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"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'"
-Kerouac

"That for which we find words is something already dead in our hearts. There is always a kind of contempt in the act of speaking."
-Nietzsche

"Those who don't feel this Love pulling them like a river, those who don't drink dawn like a cup of spring water or take in sunset like supper, those who don't want to change, let them sleep. This Love is beyond the study of theology, that old trickery and hypocrisy. If you want to improve your mind that way, sleep on. I've given up on my brain. I've torn the cloth to shreds and thrown it away. If you're not completely naked, wrap your beautiful robe of words around you, and sleep."
-Rumi

"I implored the sage in earnest last night to unveil the mysteries of the universe. He whispered softly in my ear, 'Silence! It is something to perceive but never to say.'"
-Rumi

Sono incantate finestre, sul fondale del mio cielo dischiuse le parole: disumanate e mie. Quando sono stanco di morire in questa buia stanza prode mi dischiarano remote e lisce. Ché in bocca de l’eternità s’è accesa la parola del mio tempo, e lieto sul fondo degli anni, come nella melma del naviglio acqua m’adagio; e passo.
-Emilio Villa

"The intelligent person sees with the heart the result from the beginning; the one lacking in knowledge only discovers it at the end."
-Rumi

Saturday
30Jan2010

« New Project: Orchids »

DateSaturday, January 30, 2010 at 13:50 |

Orchids are the guests' gift of choice when coming my dad's house for dinner or a bbq. At least once a month a new grocery store plant pops up in the kitchen with a note attached to one of the dragonfly hair clips. Maybe it's a Persian thing? The problem is, though, that they are nice for a few weeks, and then they inevitably die from overwatering, neglect, or a plastic pot with no drainage holes. Sometimes they even disappear before they die.

I have decided that this is going to stop.
No more orchids will die or disappear on my watch!
Unless I can't figure out how to save them.

My mom, a self-taught orchid specialist, recommended that I check out rePotme's supplies and care videos to help me save the current patient. I can't wait to get to work! More to come on this new challenge...

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