TigerSoft
News Service 12/3/2008
www.tigersoft.com "Double Delight" Roses.
The Last Rose of The Season Is The Sweetest.
Roses Are A Universal Language.
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AN AESTHETIC NATURAL ESCAPE FROM
THE STRESSES OF THE ECONOMICS OF,.
UNREGULATED GREED, WIDESPREAD EXTREMES
OF POVERTY AND SELFISH, ARROGANT WEALTH.
by William Schmidt, Ph.D. (Columbia University)
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The Last Rose of The Season and Other Delights. by William Schmidt, Ph.D. (Columbia University) Walking along this evening, I came across the unexpected, a solitary rose in a small bed of rose bushes on a much car-trafficked street. It's December in San Diego. Roses usually are all gone and cut back by now to go into their resting phase for the Winter. So, it took me by surprise. It was a sign, I felt, that beauty is everywhere, often to be seen when it is least expected. I looked around and picked it. After all, I rationalized the temperature might easily drop below 55 at night and the rose would be probably gone by tomorrow morning's dew. And very few pedestrians ever walk here, I further explained to myself. But I wondered, was I any different than the guy who "pinched" a dozen of my potted rose bushes that were still unplanted and sitting gloriously out front just one Easter morning a few years ago? Well, whatever...when I pinched the stem of my find, my newly liberated "Double Delight" rose, the die were cast. And so the deed was done. I want to tell the World how wonderful these "Double Delight" roses are. Of all the roses, they reliably have the most pleasant and subtle of fragrances. And as you can readily see,below, they are wonderfully beautiful. Their pink and white pedals are quite distinctive. You will find them in lots of gardens and nurseries. Treat yourself.  (Source: http://roses.toytrains1.com/doubled.htm ) Roses are so very eloquent and versatile. They share our love. They express regret. They bring cheer. They applaud. They say "hello" And they even say "Good-Bye". I think of the girl who came over to the line of stern looking National Guardsmen on her campus and put a long stemmed rose in a rifle barrel of one. That reminded me of Ben Franklin.  Palestinean girl with roses.  http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/14/palestinianGirlFlowers.jpg As often happens, one thing leads to another. I recalled the beautiful Irish poem and song, "The Last Rose of Summer". The words are simple and profound. The poem is by the Irish poet Thomas Moore in 1805. He is much loved by the Irish. Many classical composers have set his poems to music.
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