by admin | Oct 30, 2013 | Bright Lights
I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra’s Blues to Beethoven: Beethoven & Gershwin concert Saturday night. Pat Angeley and I began our evening of cultural consciousness-raising with a lovely dinner at the Double Nickel Restaurant....
by Alice Liles | Oct 27, 2013 | Blooming Now
Faucaria tigrina, commonly called tiger jaws because of the shape of the leaves and the fact they have teeth-shaped appendages on the edges of the leaves that give the appearance of an open mouth full of teeth, are from South Africa. Mine tend to bloom late in the...
by admin | Oct 23, 2013 | Bright Lights
Litterbugs trash Mother Earth just like those spammers litter the Internet (“Spammers Should Be Shot, October 11, 2013). So they’re next on my bad list. The thing is, however, litterbugs have been around way too long and have just gotten worse. I don’t have any...
by Alice Liles | Oct 21, 2013 | Blooming Now
I bought my first ariocarpus several years ago, maybe around 2005 or earlier, an ariocarpus retusus, and it just sort of sat there. Time passed and it finally grew enough to be repotted. Then last year in the fall it surprised me with a bloom. And then this year,...
by admin | Oct 17, 2013 | Bright Lights
No kidding. Spammers and litterbugs are two categories of irresponsible, reprehensible jerks that are just taking up valuable space and not contributing anything worthwhile to society. I’ll get to litterbugs another day. Today I choose to vent about the bane of my...
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