A European city: narrow masonry buildings on winding cobbled lanes, over which bicycles bump, along which tiny dun-colored cars are parked. The streets are interrupted by canals that no longer seem to serve any commercial purpose, but are undeniably picturesque. Into the pattern of the city are woven parks studded with personable trees and crisscrossed [...]
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A Clean, Well Lighted Place
Posted in Etiquette on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Classical Namesakes
Posted in As Kind on November 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A large number of flower names are derived from (mostly unfortunate) characters in classical mythology. The gods were forever taking lovers among the mortal population or merely befriending them and one way or another getting them killed. These hapless casualties were often turned into plants, usually very attractive ones.
Asclepius was the son of Apollo and [...]
