Orchid Hunting Is A Mortal

I Had Forgotten How Thrilling A Snow Day Is Until My Son Started School, And As Much As He Loves It, He Swoons At The Idea Of A Free Day Arriving Unexpectedly, Laid Out Like A Gift.

I Had Never Considered Using A Hashtag Anywhere Other Than On Twitter, But Now I'm Inspired. Text Messages Have Always Seemed A Little Flat To Me, So The Murmuring Greek Chorus Of A Hashtag Might Be A Perfect Way To Liven Them Up And Give Them A Bit Of Dimension.

Writers Like To Write, And Writing In Different Forms - Short, Long, Bite-sized, Done On The Fly, Done With Painstaking Attention - All Interest Me.

They Will Be Given As Gifts; Books That Are Especially Pretty Or Visual Will Be Bought As Hard Copies; Books That Are Collectible Will Continue To Be Collected; People With Lots Of Bookshelves Will Keep Stocking Them; And Anyone Who Likes To Make Notes In Books Will Keep Buying Books With Margins To Fill.

College Athletics Are So Entrenched And Enjoyed By So Many People That They Will Never Be Discontinued Or Substantially Changed. I Know That. I Just Pity The People Caught In That Tender Trap. And Most Of All, I Pity Those Kids.