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Name: Jean
Email: jean.yorke@btopenworld.com
Date: 12/05/04

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Delightful to see and read ! thanks !

Name: frank mattox
Email: fdmtt1877@yahoo.com
Date: 11/22/04

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I want to learn more about the natural ways of mountain living. I think it is sort of a longing for my years gone by.

Name: Leslie Leeds-Kemper
Email: kdsgroove@msn.com
Date: 11/13/04

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What a heavenly site. Any closer to the Smokies and you'd have to wear wings...

Name: Maxine Asher
Email: maxineasher@tds.net
Date: 11/05/04

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Thank you for knowledge acquired at the class in the Smokies last month. Each day I try to relearn from the Native American Indians. For example, what were the medicinal values of acorns and crystal arrowheads and their flat dark stones?? So many questions, so much to relearn. Please keep me in mind and my search and let me know if there is any particular class or information that you think I could benefit. A little later, I do plan on ordering your videos and your cookbook. Thank you.

Name:
Email:
Date: 11/04/04

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nice website very helpfull thanks Dan Rice

Name: Rodger Henry
Email: henryrd6@aol.com
Date: 11/04/04

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I took your Wild Edibles and Traditional Medicinals walk with you and your husband several years ago and truly enjoyed myself. I have just ordered your videos. I have since started taking Herbalist courses through CCNH. I am hoping to take some classes at the John C. Campbell Folk School to learn more. I am anticipating the arrival of videos. Thanks Rodger

Name: Wynn
Email: wynn_annwn@yahoo.com
Date: 10/29/04

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i was sent here by a link on Adrienne Young's website, and that gives me another reason to appreciate her! i LOVE herbs, and i'm looking forward to exploring your virtual home.

Name: mary ann asbill with Eleanor Irene School
Email: asbillandbeck@tds.net
Date: 10/22/04

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Name: tatiana
Email: dancing_shoes17@sbcglobal.net
Date: 10/21/04

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I have most of the fox fire books and I just love them. I really love your neck of the woods.

Name: Dena K. Wnetrzak
Email: hikerdena@aol.com
Date: 10/09/04

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I took your edible/medicinals plant class today and really enjoyed the information you shared. I look forward to another meeting with you and Jerry. Thanks, Dena

Name: marion
Email: txaubiefan@yahoo.com
Date: 10/07/04

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Name: Justin Dietrich
Email: okm9512003@yahoo.com
Date: 10/07/04

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hey this is a nice website and i am doing a repor on wildcfarting and i was wondering could u help me out a little thanks sincerely,Justin

Name: Steven Manley
Email: carole@humboldt1.com
Date: 10/01/04

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I once spent time in the upper Adirondacks, where I met a woman who taught passersby how and what was edible in our own back yards. She was amazing. Now I have found your site and information, which coincides not only with her but with my girlfriend as well, who unwittingly introduced me to you. Now that my "friend" and I are seperated by many miles, we are sharing info together through your teaching. What a double blessing! Thank You so much.

Name: Darlene Van Kleek
Email: teacher_gal2@hotmail.com
Date: 09/30/04

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A very interesting site. Thank you. Would you have a good recipe for bannock. If you would like to share it I would appreciate it. Thanks, D

Name: shannon
Email: shanzen202@hotmail.com
Date: 09/22/04

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Name: Bob Krumm
Email: krummr@coned.com
Date: 09/20/04

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Hi, Ila. This is Bob Krumm. I met you Saturday at the park. Now I'm back at work in NYC, seemingly eons away from that beautiful spot. After I catch up here, I'll look over your site and maybe register for a class next year. It was nice talking with you.

Name: ShaNa Na
Email:
Date: 09/17/04

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This website is very interesting and gave me the information that I needed!! I also liked all the pictures that you included into your website!

Name: Latoya
Email:
Date: 09/17/04

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This website is very interesting. I like the blood root picture. This website also gave me all the information i needed for my class assignment.

Name: Donna Beckum
Email: Missladyboots@aol.com
Date: 09/13/04

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I found this site very interesting.

Name: Ron and Suzanne Joyner
Email: oldapple@bighorsecreekfarm.com
Date: 09/10/04

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Our congratulations and best wishes to Ila and the terrific work she is doing to preserve the heritage and lifestyles of the early mountain settlers. This is extremely valuable information that must not be lost to future generations. There is much we can learn from their history and we are grateful that Ila is so dedicated to preserving their stories and way of life. Thanks, Ila.

Name: CAROLE PERRY RAUTIO
Email: RMIMISMOM3@AOL.COM
Date: 09/06/04

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I LOVE THE WORK AND BOOKS AND INFORMATION YOU GIVE US. I AM PART CHERKEE AND I HAVE FOUND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH IN WHAT YOU SPEEK. GOD BLESS YOU, ILA

Name: Dennis, Connie & Nicole
Email: daptrnr42@comcast.net
Date: 08/30/04

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Good Morning to you Ila & J O:) The website is going and growing BETTER all the time! We are planning an observing, "collecting", home schooling visit soon & looking forwards to visiting with you perhaps? Studying the EXCELLENT videos we purchased which are EXTREMELY well done, informative AND entertaining as well! Bless you both for promoting, preserving & teaching the AMERICAN HERITAGE.

Name: Karl Meissner
Email: kmeissner1@san.rr.com
Date: 08/29/04

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Found site very interesting. I will be back. Thank you.

Name: Eileen Pollenz
Email: epollenz@wcpss.net
Date: 08/29/04

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Mt students are beginning to read Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera and Bill Cleaver. We have used your website to do some background research on wildcrafting and the mountains of NC. The site is a great resource. Thank you Eileen Pollenz

Name: Benji Anderson
Email: benjithefrog@hotmail.com
Date: 08/25/04

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I find your work really exciting and important in our modern world. I hope I can be a student of yours one day!!

Name: .:chelsea:.
Email:
Date: 08/25/04

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hello im chelsea and i love this site.

Name: Linda L. Carey, Deb Heishman and Ken Heishman
Email: misslin48@yahoo.com
Date: 08/24/04

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I was checking in to see if you had any events scheduled for the Spring of 2005. In order to schedule our vacation time at work, we must notify our department heads by the end of August of 04. We were really hoping to be able to join in on one of the wild foods/medicines walk. Could you please alert us as soon as you know any dates?

Name: Melanie M
Email: R-ville
Date: 08/24/04

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Very nice

Name: Michael H. Hooper
Email: hooper3@charter.net
Date: 08/23/04

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Name: Anna Sanders
Email: asanders@clevelandcountyschools.org
Date: 08/17/04

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I just found your website. I am teaching Where the Lilies Bloom, and my students are doing a research paper on various herbs. Can you suggest any sites rich in information?

Name: Stephanie Jones
Email: jonessteph@hotmail.com
Date: 08/17/04

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I'm a nutrition graduate student at Appalachian State and I am excited to continue exploring this site. I briefly looked at your schedule because I would love to do sometime of day-hike/walk with you to learn some of the native plants in the area, especially the edible ones.

Name: Andrew Claytor
Email: aclaytor@perigee.net
Date: 08/09/04

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wonderful to know about this site and would like to know more....Andrew

Name: Becky
Email:
Date: 08/09/04

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I enjoyed hearing you in Blairsville,Ga last month.

Name: maryhelen
Email: mho57ldo@aol.com
Date: 08/09/04

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Love all the information. Too bad my checkbook doesn't like videos. The photos are great, also.

Name: Susie Ricker
Email: turtlecreektrade@aol.com
Date: 08/08/04

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Hi Illa, I really appreciate the knowlege you are sharing with us. I have all your videos and am looking forward to the next one. I visit the Medicine Man in Cherokee to find your tapes. I think that we have a common friend- Kay Sharp- (A wonderful friend). I still love everything you do and love wildcrafting. Thank You! Your friend Susie Ricker

Name: adrienne
Email: addie@addiebelle.com
Date: 08/05/04

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hey Friends! I added your link to our webpage - sorry it took me so long to think about doing it - I don't get on the computer on the road and, even when I'm home, it's not my faveorite activity. I enjoyed chatting with you both. It was, as always, strengthening for me to recieve your wisdom and insight. Thank you. I love you both - addie:)

Name: pat kelly
Email: captnjpkelly@hotmail.coom
Date: 08/04/04

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Name: Ed Skinner
Email: ah.de@tc3net.com
Date: 07/22/04

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joann....just a quick note to see osiyo! I told Mike and Tad to let you know that we shall be in your neck of the woods for a visit the 2nd week in October this year...it would be good to lift the Pipe and share a meal...and lots of good talk...write some mail to me...Gv-Ge-Yu-Ee Ah-De (cousin ed in Michigan)

Name: Ken Hatter
Email: hatterk@bellsouth.net
Date: 07/15/04

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Great page

Name: Shawn
Email:
Date: 07/10/04

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Really enjoyed your site. I've bookmarked it for future reference.

Name: Linda L. Carey
Email: misslin48@yahoo.com
Date: 07/06/04

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I look forward to someday visiting your place of business. I love foraging the woods and mountains of south central Pa and discovering new plants, grasses, and herbs. Well, "new" to me, anyway.

Name: Tom Watts
Email: wattstp@netscape.net
Date: 07/06/04

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Very nice site. We spent some time in the Asheville area this spring and thoroughly enjoyed the Appalachian scenery. I still remember my first trip to the area in the early 70s to visit some freinds working as counselors at summer camps in the Mount Pisgah area...

Name: Cathy Jarrett
Email: heart1@alltel.net
Date: 07/06/04

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Interesting Web page! Jennifer Cordier has told us much about you and I am looking forward to meeting you when you come to speak for the Community Council of the GA MTN Research and Education center in Blairsville, GA at the end of this month.

Name: Linda Raine
Email: trvlgwmn@yahoo.com
Date: 07/06/04

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This is the second time I've stopped by and haven't had near the time I'd like to explore it all. Your talk with us at ChristyFest has me hooked and hope to be back to visit yoru site often!

Name: ann
Email: annhough@jackson.main.nc.us
Date: 07/05/04

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Name: Kellie Hinkle
Email: prplgrl1967@aol.com
Date: 07/02/04

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Ila, Haven't seen you since you were at Jay's place. Was on the web looking at the mountains and saw a listing for your site. It was really great!!! Educational for my kids, too. Trying to make us a road trip to see you, but work is hindering us right now. Keep up the great info!!! John says hello!

Name: Lisa Applegate
Email: LISA.APPLEGATE@LPNT.NET
Date: 06/30/04

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I have only seen one of you vidoes (Mountain Kitchen). I have 2 daughters 13 and 11. I am 36 and would like to teach them a lot of the old fashion ways of doing things.I have never realy had grandparents to teach me these things but have friends who have shown me a lot. I am very interested in getting some of your books and videos. I am glad there is a website like yours. Maybe I can find other people who share my interest in nature and its wonderful gifts. There's not many people around me personaly who share in that appreciation. I would also like some information on the classes you give in the moutains. Me and my 13 year old would love to attend one. Thank you.

Name: jesse hayes
Email: jessebikes@yahoo.com
Date: 06/29/04

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I attended a class on invasive, poisonous, and medicinal plants in the spring and enjoyed the part you taught. I just today had a conversation with some gentlemen about a show in UNCTV that you were on and they asked if I could find out anymore information. Thanks for having such a great website. Sincerely, jesse hayes ps. do you have a new book out on medicinal plants or did I hear wrong?

Name: Amik
Email: amikahmad2@hotmail.com
Date: 06/25/04

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Wonderful pictures of. I personally am planning on moving to Chapel Hill only because of the color of leaves there in the fall. You have a terrific site and keep up the good work. Amik - www.omega3zone.com

Name: Wanda King
Email: jwkwmk@bellsouth.net
Date: 06/15/04

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You have done a very nice website. I'm glad there are a few people who aren't letting the old remedies die out. My grandparents grew up in the hills of Perry County, TN, dug and sold ginseng, May apple, and other roots and remedies. I've managed to take advantage of some of the knowledge, but know a lot has been lost. I can identify (and have cooked) poke sallet, but I've heard Momma mention "nar doc" and other foods that I'll probably never see . . . paw paws, wild muskeydines . . they used to eat out of the woods a lot because they had to back then.

Name: Elaine Cole
Email: laine2766@yahoo.com
Date: 06/15/04

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This is a great site! I look forward to meeting you soon. I understand you will be presenting at ChristyFest. I can't wait to hear it!

Name: UZOAGBA
Email: uzoagba.aba@yahoo.com
Date: 06/14/04

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I LOVE THE PAGE.

Name: Rita
Email: ritagail@sbcglobal.net
Date: 06/12/04

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Name: Susanna
Email: sannadee65@yahoo.com
Date: 06/12/04

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As always, your website is full of great things....We are very proud of you MOM!! Can't wait to see you again soon! Your little "chip off the ole block" grandson is ready for another hike with his grandma! He tells everybody that "almost everybody in the Smokies knows who his grandma is!" Much Love, Your Daughter

Name: Jennifer Cordier
Email: ivylog@alltel.net
Date: 06/11/04

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Great WEB Page

Name: Janis Nayyeri
Email: nayyeri@cowtown.net
Date: 06/09/04

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Name: Celia
Email: cyellennun@hotmail.com
Date: 06/05/04

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Your site is lovely and has some great information. I was actually looking for a book on edible wild plants of the South, but stayed for a while just to browse.

Name: alice
Email: asw540@comcast.net
Date: 06/02/04

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Beautiful web site. Wish I could be right there. Glad you are! Thanks for sharing so much of your traditions!

Name: bella mugu
Email: bella@419.com
Date: 05/28/04

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Name: Linda Thomas
Email: lindajo50@bellsouth.net
Date: 05/23/04

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I find your Wildcrafting very interesting. I love stories and information about the people of the mountains and how they lived. I am drawn to this type of culture and history. I will be visiting this Website often. Thank-you

Name: Linda Thomas
Email: lindajo50@bellsouth.net
Date: 05/23/04

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Name: Sid
Email: siddy_banks@hotmail.com
Date: 05/19/04

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Aewsome website. I found everything I was looking for!

Name: Rich Hatter
Email:
Date: 05/17/04

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Just wanted to see what wildcrafting was about.

Name: Samantha
Email:
Date: 05/13/04

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hello... I am from north carolina and i am a student at a middle school. we have a report to do on wildcrafting and your website has helped me plenty. Thank you very much.

Name: Robert Dewar Cox
Email: boblindaworld@msn.com
Date: 05/10/04

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Sorry Texas isn't closer to your area of experience and practice. Could it be it was is the 60's? I shared Bobby Burn's birthday with Ila Hatter, sprung from a peice of tartan on a blouse, in front of a Mooreburger stand. A very nice birthday it was

Name: MAGA
Email: MAGA@MUGU.COM
Date: 05/06/04

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GREAT SITE.KEEP IT UP. WE DON REACHOOOOOOOOOO...............

Name: Debra Pamphile
Email: Pepesgirl2001@yahoo.com
Date: 05/06/04

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i came to the site to find out about certain flowers that i think may have been your specialty but i could not find such information about those wild flowers used for traditional medicines. but thanks anyway.

Name: coll guy
Email: coll@maga.com
Date: 05/05/04

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Hello, guys i have visited here ooooo and its good pls take care

Name: Mary Janis
Email: mjanis@meyecomputer.com
Date: 05/04/04

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Just looking around....See ya'll tomorrow!

Name: Joetta Jarrell
Email: jjarrell@carter.k12.ky.us
Date: 05/03/04

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This is my first time to visit your site.

Name: caydee @dianna
Email: lilhotbaby@aol.com
Date: 05/03/04

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yall have such a nice place i wish i could see it face to face

Name: Tosha
Email: don't have one
Date: 04/27/04

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You'll have a nice place it's really pretty.

Name: Jackie
Email: None
Date: 04/23/04

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I am a student of Mr.Brockman (above on the guest list) I like your website. The pictures are pretty.

Name: Jessica Fowler
Email: jessica_mfowler@hotmail.com
Date: 04/23/04

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I really enjoy your site espically all the pictures. I also read something about your site in Our State magizine. You have really captured North Carolina's good parts. We are even making your site a class project to find intrestig plants. Wish you luck with your site.

Name: Anonymous
Email:
Date: 04/23/04

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Great!

Name: Debbie Greeson
Email: dgreeson2@comcast.net
Date: 04/22/04

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well-done site. we enjoyed our walk at the snowbird lodge last weekend. dan and debbie greeson

Name: Larry Johnson
Email: rlarryjohnson@comcast.net
Date: 04/20/04

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How are you guys? Tried calling. Web site looks great! L

Name: christine kenda
Email: ckangel36@hotmail.com
Date: 04/19/04

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THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INFO..GREAT STUFF

Name: Chris Brockman
Email: brockman@franklinco.k12.nc.us
Date: 04/17/04

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I am a forager from way back: from childhood in Michigan (1950s), renewed in the 70s after reading Euell Gibbons). I am also a middle school teacher (Bunn Middle School, Bunn, NC), and I have my 7th graders read Where The Lillies Bloom. We will be visiting your site soon and drawing pictures of favorite plants. Thanks for providing this inspiration for a new generation. Chris Brockman

Name: donnasimon
Email: yttik3@sbcglobal.net
Date: 04/16/04

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Name: Gene Whisnant
Email: genewhisnant@aol.com
Date: 04/14/04

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This is one of the most interesting sits I've visited so far.

Name: Amy Roberts
Email: celticcrow@alltel.net
Date: 04/13/04

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I was lucky enough to be able to catch the Folkways program with Ila. I learned more from it than all the books in my herbal library! I am most appreciative!!!!! Thank You Ila !!!

Name: JEAN BRAYE
Email: EJBRAYE@HOTMAIL.COM
Date: 04/13/04

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SURE MAKES ME WANT TO VISIT HERE. WHAT A LOVELY AND INTERESTING PLACE.

Name: JEAN BRAYE
Email: EJBRAYE@HOTMAIL.COM
Date: 04/13/04

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SURE MAKES ME WANT TO VISIT HERE. WHAT A LOVELY AND INTERESTING PLACE.

Name: JEAN BRAYE
Email: EJBRAYE@HOTMAIL.COM
Date: 04/13/04

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SURE MAKES ME WANT TO VISIT HERE. WHAT A LOVELY AND INTERESTING PLACE.

Name: Ann White
Email: fieldstonefarms@e1w.com
Date: 04/12/04

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Would love to hike with you sometime. Your web-site has stirred my appetite for getting to the Smokies in time for the Spring flowers.

Name: Nathaniel
Email: nathanielwhitmore@yahoo.com
Date: 04/09/04

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Great internet site... Though, it is ironic that us wildcrafters must turn to the world wide web for community.

Name: Beryl Lumpkin
Email: blumpkin@nxs.net
Date: 04/09/04

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Ila, did not see a direct email to you. Hope you got my last one. You have done a wonderful job at developing your skills. Your book is great and I hear it is doing quite well. I did a small program at Richmont last weekend and sold some of your books. I got too involved in life and put mine off for a while. Let me know how to get in touch with you. Sounds as if you don't light anywhere too long because you are so busy. This is a beautiful website.

Name: Gloria Manning
Email: gloriamanning@hotmail.com
Date: 04/06/04

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I am a librarian that was asked to do a program about Appalachia. The 6th grade class had read Where the Lilies Bloom, so I thought an program about wildcrafting would be perfect!

Name: Laurence and Shirley Watkins
Email: l.m.watkins@stanfordalumni.org
Date: 04/05/04

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Nice meeting you and Jerry at the TVA walkabout this past Sat. (April 3rd).

Name: MUGU MGBADA
Email: MUGU@YAHOO.COM
Date: 04/03/04

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VERY AWNSON AND INNOVATIVE WEBSITE, JUST SNURFING GOT ACCROSS YOUR SITE, GOOD AND INFORMATIVE. KEEP IT OFFFFF. WAOOOOOOOO. GREAT SITE INDEED.

Name: Natalie
Email: chaput.fn@verizon.net
Date: 03/26/04

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Very interesting! Thanks.

Name: Mary and Becca Walley
Email: Labtrek@digiscape.com
Date: 03/25/04

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Love your website. We are looking forward to meeting you and learning from you at Snowbird in April.

Name: Martha Staley
Email: marpatsta@cs.com
Date: 03/24/04

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Hi Ila, I am just looking thru your site and it is really well done and very helpful. I liked this pop up that said, "goodbye". Anxious to see you!

Name: Lorie Auton
Email: lauton@catawbacountync.gov.
Date: 03/24/04

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I loved this site and found it very interesting. One that I will come back to visit often.

Name: Suzanne
Email: sgame@ webworkz.com
Date: 03/17/04

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I love your website. It refreshes for me so much of what I learned with you at the Folk School in February, 2004. Good luck to you in the coming years as you teach us to appreciate the simple things.

Name: Mike Honeycutt
Email: honeycutt@unca.edu
Date: 03/16/04

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Saw you on Folkways - I've grown up in WNC and hope to attend one of your workshops sometime. I'm a computer geek by trade (nice website by the way), but enjoy being in the woods. Mike Honeycutt honeycutt@unca.edu

Name: rob snow
Email: rob.snow@turner.com
Date: 03/16/04

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Name: David Kinser
Email: deke@ioa.com
Date: 03/14/04

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Excellent Website!!!

Name: Christine
Email: cjb@tennis.org
Date: 03/11/04

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Ila !! How've you been?? Spring is early isn't it?

Name: rose
Email: www.rosefudgie@netzero.net
Date: 03/11/04

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great site would like to know about wild edible plants in the peidmont of NC.

Name: Gene & Elaine Bluhm
Email:
Date: 03/07/04

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We met you last year and are looking forward to the Pilgrimage of 2004!

Name: zen
Email:
Date: 03/03/04

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keep up the great work :)

Name: Linda Gibbons
Email: jackgibbons1@juno.com
Date: 02/26/04

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Always enjoy you so, Ila, at Wilderness Week. Thank you for sharing your wisdom & joy!

Name: Linda Gibbons
Email: jackgibbons1@juno.com
Date: 02/26/04

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Always enjoy you so, Ila, at Wilderness Week. Thank you for sharing your wisdom & joy!

Name: tammy elliott
Email: jak_ell@yahoo.com
Date: 02/24/04

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Name: Danita Puryear Fansler
Email: danitafansler@hotmail.com
Date: 02/23/04

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My mother and I will be taking the Incredible edibles and medicinal traditionals trip on May 8th. I am 28 and don't know much about herbal medicines, but my mom remembers some things from her childhood. We can not wait for the adventure. Danita Puryear-Fansler

Name: Gudrun Kiel-Bullock
Email: jgbullock@worldnet.att.net
Date: 02/23/04

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Enjoyed your website....

Name: Sandra Campbell
Email: bcam@mindspring.com
Date: 02/20/04

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saw you on unctv last evening. wonderful!

Name: chris rosehart
Email: crosehart@yahoo.com
Date: 02/19/04

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Name: HAROLD P. HARRISON
Email: hph1944@comcast.net
Date: 02/15/04

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Hello, I live in Knoxville and have a cabin on Shular Lake Road at Deal's Gap. I've heard good things about you and share many of your interest and appreciation for this area. Hope to meet you soon! Harold P. Harrison

Name: B. Hager
Email: silverstamper@yahoo.com
Date: 02/09/04

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Really enjoyed the article in COUNTRY April/May 2003 issue. Would like to see more articles like yours. Thank you.

Name: Bob Sweeney
Email: lakeerie1@aol.com
Date: 01/30/04

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Most interesting, attractive and informative

Name: Bill and JoAnn Davis
Email: bjdvs@egyptian.net
Date: 01/29/04

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Name: Bill and JoAnn Davis
Email: bjdvs@egyptian.net
Date: 01/29/04

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Name: Bill and JoAnn Davis
Email: bjdvs@egyptian.net
Date: 01/29/04

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Name:
Email:
Date: 01/27/04

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I can't wait to get my videos and cook book they look very interesting and informative I already have two of the cook books and love them. I like cooking the simple "old fashioned" way. and I love the way they show you to use things that grow in your own back yard. We live way out in the woods and I did not know so many other things that I wasn't aware of grew on our own land. I'll let you know how I like the stuff I'm ordering. Thanks Again, Judy stephens Gulf Hammock, Fl.

Name: Bill and JoAnn Davis
Email: bjdvs@egyptian.net
Date: 01/23/04

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Name: Bill and JoAnn Davis
Email: bjdvs@egyptian.net
Date: 01/23/04

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Name: Bill and JoAnn Davis
Email: bjdvs@egyptian.net
Date: 01/21/04

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Hello Ila We enjoyed the video we got from you at WWW last week . Also your website is wonderful !! Hope the balsam salve is helping your husband . Maybe we'll see you at Wildflower Pilgramage . Your Illinois friends , Bill and JoAnn Davis

Name: tina
Email: aztecnight@hotmail.com
Date: 01/21/04

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Iwould like to learn more about wildcrafting, and how to use what is in my yard to heal. Please email me with some advice for a beginer. Tina cherokee, nc

Name: tina
Email: aztecnight@hotmail.com
Date: 01/21/04

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Iwould like to learn more about wildcrafting, and how to use what is in my yard to heal. Please email me with some advice for a beginer. Tina cherokee, nc

Name: tina
Email: aztecnight@hotmail.com
Date: 01/21/04

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Iwould like to learn more about wildcrafting, and how to use what is in my yard to heal. Please email me with some advice for a beginer. Tina cherokee, nc

Name: Mia Rollman
Email: miarollmann@yahoo.com
Date: 01/18/04

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Enjoyed this site with all its wonderful photographs and information. Being Cherokee roots, Smoky Mtn. reared, brings a pleasant nostalgia and lots of fond memories. Thank you for sharing your site with all of us!

Name: S O daimhin
Email: seosamh1963@yahoo.com
Date: 01/18/04

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Love the site, have to come back and give it a real good looking over soon Seo

Name: Tommy
Email: tommylaw
Date: 01/14/04

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Great wildflower photos.

Name: Bill and Disa Herring
Email: billyndisa@yahoo.com
Date: 01/12/04

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Great site and we'd love to come visit sometime! Take care!

Name: cathy whaley
Email: bengal72@sbcglobal.net
Date: 01/12/04

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I love your philosophy. We visit the Smokies every year in February and March. The most beautiful and pieceful place. You have a true gift. Thanks for sharing!

Name: Grant Vipond
Email: g.vipond@sympatico.ca
Date: 01/07/04

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I was in the library researching the web on edible wild plants, when I discovered your site. Lots of interesting stuff, and great graphics layout.Thank you.

Name: Judy
Email: judy@gsmassoc.org
Date: 12/30/03

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Just stopped by to say "hi"! Great job!!!

Name: Gerry Hunt
Email: gerry@paragonapts.com
Date: 12/28/03

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Name: Bob wilson
Email:
Date: 12/28/03

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Hi there, A very interesting site!

Name: roby jetton
Email: robyandlindajetton@netzero.net
Date: 12/28/03

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would like to know more about the medical advantages. thanks roby

Name: MUGU
Email: MUGU@MAGATONY.COM
Date: 12/19/03

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I DEY BROTHER!

Name: Jo Doris Hooper Blanton
Email: don.blanton@verizon.net
Date: 12/09/03

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Ila, I found an article about you in Country magazine. I was very interested in it. I grew up in Robbinsville and have lived in Franklin, NC for 38 years. I am Arnold and Fay Hooper's daughter. I am Eugene Hoopers twin. I would like to know where you live and I might look you up sometime when visiting my family. Take care and hope to hear from you.

Name: Janet Palmer
Email: jpalmer488@aol.com
Date: 12/09/03

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I live on forty beautiful acres with my hasband,John,border collie,Freckles,and two cats,Emily and Sqeeky.I cherish this beatiful spot and have maintained a large garden and lawn without using any herbicides or pesticides.The birds and other cretures do that favor for me.We have a rambling creek that rushes through the acreage.I've made wild grape,elderberry and black raspberry jams and jellies.I've not been brave enough to try the skunk cabbage leaves as yet.I hope my daughter will purchase your cookbook for me for Christmas.Looking forward to trying your recipies.Have a Blessed Christmas,Sincerly Janet- P.S.I loved your web-site and I'm now anxious to see "Cold Mountain"

Name: robert kwapien
Email: robertkwapien@earthlink.net
Date: 12/03/03

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Can you please send me a schedule of your 2004 workshops and events. In accessing your websites, all I am able to find are listings for the year 2003. Also the ph # 865-249-7350 does not seem to be valid. New ph no please. Thanks, Robert

Name: alice
Email: asw540@comcast.net
Date: 11/25/03

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love your work and your beautiful photos. Makes me want to go home.

Name: Carisa Holmes
Email: textbookgemini73@yahoo.com
Date: 11/20/03

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I don't know much about wildcrafting, and was doing some research when I stumbled upon your site. I wanted to know if wildcrafting is a safe alternative to certified organics. I'm opening a natural beauty store, and I want to make sure there are no traces of pesticides or herbicides in my products. Any suggestions? Thanks, Carisa

Name: Elaine Delcuze
Email: crowgap@yahoo.com
Date: 11/19/03

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Name: Kelly
Email: ???????
Date: 11/16/03

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Hi i just love ur site it is so cool but i needed some herbs and i got then here 4 me and my guy but i will see u guys later love Kelly

Name: Kelly
Email: bnccutie@hotmail.com
Date: 11/16/03

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Hi I love ur site keep up the good work! If u can please e-mail me some picture 4 school thank you Kelly

Name: Saralyn Lamb
Email: lambchops36@msn.com
Date: 11/13/03

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Name: Saralyn Lamb
Email: lambchops36@msn.com
Date: 11/13/03

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Name: Kelly Bowlin
Email: gardengirl_kjb@hotmail.com
Date: 11/11/03

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Ila-- love your work! Your knowledge of plants in their native
settings and their traditional uses are amazing! Thanks for sharing your love of nature with us all.

Name: William C. Hyland
Email: whyland@comcast.net
Date: 11/10/03

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Name: amber
Email:
Date: 11/10/03

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cool website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name: Amber phillips
Email:
Date: 11/10/03

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cool website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name: Lloyd Taim Rich
Email: Foraging@SurvivorMail.com
Date: 11/07/03

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I think your site is realy amazingly hoopy. I have been doing Nutin so made Acorn Bannock Frying Pan Bread, and Acorn Bannock dressing ... from it. I have them and lots more on Foraging The Edible Wild. Visit a spell and Forage http://community.webtv.net/Taimloyd/FORAGINGTHEEDIBLE HAPPY ~<-<-% FORAGING

Name: Lloyd Taim Rich
Email: Foraging@SurvivorMail.com
Date: 11/07/03

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I think your site is really amazingly hoopy. I was doing Nutin so am making Acorn Bannock, and Dressing. I invite you to Foraging The Edible Wild. http://community.webtv.net/Taimloyd/FORAGINGTHEEDIBLE HAPPY ~<-<-% FORAGING

Name: ********
Email: aaa490@yahoo.com
Date: 11/07/03

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I love your squirrel

Name: Christine Drury
Email: ubprepared@usadatanet.net
Date: 11/04/03

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Ila, I just found your wonderful site this evening while looking through the Foxfire Magazine site. I so thrilled that I have bookmarked your site so I can look around again when time permits. Meanwhile, "Lady of the Forest", keep up the wonderful work. I have relatives in Pinnacle, NC and hope to be able to look you up when I am in their area.

Name: Kirstie
Email:
Date: 11/02/03

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Wonderful Pictures!!

Name: Pat Staley
Email: marpatsta@cs.com
Date: 10/24/03

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My daughter and I met you on the Alabama Treasure Forest landowner forest tour in Rogersville, Alabama 23 Oct. We were throughly impressed with both of you in the few minutes that we had to spend with you. Will see you at the Florence Conference Center today for your talk and to buy your books. My daughter with TMJ just can't wait to find out what she needs to do to releive her pain. Thanks

Name: joyce latura
Email: bjbinx53@aol.com
Date: 10/17/03

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nice!!!!

Name: Steve Ratty
Email: steveratty@spiraxsarco.com
Date: 10/16/03

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Just browsing for herbs and stuff found your site, lovely,will visit again. Steve (UK )

Name: Frenchie Fortenberry
Email: frenchie.fortenberry@mnps.org
Date: 10/13/03

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Our seventh graders will read "Where the Lilies Bloom" in the spring. We are hoping to get a grant to expand the unit to include a study of wildcrafting. I saw your videos at a booth that Mr.& Mrs. Jack Carmen had in Nashville this past weekend and I will put one or more of them in the grant. We plan to also visit Cheekwood, the Botanical Center here to see the wildflowers and will plant a wildflower and herb garden at the school. Do you make school visits? If so, what is your charge? I am just about to peruse your website. Perhaps I should have done that before writing. I will be in touch again. I am delighted to know of you.

Name: Priscilla Hudson
Email: hudson@advinadv.com
Date: 10/11/03

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I was just in the NC area. I'm sorry that I missed your workshop on native medicinal plants; I am very interested in learning more about wildcrafting and the different uses of the plants--how to recognize them in the wild, collect wild plants and even cultivate some of them in my personal garden. (I'm zone 8a--a little different than the Southern Appalachians) Anyway, I would have loved to been at your workshop. I will continue to look for you and refernce your calendar....Thank you~

Name: Whitewolf
Email:
Date: 10/11/03

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Just what I needed. Great site. Thanks to my friend for tellig me about it. Am looking forward to checkig it ALL out.

Name: joy kwapien
Email: robertkwapien@eartlink.net
Date: 10/10/03

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Name: robertkwapien@earthlink.net
Email:
Date: 10/10/03

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Name: cai cee
Email: blondie13boop@yahoo.com
Date: 10/08/03

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hi there! Im an 8th grader at daniels middle school. i would just like to take a minute and say im doing a project in lang arts class and i just want to say that this site has helped me out with some of the stuff i needed. thanks so much.

Name: Doreen Lawton
Email: ejldjl@alltel.net
Date: 09/30/03

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Name: candy teague
Email: msteague@aol.com
Date: 09/30/03

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loved it! Would like to know if you have any information on "Wildcrafting in Texas"(specifally the Dallas/Ft.Worth region)?'

Name: Hilda Broome
Email: t hardwoods@verizon.net
Date: 09/16/03

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Your website was very interesting.

Name: Mary Maples
Email:
Date: 09/16/03

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I enjoyed reading and looking at your pictures and trying to remember some of the name of them. I knew most of them as I am also intereseted and love wild flowers and hiking.

Name: Gary Behun
Email: gary.behun@verizon.net
Date: 09/14/03

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Name: Sharron Anderson
Email: leelewis49@centurytel.net
Date: 09/11/03

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I really enjoyed wha t I looked at. I have been trying to locate wild foods to help treat diabetic'S in my husband. I know that there is wild foods that will help. Also for cancer {skin}. I am new to this research and have a long way to go. We live in the Ozark Mountains on a 77 acre farm with all kind of wild edible plants,/medicines. Now it is up to me to learn how to use them. Thanks for your beautiful and informative webb site. Sharron

Name: lyle-park
Email: lylejopark@aol.com
Date: 09/11/03

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KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

Name: lyle-park
Email: lylejopark@aol.com
Date: 09/11/03

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Name: Gary Behun
Email: gary.behun@verizon.net
Date: 08/27/03

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Name: Mavis Fewell
Email: joe4mavis@netscape.net
Date: 08/26/03

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I read about your website in "Country magazine" what a delightful website. I need to make some time to visit all the areas. Thanks for sharing your finds and adventures with us. I will be back to take advantage of your videos as I cannot walk very far anymore to enjoy nature and Gods artwork.I live in So. Cal. close to Disneyland, in Anaheim. I drive a special education bus for special ed kids in Laguna Beach and see alot of nature out in the small rolling hills. I have to concentrate on the roads and not the flowers, Just a glance now and then. I love to identify flowers as my Mom used to do it when we would go for drives with family up to the Mountains. Thanks again

Name: Mavis Fewell
Email: joe4mavis@netscape.net
Date: 08/26/03

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I read about your website in "Country magazine" what a delightful website. I need to make some time to visit all the areas. Thanks for sharing your finds and adventures with us. I will be back to take advantage of your videos as I cannot walk very far anymore to enjoy nature and Gods artwork.

Name: Anna Wolfe
Email: anna.wolfe@mindspring.com
Date: 08/25/03

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Left message on phone regarding mushrooms. Please call me when you get the chance. My home number is 770-975-3393. I live just north of Atlanta, Ga. and THINK my dog could have possibly eaten a toxic mushroom, she is in the vet and very sick and I needed your expertise in the field of mushroom identification. Thank you, Anna Wolfe

Name: Michele Browne
Email: www.michele.browne@cobbcounty.org
Date: 08/25/03

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Ila, It's Michele Browne from Cobb County Extension Service. I met you when you talked to the Cobb Master Gardeners on a visit to our mutual friend, Bruce Gillett. I had a call today from a lady whose dog may have been poisoned by a mushroom. I had to tell her that we have to mushroom expert in the state of Georgia. Your name came to mind as a possible source for a mushroom person. I'd love to have the name of anyone who could serve as a reference on questions such as this. Hope you are well and enjoying life. M.

Name: Eloise Doherty
Email: edoherty@grandecom.net
Date: 08/24/03

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your site is well-constructed adn informative. DO you ever make it as far as TExas? I am co-chair of the Austin Herb SOciety's Herb Study Group. I have begun incorpartating more program content aimed at learning about native culinary and medicianl herbs, and am always on the lookout for potentail speakers.

Name: Phillip Corpening
Email: mrcee80@hotmail.com
Date: 08/16/03

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My name is Phillip Corpening, I'm in Morganton, NC and just a few miles from the home of Ms. Edda Baker, where I've known her and and picked a bit with her. What a wonderful person, one could enjoy the likes of her hospitality for a life time...I am black african american, I have a white friend that plays great blues guitar from the old Robert Johnson "Cross Road"(slide version) to Carlos Santana...He would be a joy to folks to view on UNC TV...an audition would be no problem...if interested, please email me or respond with this notice...phil, he also have known Ms Baker and did a lot of pickin with her...she is very fond of him...His name is James Jim Hall, better known as "Hambone".

Name: Luther
Email: LusHorse@aol.com
Date: 08/14/03

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We have built a log home by Brentwood on 22 acres of mostly woods and some open fields: many native persimmon trees, elderberry bushes, and I have not enough wisdom to identify plants by the bushels...would like to learn; am 62 yrs old now...need time to train a coupla gaited paint saddle horses we have...but want to learn the Native Plants here (Jackson, TN...west Tn, that is). Blessings to you all....Luther

Name: Kathy
Email: backforty@prodigy.net
Date: 08/14/03

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Name: Diane Kepler
Email: dmkepler@butter.toast.net
Date: 08/14/03

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Saw your show on RFD-TV and loved it. My parents & mother-in-law were all avid gardeners and have passed that love of plants on to me. Also my husband & I do Living History shows and I enjoy knowing the wild plants and what they do. Will be visiting your site often in the future.

Name: LunaDove
Email: lunadove7@yahoo.com
Date: 08/13/03

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Greetings, Blessings from the Great Mother to U. One Perfect Love, Luna Dove

Name: Mark Kleinow
Email: akleinow@mhtc.net
Date: 08/13/03

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Just seen your show on T.v. and thought I would check out your web site. I work outside and was just showing some of my coworkers what jewel weed looked like. I did not know you could use it to relieve poison ivy. I will be checking your sight more often and have added it to my favorites. Thank--You Mark

Name: Sharon Jernigan
Email: jernigan1@ameritech.net
Date: 08/12/03

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I am looking forward to seeing you again next spring at the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. You may not remember, but I am the one who told you about the fragrant red toadshade trillium being called "bubbies" in my home area around Monterey TN. I enjoyed the time with you and continue to enjoy your videos.

Name: Mr. Milan Mehta
Email: neemindia@yahoo.com
Date: 08/11/03

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Name:
Email:
Date: 08/09/03

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Love your Roadside Rambles cookbook. Your site has a very pleasant and inviting appeal. I love the Trillium flowers that you have in one of your pictures. Trilliums are native in Oregon too. Please visit my site any time at: http://www.omega3zone.biz

Name: Pat Willoughby & Mackenzie Murphy (age 8)
Email: pwilloughby@charter.net
Date: 08/03/03

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Hello Ila, Just wanted to thank you for yesterday. Mackenzie and I both loved all the information we received, all the wonderful stories and a chance to see the woods thru your eyes. The pies were great too! It is so obvious you love sharing your knowedge with others. Hope we meet up again on the trails in our beautiful mountains.

Name: gatha hon
Email: ghon01@hotmail.com
Date: 08/02/03

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Name: Lloyd T.Rich
Email: Foraging@survivormail.com
Date: 07/24/03

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I was looking for photos and infromation on the Appalachian Wild Foods and found your great site. My site is Foraging The Edible Wild and is at ~<-<-% http://community.webtv.net/Taimloyd/FORAGINGTHEEDIBLE Hapy Foraging ~<-<-%

Name: Lloyd T.Rich
Email: Foraging@survivormail.com
Date: 07/24/03

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I was looking for photos and infromation on the Appalachian Wild Foods and found your great site. My site is Foraging The Edible Wild and is at ~<-<-% http://community.webtv.net/Taimloyd/FORAGINGTHEEDIBLE Hapy Foraging ~<-<-%

Name: Cheryl Roberts
Email: croberts@corpmedia.com
Date: 07/24/03

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Very impressed with your site! Look forward to seeing you and Jerry next week.

Name: Ruth
Email: rlsunset1aol.com
Date: 07/24/03

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Like the wildlife and country pictures, the mountains make me want to visit again

Name: Mark Frankel
Email: parts@fesco-tenn.com
Date: 07/23/03

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Name: Siobhan
Email: skaliher@usit.net
Date: 07/21/03

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so glad to have found you! i've been searching for more than a year for someone who can tell me what's edible and medicinal on my 50 acres...

Name: Sylvia
Email: idoms@toqua.net
Date: 07/20/03

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Wonderful website. Beautiful pictures. Congratulations. Sylvia

Name: JEANNE
Email: BLAZERJP@ATTBI.COM
Date: 07/15/03

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I HAVE ENTERED YOU IN MY FAVORITES . I WILL BE COMING BACK ..

Name: Sandy Abbott
Email: sandycat66@msn.com
Date: 07/13/03

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Lovely web site. The albino squirrel is the only one I have ever seen. I will call tomorrow to enroll my husband and I in your July class

Name: marshall frinks
Email: mfrinks@comcast.net
Date: 07/13/03

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HOPE TO SEE YOU AT COKER CREEK WORKSHOP SOON. I like chasing the butterfly around.

Name: MARSHALL FRINKS
Email: MFRINKS@COMCAST.NET
Date: 07/13/03

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VERY INTERESTING, INFORMATIVE AND ENJOYABLE

Name: Judy Murphy
Email: Jdymry@aol
Date: 07/11/03

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Name: Rosy Hernandez-Prince
Email: rosyp@bellsouth.net
Date: 07/08/03

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Ila, please read my e-mail I just sent you.

Name: Julia Taylor
Email: orcarider.owl@verizon.net
Date: 07/08/03

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I love your place! I added it to my favorites, plan to make several more visits if you don't mind. use to go hiking in the rockies. lived there for 4 years. learned a lot and read a few books on roughing it. I miss the solitude and peace that the mountains brought. I live back home in good old hot West Texas. I have also been thru your neck of the woods. but mostly a drive by sort of thing. some day perhaps will stop by and sit a spell. Love what you've done to the place!

Name: carol suarez
Email: carole@humboldt1.com
Date: 07/08/03

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Name: Jo Ann Cordell
Email: joanncordell@yahoo.com
Date: 07/08/03

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I own your three wild edibles and medicinals of Southern Appapachia videos and I love them. I also lead walks for our local Roan Mt. State Park. I look forward to any other videos you may do in the future. I was down in Cherokee visiting and I went to a shop that a man I know and he showed me your videos, that was about 2 years ago. At that time I didn't have the money to buy them but when I could afford them I had him send them to me. All I can say is good work. Jo Ann Cordell, Roan Mt. Tn.

Name: ellen mulligan
Email: emulligan@greystonetv.com
Date: 07/08/03

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Grest site-- i'll be back

Name: Sharon Marable
Email:
Date: 07/07/03

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Name: connie Fish
Email: angel_fish743@yahoo.com
Date: 07/07/03

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We own three acres of woodlandand ;live in the middle of it. I would love to learn about wildflowers and eadable plants and their uses. I used to live in a big city, but now I prefer the woods!!! We have lived here for 30 years. I would also be interested in learning how to landscape around My home without disterbing the natural habitat. Do you have any suggestions?

Name: Jane Underwood
Email: Janeyu5@cs.com
Date: 07/06/03

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I registered and logged on as a user, but was unable to make a post to the message board. Any ideas why?

Name: Tamera Malone
Email: IluvAngelz3@aol.com
Date: 07/04/03

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Name: Donald L. Getz
Email: donal@ptd.net
Date: 07/04/03

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Yes, You are right. When I see ads on TV for getting rid of dandelions, I think about all they can be used for. Americans are too wasteful of many things, I don't do as much myself, but when I'm shopping at the supermarket, I look for products where the package can be used for something when it's empty. But we all need to do more. Flea Markets, yard sales etc. and hand me downs are just one way.

Name: Joe
Email: astrolite@coam.net
Date: 07/03/03

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I live in the desert in Las Vegas, NV. I am a 55 year old novice herbalist and enjoy the natural remedies and the better way of health attaining that it gives a person. Keep up the good work. I would love to come see your area of the country. Your website and your comments exude a very peaceful way of life. Refreshing to see. God Bless you.

Name: Alice
Email: theodora@libero.it
Date: 07/03/03

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I am glad I 'found' your site; it makes me feel like coming to visit and learn...and enjoy.

Name: Durrell Brown
Email: durrellbrown@netscape.net
Date: 07/03/03

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Name: roy chester
Email: ro63brc@netscape.net
Date: 07/03/03

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Name: Joe Pena
Email: joeandjudy@msn.com
Date: 07/02/03

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Name: JOYCE SINGLETARY
Email: NJCS@XTN.NET
Date: 07/02/03

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I LIKED YOU SITE VERY MUCH. IT IS INFORMATIVE AND WOULD LOVE TO BEGIN FINDING AND USING PLANTS FROM THE WILD. THANKS

Name: JOYCE SINGLETARY
Email: NJCS@XTN.NET
Date: 07/02/03

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Name: DORIS
Email: QKOALAQ@COMCAST.NET
Date: 07/02/03

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I WILL LOOK AT THIS CITE LATER BUT IT LOOKS GREAT. ANY SALES PLEASE EMAIL ME THANKS. DORIS

Name: Wanda McBride
Email: rockinm@frontiernet.net
Date: 07/01/03

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I love the program and was wondering can these items be purchased in the Robbinsville area?

Name: Renee
Email:
Date: 06/30/03

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I LOVE THE SITE! I grew up in Southwest Pennsylvania, WVa, Maryland, and Ohio, so I grew up eating the nature in the area. The cookbook will definitely be of great use to me. Continue the great work.

Name: morningstar591
Email: res0m82y@verizon.net
Date: 06/30/03

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saw your program on RFD TV this morning, and I was thrilled, my father was teaching me about plants, and herbal remedies when I was a child, but died when I was very young, I was always interested in medicine plants, and remedies. and know I have found some place to continue my education, and I would love to make this a full time hobby. Thank You!!

Name: Pam Schuster
Email: duncan51us@yahoo.com
Date: 06/29/03

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Ila, I saw a program on RFD TV this morning (6-29-03) and would like to say how informative and well presented it was. My father (who is 84) and I are interested in finding and using wild herbs and edibles. Do you have a book or know where I can order one for the herbs and edibles? Thank you very mush.

Name: Pam Schuster
Email: duncan51us@yahoo.com
Date: 06/29/03

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Ila, I saw a program on RFD TV this morning (6-29-03) and would like to say how informative and well presented it was. My father (who is 84) and I are interested in finding and using wild herbs and edibles. Do you have a book or know where I can order one for the herbs and edibles? Thank you very mush.

Name: Pamela Arceneaux
Email: pamza@aol.com
Date: 06/27/03

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I spoke to you outside the CNN building after you did a segment. My husband and I live in Austin and were visiting our daughter in Atlanta. I am finally getting around to checking out your website. Austin sure is hot these days. Hope you are enjoying cooler weather in your area. We enjoyed visiting with you and wish you continued success.

Name: Andrew Lucero
Email: andylucero@aol.com
Date: 06/27/03

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Name: M. S.
Email: MHUFST8173@AOL.COM
Date: 06/26/03

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AFTER WATCHING YOU ON TV LAST NIGHT JUST HAD TO CHECK YOU WEB PAGE OUT. VERY BEAUTIFUL AND INFORMATIVE. I HAVE BEEN OUT LOOKING FOR ELDERBERRY BUSHES TODAY SO I CAN GATHER THIS FALL AND MAKE JELLY. HOPE TO SEE MORE OF YOU ON TV IN THE FUTURE.

Name: Sherrilyn Askew
Email: sherrilyn.askew@worldspan.com
Date: 06/26/03

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This site was not exactly what I was expecting, but it did have a few things that look very interesting. I'll be back another day.

Name: elliott staley
Email: staleys3rjl@rtelco.net
Date: 06/25/03

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i like it

Name: jillian
Email:
Date: 06/25/03

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Most impressive , good luck.

Name: Mary Whitley
Email: ShomerYisrael@yahoo.com
Date: 06/25/03

Comments

Your books sound extremely intriguining, when I have some extra money I would like to purchase them. Cannot at this time afford them.

Name: Dave
Email: david_eliff@edwards.com
Date: 06/24/03

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It would be great if you studied the High Sierras and showed us what are available there, too.

Name: Jon Stark
Email: Caribe704@aol.com
Date: 06/24/03

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nice site

Name: chuck dorin
Email: abs@dnsonline.net
Date: 06/24/03

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Name: Jason Dodds
Email: lankydodds@prodigy.net
Date: 06/23/03

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Great idea for a book on survival if stuck in the woods. I used to live in NC but moved to Colorado. It would be nice to have the same type of book for the rocky mountians where being stranded could easily be life threating. There isn't much development in the rockies and I go 4 wheeling and hiking deep in the mountians many times a year. Let me know if you know fo any. Thnaks, Jason Dodds

Name: Larry S. Miller
Email: larry.miller1@dhs.gov
Date: 06/23/03

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Name: Jerry Leffel
Email: jerryleffel@peoplepc.com
Date: 06/23/03

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No comment at this time but I will have time to browse your site later.

Name: Dottie
Email: Stargazer17@cox.net
Date: 06/22/03

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New sorce for my art paintings, love the sight and I do mean sight, love the pictures. Dottie

Name: Jim Furst
Email: rollingwreck48@yahoo.com
Date: 06/22/03

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Name: Ray Barnett
Email: ray@visi.net
Date: 06/21/03

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I saw you and your site on TV ... CNN I think ? It loked interesting. --- It is!

Name: Blue Fire
Email: bluefire_1@msn.com
Date: 06/21/03

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Name: Grian Redlion
Email: grian_redlion@excite.com
Date: 06/20/03

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Email: Idaho
Date: 06/20/03

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BEAUTIFUL pictures...very interesting information...great lifestyle!

Name: Laverne'butch' Britain
Email: Herbworm69@hotmail.com
Date: 06/20/03

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Hi Ila I don't think I have ever seen a lovlier PAGE I have been called YUEL GIBBION's of the laboring class most of my adult life(and before). So I can easily relate to "Lady of the Forest" . At 58 I now have the time to Fore-rage (going forth with Passion)But sad to say it must be with the goal of letting Ma'Earth suppliment my Disability check, not just 'cause I love it. I am seeking a reputable "Buyer" of SouthEastern Kansas, flora~adora bounty. From Massive Echinacea fields to mile after mile of 12 foot tall Mull'ina mixed with Moth mullin. Passion Flower vines that produce 10 bushel of Gor'd per acre. I harvest only what I need and spread the seed/cuttings/Starts for the propegation in our area. Some times I gather HEADS of Purple Cone (Ec;Aug) before a trip and crush the spikelets to let them blow out the window as we travel in acceptable habitat. My wife does not share my Enthusiasm but she likes me out of the house so I have harvest time galore. More later **"BUTCH"**

Name: Mark Blaylock
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Date: 06/20/03

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NC native living in Texas.

Name: cheryl roddenberry
Email: cherylrod2@earthlink.net
Date: 06/20/03

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I was especially taken by the information on lobelia in your article in Country Magazine. I bought some seeds to plant and give my son-in-law for father's day. He is not yet fond of gardening, but I am working on him and my daughter. They have a new baby and I want my granddaughter to know the value of plants. Thanks for your website!

Name: Heather Wehmeyer
Email: webhands1@earthlink.net
Date: 06/19/03

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It is so wonderful to come across a website that celebrates nature in its plant kingdom. I have been interested in ethnobotany for about five years and have made several book purchases since then, one of which is Daniel E. Moerman's book, Native American Ethnobotany. Its information is thorough, but there are no illustrations, so I have to do extra research to find out what the plants look like. I'm studying to become a researcher of pharmaceuticals, but not for the large corporations, as they would probably decimate the plants that were proven cures. Instead, I plan to conduct independent research in the Southern Appalachians, as soon as I finish my PH.D. Maybe someday we'll be neighbors. It was nice meeting you. Take care.

Name: Sean
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Date: 06/19/03

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Nice website!!!!

Name: Virginia Davis
Email: vdavis11@msn.com
Date: 06/19/03

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Name: Joe Linzer
Email: jrlinz@yahoo.com
Date: 06/19/03

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Name: Belinda Umphrey
Email: bescotty@outdrs.net
Date: 06/19/03

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Extremely interesting site, I plan to come back and read more as time permits! Thanks for sharing!

Name: Barbara Bostwick Edwards
Email: tcu70@yahoo.com
Date: 06/19/03

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So glad to find your site. I went to camp in Brevard, NC as a kid. Now live in eastern VA and preserve an acre of woods. We have partridge berry, hawthorn, cardinal flower, plaintain, lady's slippers and many more. It is so much fun to learn the names of these beautiful plants.

Name: Patty
Email: dumas@lc-ps.org
Date: 06/19/03

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Name: Jim DeRado
Email: jim.derado@ncoa.org
Date: 06/19/03

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Name: Yvonne Krasny
Email: yfkra@comcast.net
Date: 06/19/03

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I have added this to my favorties, but am at work. For the time being I will just have to know you're hear for my leisure. Thanks.

Name: w. Culbreath
Email: billydale1@yahoo.com
Date: 06/19/03

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I am interested in learning how to survive in the wilderness. It's just common sense to be prepared.

Name: Debora (Shawnne) Mc Kenna
Email: Shawnne@att.net
Date: 06/19/03

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Wonderful site! I have been interested in nature/woods/animals since I was a little girl. My husband and I bought two acres of woods in Central MN where we plan to move next year. I lived on two different lakes in MN for a total of six years. For three years we lived in a cabin with no indoor plumbing and no running water. We had a wood burning stove and fireplace for heat. I loved every minute of it! Regards, Shawnne Mc Kenna

Name: theo greene
Email: ru42bn2cky@yahoo.com
Date: 06/19/03

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Name: Margaret Rathfon
Email: mrath@mse.ufl.edu
Date: 06/19/03

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Very interesting and beautifully laid out website. Will look more tonight after work. Even though I live in North Florida, your cookbook could help in learning how to blend certain berries/herbs etc. together into a meal. Thanks. Do you ever present workshops/seminars in Florida?

Name: Marianne Less
Email: mel@elford.com
Date: 06/19/03

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Wonderful website. I live in central Ohio. Does Ila hold seminars in this area?

Name: Marianne Less
Email: mel@elford.com
Date: 06/19/03

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Name: Dick Shinkle
Email: shinkle@cox-internet.com
Date: 06/19/03

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Name: Dick
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Date: 06/19/03

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Name: Teresa Wood
Email: tdejardin@hotmail.com
Date: 06/19/03

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Beautiful Site! I'll be back soon, and have bookmarked it!

Name: kirk
Email: ahardball2@yahoo.com
Date: 06/19/03

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hi thanks 4 a great website i hope 2 learn more everyday and 2day i learned alot God bless u and b well

Name: Bob Bonnefond
Email: rbonnefond@hotmail.com
Date: 06/19/03

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Thank you

Name: james knight
Email: jamesrknight@bigpond.com
Date: 06/19/03

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i would like to buy a video. I live in australia.

Name: Marisa Tomlinson
Email: tomlinsonm@isb.be
Date: 06/19/03

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I am a nurse with an auto immune illness and would like to know about natural remedies. I'm on a quest to help my body heal itself.

Name: T. Higginbotham
Email: trhigginbotham@yahoo.com
Date: 06/18/03

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An interesting site. And your skills are unusual. I'll come by later for a closer look.

Name: Jerald McNutt
Email: jmcnutt1@excite.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Name: Mark Chaps
Email: Texas
Date: 06/18/03

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Really nice website!!!!!!!

Name: Great Smoky Mountains Association
Email: PRESS RELEASE
Date: 06/18/03

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Ila Hatter’s Mountain Kitchen Offers Good Eats from the woods.
 PRESS RELEASE
North Carolina naturalist Ila Hatter is quickly becoming the Euell Gibbons of the southern Appalachians. When Eric Rudolph was recently captured not far from Hatter’s adopted home of Robbinsville, NC, Hatter was selected by the Ashville-Citizens Times , Atlanta Constitution, NBC, and CNN for interviews about the kinds of things the fugitive may have eaten during his five years on the lamb. Hatter led an NBC crew into the rugged Nantahala Gorge and showed the New York reporters that the woods are actually full of food and medicine, if you know what to look for. Showing people what to look for has become nearly a full time job for Hatter. She leads edible and medicinal plant seminars for such prestigious organizations as the John C. Campbell Folk School, the Smoky Mountain Field School, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, and the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. And now she has a new video: Mountain Kitchen—Uses of Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants in the Southern Appalachians. The 27-minute video features Hatter and friend Amanda Swimmer (a well-known Cherokee elder) strolling through the woods and fields, pointing out a plethora of plants with a laundry list of uses. They elaborate on the medicinal uses of several wildings, including spicebush, jewelweed, mountain mint, and St. John’s wort. Hatter is careful to emphasize the conservation ethics of wild plant gathering and the importance of proper species identification. Many of the featured plants are familiar ones from the roadsides and back woodlots of our youth. They include Joe Pye weed, mullein, wild lettuce, sassafras, boneset, and elderberry. Viewers will be surprised how many medicinal uses and edible parts these common “weeds” possess. Near the end of the video, Hatter and Swimmer bake an incredibly delicious elderberry pie with a healthy and refreshing spicebush tea. The two are good for you, also, especially if you have a cold or flu. The pie’s recipe is included on the product box and in the video. Mountain Kitchen is directed by Linda Billman of the Heartland Series fame and is produced by Great Smoky Mountains Association, a nonprofit educational organization. It’s Hatter’s sixth video on the region’s plant and folk lore. Purchases benefit educational, scientific, and historical programs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mountain Kitchen is available($9.95) and DVD ($10.95). To order, go to 'VIDEOS' and order

Name: James D. Van Kirk
Email: jdvankirk@yahoo.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Good site. From a ex wildcrafter ex traper ex hunter ex fisherman,. Well i still wildcraft some:''J.D.

Name: N. Adams
Email: padneil@prodigy.net
Date: 06/18/03

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Ila, Interesting! My dad grew up in the Kentucky mountains and so much of what you have I remember from hearing stories from my grandparents and uncles/aunts. Keep up the good work.

Name: Mustafa H. Baabad
Email: mhbaabad@yahoo.com
Date: 06/18/03

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I am Mustafa H. Baabad, Yes, as the name says, I am a moslem and have a South Yamanis ancestor. However, I am an Indonesian. Indonesia is a very lovely tropical country that poorly managed due to the huge ignorance of people, especially the intelectuals. I think this kind of knowledge should be tought to elementary school and high school so that we can promote to the young generation to love and to take care of our only planet. I appreciate of all what you did, I hope somebody else in the other part of the Earth can start a similar effort to make people realize how lucky and precious infact to have a habitable planet like this Earth. Let's keep it for our own survival. What we will remember thousand of years from now is not what we take from this life, but what you give to the life. I do not know where we will be by then, but a good memory of this life is what is called by many religion as Paradise. It is a consiousness. A great satisfaction of what we have done. Pure and peaceful mind with abundance of satisfaction, everything else does not matter. May God Bless you ! Regards Mustafa H. Baabad mhbaabad@yahoo.com mhbaabad@petrochina.co.id

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Date: 06/18/03

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I love the butterfly, it's Great!!

Name: Cornelia Ann Clarke
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Date: 06/18/03

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Thank you for giving a respecful glance of nature, not just something that humans could log, farm, or develop, but something we couldenjoy and be thankful for.

Name: dennis
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Date: 06/18/03

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killer man! WOOO HOOOOO!

Name: John D. Shelton
Email: JDSX@FUSE.NET
Date: 06/18/03

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Hello, Just came across your web site, I saw your show on RFD,TV. Enjoyed it. We live in Boone County, Ky.

Name: Althea Jones
Email: althea3@earthlink.net
Date: 06/18/03

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Hello - I'm so glad I found your site (through the CNN story on Eric Rudolph, unfortunately, but at least I got here!). Hope to make it to your November workshop on primitive skills; I'm sure I'd love it. Thanks, Thea

Name: Vyvian Hellquist
Email: vhellquist@yahoo.se
Date: 06/18/03

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beautifull pages!Thank you Ila! Vyvian Hellquist Vhellquist@fibertel.com.ar vhellquist@yahoo.se

Name: Bill Hjorth
Email: whjorth@amfam.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Name: Renee Hernandez
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Date: 06/18/03

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Nice website, interesting info.--El Paso, TX

Name: Renee Hernandez
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Date: 06/18/03

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Nice website, interesting info.--El Paso, TX

Name: Debra Bearden
Email: dbearden@frostbank.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Name: Lee Valencia
Email: lvalencia@wafertech.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Name: Julie Diehm
Email: dadsmilkmaid@yahoo.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Wonderful site! I already have your "Roadside Rambles" cookbook. I have been doing "Wild edibles (Volunteer Vegetables)" all my life, but have been doing sessions on "Gourmet Weeds" as a Purdue Advanced Master Gardener for about 6 years. What is sad is that I thought I was "Normal" before I started the Master Garden Class. I didn't know I was one of only a few of us that did this. :)

Name: JAMES C. HOUK
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Date: 06/18/03

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VERY INTERESTING.

Name: Cindy Bachman
Email: cfbach@imbris.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Name: Tim
Email:
Date: 06/18/03

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Looked good. I will return.

Name: Joyce Stinson
Email:
Date: 06/18/03

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Name: Phillip Hansen
Email: phil@recycle-blueocean.com
Date: 06/18/03

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I am an interested California hillbilly

Name: Steve Bergeron
Email: SteveBergeron@personalguard.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Great site. Just getting interested in such things and would love to know lots more. Thanks!

Name: Paul J. Wallace II
Email: PWallace@Hannaford.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Always interested in learning to live of the land.

Name: LunaDove
Email: lunadove7@yahoo.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Greetings, Lovely and informative. Do U know of a site for the Northwest plants? Blessed Love, LD PS: Please do not pass on my email address. Thankx

Name: Jenny
Email: Jenny.Watkins@weyerhaeuser.com
Date: 06/18/03

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It seems a shame more folks don't appreciate the finer things in life. But, I guess you don't miss what you never saw. Thank You

Name: Sherry Hull
Email: LYNCHHULL@AOL.COM
Date: 06/18/03

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VERY INTERESTING TOPICS

Name: Sharon Jimenez
Email: ssjimenez@erols.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Name: Keith
Email: blank
Date: 06/18/03

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Interesting site, I enjoy the outdoors. Michigan

Name: Vicky Sandvig
Email: sandvig788@aol.com
Date: 06/18/03

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Very nice site, I especially enjoyed the little butterfly that accompanied my mouse. This is a topic that interested me a great deal as a child and I am glad to see that wild edible plants still have a place in our kitchens.

Name: Mary Hayes
Email:
Date: 06/18/03

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Great website. I just seen the video and think that i will be back soon to get one!

Date: 06/18/03

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6/18/2003 Very intertesting.

Date: 06/18/03

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I like your site, being an outdoors person, I'll be back to look more, at home. Enjoy the kiss of the butterfly, :) Harris

Date: 06/18/03

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Your website is very interesting (or I should say your knowledge is!). Thanks for sharing it. Cheryl

Date: 06/18/03

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There's much at your site to explore, I'm looking forward to my return. Thank you.

Date: 06/18/03

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what a wonderful site Ill be back to visit thank you sooo much

Date: 06/18/03

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Thanks for the work you're doing. I've been trying to find this sort of info, and stumbled onto your site through a CNN story. I'll try to make it to one of the workshops. Karen Denham Downen k.denhamdownen@lycos.com 3621 Winbrooke Lane, Tucker, GA 30084 PS - Are you familiar with a method for making "yeast cakes" from scratch using cornmeal? I saw an article on it years ago, but cannot find it now. These could be stored in a jar for future use in baking. kdd

Date: 06/18/03

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Saw the story on CNN...thought I'd check out your site. I will be back.

Date: 06/18/03

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Date: 06/18/03

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Pam Stone Irvine, KY

Date: 06/18/03

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Dear Ila - you have inspired my daughter & myself to try edible plants .We loved the website , esp. the moving butterfly.The pictorials are lovely.L.K.Schwab

Date: 06/18/03

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Very interesting site. I might like to get a copy of your receipe book.

Date: 06/18/03

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I just found your site reading an artical on cnn.com. I will be bacl later from home to read through with my wife. We both love liveing off the land. Darrell and Robin Rose Cornelius Oregon

Date: 06/17/03

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You have a great looking site and it reminds me of home, I grew up in Bryson City, NC, but moved West to Washington in 1959, forgot to tell you I like your site in the first message. I was interested in the pursalane because it is the highest plant in omega 3 fatty acids of any tested. Do you have seeds available. Steve Henderson steve6635@ncplus.net

Date: 06/17/03

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I grew up in Bryson City, NC, but have lived in washington state for the last 43 years. I read that wild pursalane is highest plant in omega 3 fatty acids, and wanted to see what it looked like. 1 of my seed catalogs has a domestic variety, but i doubt if it is as potent as the wild plant. Do you sell Pursalane seeds? My email is steve 6635@ncplus.net Steve Henderson

Date: 06/17/03

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Great site! Looking forward to the shows on Turner South. Lisa Owens

Date: 06/17/03

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thanks for a very nice website. You provide a wonderful service in your educational spirit.

Date: 06/16/03

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thanks for your beautiful site and I am noting this site to return and get a copy of your cookbook. I am a permaculture designer/teacher/wild foods enthusiasist/musician- Shemaia Lucas

Date: 06/15/03

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Well Ila & Jerry. I am so glad of this web site. is reall good. I know how hard you and Jerry have worked to get this far. And I know it will be good for every one who comes by.Love Uin's James Moon AKA. FIELDMOUSE. HEHEHEHEHE

Date: 06/15/03

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This is one more Website!!!!! I recommend ELCTRO DESIGN to any one.

Date: 06/15/03

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Just checked out the new site. Really looks GREAT!!! I love it.. very excited about finally finding a message board with a topic i like. Good luck Ila Shelly

Date: 06/11/03

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really nice website.

Date: 06/10/03

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The new look is very nice! I like it! And message boards are a great way to exchange ideas or tips or information quickly and easily. My friends and I use two and we can't live without them! And this new format for your website is easy to view and move around in...great to see it up and running!

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