at the weather and then looking at us, as if we have the switch that will turn off the rain.
whmIII said, 3 months ago
@tmt
Most dogs do…
Elsie Ross said, 3 months ago
the storm outside is easier to live with!!
SilverRain said, 3 months ago
My greyhound is too prissy for snow and rain. We’ll open the door for her to go out and she looks at us, looks outside, then walks away. And wakes us up at 2 am to let her out >_<
snakemama said, 3 months ago
i just took a walk out in the freezing wind…my face felt totally numb when i got home
whmIII said, 3 months ago
I personally love that kind of weather…as long as I don’t have to go out in it!!!
Redkaycei Repoc said, 3 months ago
@whmIII
I love it as long as I live about 700 miles away from it.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
Maybe dogs should learn how to use a litter box. Cats learn automatically. The brilliant ones use the toilet, and flush!
iced tea said, 3 months ago
It’s nice a quiet outside in the winter.
ChappellGirl5 said, 3 months ago
In answer to the dog “it’ll last as long as it takes to get you to stop yapping in the house!” I think Evie could take one or the other noise makers, but not both at the same time.
Gokie5 said, 3 months ago
I’d say that what Evie is wearing now is not appropriate for winter. I spent most of the first decade of this century in Wisconsin, and needed a parka with faux-fur trim. Of course, real Wisconsononians would sometimes go out in outrageously skimpy outfits. I’d have to make some of the grandkids, who had to spend recess outdoors, wear coats, even. A couple of times the school offered to provide a coat for my grandson if we couldn’t afford one. (We could.)
whmIII said, 3 months ago
@Redkaycei Repoc
That’s next…
Doctor11 said, 3 months ago
Poor doggy!