Focus on Flowers

Many of the people I know who do have flower names are mature women, though it does seem there is a resurgence in these flower-related names for baby girls.

A continuation of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s commissions of new works inspired by the Brandenburg concertos of J.S. Bach, The Cardinall’s Musick completes their Byrd Series, and Jordi Savall explores music around Dimitrie Cantemir.

Meng Chiao, know as the "cold poet" (T'ang Dynasty, China), wrote of the remote high mountains and a retreat from civilization.

Shana Ritter hosts this interview with an American man of letters, academic, cultural and economic critic, and farmer Wendell Berry.

Hoya plants enjoy indirect light and weekly watering, with fertilizer every second week.

"This cold winter Moon spills the inhuman fire Of jewels Into my hands." --James Wright

Perry Metz interviews former Senator Birch Bayh in his Washington, D.C. office, where he continues to monitor court cases about equal opportunity.

Patriotic and devotional music from early America as well as music from New Spain.

Garden designers suggest that a third of garden plants should be evergreen so that there is winter interest.