The Flowers of Baseball
The baseball playoffs have begun. Don’t make us wait until our own “season” comes to an end to include flowers.
If Pete Rose is all you know about flowers in baseball, please wipe the mustard off your mouth and take a look at this fabulous
Bengali Weddings ~ What’s the Rush?
Making marriages to last (or so they hope), Bengali Hindus bring carved marsh-reeds, grass bracelets, marigolds and tuberoses to the altar.
Indian couples typically don’t hurry into marriage. Even circa 2008, many parents still choose their children’s life partners, often picking out spouses years in
Double Fantasy ~ Floral Mystery
John Lennon named his final album for a freesia, a rare cultivar he encountered in a Bermuda garden.
After more than three mysterious years— childrearing? shooting junk? trying ultra-seclusion after decades of percolation through the public nervous system? – John Lennon was emerging in late
Durga Puja — The Morning After
Indian authorities and engineers deal with the floral remnants of a Hindu rite.
The Durga Puja, 10 days of ceremonies and feasts honoring the supreme mother goddess of Hinduism, has just come to a close. As with any party, there’s major clean-up involved. But the
Elvis: Rose Tonic and Floral Guitars
Radiance brings out the flowers. And the King of Rock and Roll was never shy about accepting a bloom or two.
Back in the crew-cut, button-down early ‘50s, Elvis Presley wore pink suits and slicked his hair back with rose oil tonic. Oh, to have
St. Lucia’s Rivals: Rose and Marguerite
For work, solidarity and pleasure, the people of St. Lucia island pledge their allegiance to one of two historic blooms.
Floating in the Caribbean Sea between French Martinique and English-speaking St. Vincent, people of St. Lucia know something about cultural competition and the vagaries of
Flores De Mayo
When the rains come to the Philippine Islands, out come “las reynas,” beauty queens who balance red lipstick and piety.
As May, the month of Mary in the Roman Catholic faith, nears a close, the Philippines celebrates its bounty—human, floral, cultural, religious. The rainy season
