July 30, 2006

Off to California

I'm off to sunny and hot Chico, CA, for the Botanical Society of America meetings. I will be one of may recipients of the Centenial medal. Anyone who has been a Society officer in the last decade and is still alive will get said medal - they are handing them out like after dinner mints.

In the mean time, think good thoughts about a parcel of land at the corner of County Road and Barnes Road. We are looking at a house there. If it pans out it will be sweet.

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July 04, 2006

July 4, 2006

For those who could not get to Montpelier yesterday, or who want to relive the parade, here are some pictures from the big parade. Thanks again to Carol for having the porch party.


In other news, why not burn a flag? It is the recommended way to dispose of flags after their happy lives are up (as Aunt Louise would say). It should also be viewed as a celebration of the Constitution. In any case, it is just a symbol, not an icon. With symbols, if one is destroyed, many more can be made to take its place. Indeed, isn't that the proper way to respond to flag burning - have hundreds appear where the one vanished? Of course it is easier to make hundreds appear if the flag burning takes place in the USA. Those flag burnings elsewhere are out of our jurisdiction, I would think. Have there been any flag burnings in this country in recent memory?

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