When I got home from spending several days at the hospital with DH, awaiting me was a special box from my KnittingSistersSwap Pal. Inside were some wonderful gifts. Two skeins of Knit Picks Sock Garden yarn in the “Pansies” color way; “The Secret Life of a Knitter” ,by The Yarn Harlot; “Not Just More Socks” by Sandi Rosner; and a beautiful notecard with a hand written note. Thanks Pal, it couldn’t have come at a more needed time!

Now for a message to my SP8 PAL. You wanted to know some of favorite musical artists. I am having trouble getting the list down to just a few! So what I decided to do was to list my “inventory” of musical artists for you. They are in no particular order. (The ones with ” * ” are listened to often.)

Misc. Blues artists
Beck
Meredith Brooks
Johnny Cash
misc. movie soundtracks
Shawn Colvin*
Phil Collins
Counting Crows
Collective Soul
Coldplay
The Cure
Dave Matthews Band
3 Doors Down
Death Cab for Cutie
Dido
Nick Drake*
Bob Dylan
Elton John
Enya*
Evanessence
Finger 11
The Flaming Lips
Filter
Fruit Bats*
The Goo Goo Dolls
Macy Gray
Natalie Imbruglia
Interpoll
Incubus
Iron & Wine**
Misc Jazz artists
Jimmy Eat World
Norah Jones*
Annie Lennox*
Huey Lewis & the News
Linkin Park
Live
Maroon 5
John Mayer**
Barry Manilow
misc oldies
Meatloaf
Metallica
Sarag McLuchlin**
Modest Mouse*
Stevie Nicks
Nickleback
No Doupt
Joan Osborne
The Alan Parson’s Project
Pearl Jam
A Perfect Circle
Pizza
Pink Floyd
The Postal Service
REM
misc. relaxation
The Shins
Stabbing Westword
Smashmouth
Soul Coughing
Snow Patrol
Sugar Ray
Gwen Stefani
Sting
Joss Stone
Stone Temple Pilots
Styx
Talking Heads*
Tina Turner
misc meditation
James Taylor
U2
Suzanne Vega
Warblo
Wheezer
Barry White
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Led Zepplin

You see from the list, my tastes vary quite widely. I hope this is helpful, even though it isn’t quite an answer to your question.