Dear World, Lynda's ... Super Great.  She's five years old when around her younger best friends.  She lives in a tiny town where she knows everyone's name and history.  She is known for accidently matching the rest of her family on Sunday mornings, hugging Macaroni and staying up talking until midnight with Banana and her friends. PEACE All you need is love__ THE Banana   Dear Everyone, My mom is, and acts like she's: my best friend, a decent artist (but she's really the best in the world - tied with my dad), and very, very creative.  Don't tell Banana, but I'm her favorite.  She listens to me whether or not she has a clue what I'm talking about.  Every time I ask her what time it is, she sings.  So, overall, she's perfect. The better tasting, Macaroni Hi Everybody, Here goes…….. I have lived almost my entire life here in Marshall, Missouri.  I didn’t really plan it that way…it just happened and it’s okay. My husband, Floyd, and I have been married for 22 years.  We met at MU, in the art department of course, in printmaking class, dated four years, got married in Hershey, Pennsylvania, lived in Slater, MO for three years, then built our first house in Marshall and have been here since.  I worked in my dad’s furniture store until our little Banana came along, at which time I decided it would be better for me to stay home with her (she would have been fine, it was me that needed to be with her).  Four years later the Macaroni joined us and life was great. That same year, Banana started Kindergarten.  The library needed a volunteer, and somehow I became the permanent, one day a week, volunteer librarian (still not quite sure how that happened). In the fall of 2001, the school found themselves in need of an art teacher for preschool through 8th grade, just part time, and asked me if I was interested.  As an avid lover of kids of all ages, and since I had been drawing, painting, coloring, and cutting since birth, I thought that would be fun so I said YES.  Next, a friend of mine who is a home schooler decided she needed a little assistance with, and an art teacher for her youngest kids while she was teaching the older ones.  So I go to their house, also part time, and get to be with the BEST kids, next to my own, in the whole wide world. All along the way I’ve been painting glass and furniture, writing and illustrating children’s stories, and doing other artsy things.  Some for money and some for fun. Now, it’s Banana’s senior year in high school, Macaroni is a 6th grader, and I’m ready to paint full time.  It’s my favorite thing to do. So if you will show your support of my endeavor and ORDER SOMETHING, it would make me really happy  J Thanks for listening, Lynda