Bang

[vaneramos]

How can I write, with a new universe erupting beside my head? Maybe not a universe, just an unexpected Amaryllis.

Mom gave me the bulb for Christmas in 2007. All winter while she died, it erupted. After it bloomed I didn’t know what to do. Mom used to set her Amaryllis pots in a shady part of the garden for the summer and next winter they would

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[inishglora]

Beauty, on a wide range of levels.

[vaneramos]

Thank you!

[snousle]

most inactions attributed to laziness are actually deeply-disguised emotions

Zing! So true and it is good to be reminded of it.

Cosmology is in the air these days, the science journals are full of leading articles about the cosmic microwave background, exoplanets, all kinds of things. I just commented to John that astronomy was getting really amazing again. So I've been feeling the influence of this on my psyche also.

[vaneramos]

Zing, yes, it's a prevailing but obscure truth of my life!

I have to agree. Astronomy has always fascinated me, but some peculiar discoveries and theories have become apparent recently. Perhaps we are on the cups of deeper understanding.

[rsc]

One of the collection of quotations that is among my rotating Usenet .sigs is the following, from Walt Kelly: "There is altogether too much searching for meaning in this world. Who understands a buttercup?"

[vaneramos]

My point exactly, and much more concisely!

[abendstille]

i love amaryllis, thanks for showing the photo!

[vaneramos]

Here's another from two years ago:

[niyabinghi]

Gorgeous flowers/photo and gorgeous entry!

This is the reward of sloth: leave something alone for 10 months or 13 billion years and it will surprise you.

-- :)

[vaneramos]

Hehe, glad you enjoyed that!