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I was talking with a group of friends a few days ago and the subject turned to the break up of relationships. One of them had just split from her partner and was in need of comforting words. After a while, Celia, the oldest of us, broke in with a tale that left us open mouthed. Fifteen [...] It’s springtime across the northern hemisphere, maybe sooner for some than others, but there’s a great stirring in nature that tells us better days are here. Alfred Lord Tennyson once said in his poem ‘Locksley Hall’ In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish’d dove In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of [...] I’m often interested in the folklore surrounding flowers and their origins but sometimes think that it’s a shame when retailers invent stories to sell more of them. Just before Christmas I was reminded of the true meaning of flowers by a sad event in my family. My aunt, who was eighty eight years old, died in her [...] |
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