Books and banter by W.H.Manke

It’s a new week.  It’s still painful to sit at the computer, but here is the encouragement in ten words or less:

                                                    Believe in miracles. A family is one of them.       

Waiting for the parade

And here is this week’s brain teaser: A grocery ad advertises plum for 19 cents a pound, pear for 18 cents a pound and pineapple for 41 cents a pound.  There is a pattern in these by which you can calculate the cost of a pound of peas.  What is that cost?