nuze of laura mappin: March 2010 Archives

flamingo music

By laura on March 29, 2010 9:57 AM

my friend was telling me about some flamingo music he heard and loved. he kept clearly calling it "flamingo" and not "flamenco".

he usually knows these things so I started thinking maybe he's talking about some phenomenon like if

you stand on one foot, it sounds different.

he checked his CDs ... aw, sad day. no one-legged musical phenomenon to investigate.

am I one of the many or not?

By laura on March 23, 2010 3:27 PM

just received this tract and immediately wondered, "for many"? I thought he did that for EveryOne.

if he didn't do that for me, then wouldn't I be wasting my time?

one of these helpful business charts came to mind to help me figure out what to do.

metaphorically fertile

By laura on March 19, 2010 4:13 PM

I try to care for this Christmas cactus and it stagnates.

I leave it alone in some half protected spot among the garden flotsam and it exudes its telltale pinkocities.

a friend gave me the original cutting in the late '80's as a parting gift when I moved to California. the plant has lived through more than 20 years and 11 residences, most years not flowering, often being only 5-8 green joints.

the petals don't have the crispest edges. and the plant is slightly affected by some white aphid/fungus/spider mite thing.

but it still lives - and even kinda flourishes with its vibrant fuchsia explosions and robust succulent scaffolding.

I'll take that.