For the second year in a row, our white amaryllis is flowering. The trick seems to be to stop watering it in December, let all the leaves fall off, and then recommence watering as soon as the flower shoot appears.
I wonder what projects of our own might flower if given a chance, first, to die back.
March 18, 2026 at 8:34 PM
For the second year in a row, our white amaryllis is flowering. The trick seems to be to stop watering it in December, let all the leaves fall off, and then recommence watering as soon as the flower shoot appears.
I wonder what projects of our own might flower if given a chance, first, to die back.
If you see them in a grocery store, why not buy some kiwifruit, quarter them, peel their hairy skin, and slurp down a few wedges of alien-green, tart-sweet flesh?
January 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
If you see them in a grocery store, why not buy some kiwifruit, quarter them, peel their hairy skin, and slurp down a few wedges of alien-green, tart-sweet flesh?
Last week when I wrote about reading a Big Winter Book™ and taking lots of baths, I somehow neglected to include the reference photograph of Mason & Dixon resting upon the requisite next-to-bath hand-drying towel. I apologize for the oversight.
January 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Last week when I wrote about reading a Big Winter Book™ and taking lots of baths, I somehow neglected to include the reference photograph of Mason & Dixon resting upon the requisite next-to-bath hand-drying towel. I apologize for the oversight.