lemon grass followed by lilacs

Msade a tour of Union Square Market this morning to find that spring has actually come to the surrounding farms and the produce is plentiful. Bunches of delicate red and white radishes, amazing tomatoes and rhubarb are just some of the offerings this morning. Plus of course beautiful lilacs which brought smiles and comments from almost everyone on the subway and they are now sitting safely in my office.

it's for sure that my work with the media which often requires me to sit in on press interviews when scientists are invited to talk their lives, radical influences and their work, has resulted in interview envy. I have things to say, too, you know. This morning I mused that in my dreams of glory interview about major life influences I would site the red, black and orange book of fairly tales edited by Andrew somebody. I took out everyone of his books from the 96th Street Library and gobbled up amazing tales of derring do, For instance there were the 12 dancing princesses who escaped every night and danced through the silver, gold and diamond woods at midnight or the good fairies and the one outrageously bad fairy who laid down the 10 year curse. These stories have informed my life. Scary, huh? Although I'm not exactly sure how that plays out. But I want to say that it does. One very specific offshoot of that early reading was my interest in having 12 good friends and one wicked fairy come together for Kate's baptism. The question was always how to choose a wicked fairy and if this should be a ceremonial position. or did I really have someone to nominate as being evil.

Too late now. But I still think about the amazing time we might have had.