The Genius Of A Folk Melody Or

The Old Orchid Hunter Lay Back On His Pillow, His Body Limp... 'you'll Curse The Insects,' He Said At Least, 'and You'll Curse The Natives... The Sun Will Burn You By Day And The Cold Will Shrivel You By Night. You'll Be Racked By Fever And Tormented By A Hundred Discomforts, But You'll Go On. For When A Man Falls In Love With Orchids, He'll Do Anything To Possess The One He Wants. It's Like Chasing A Green-eyed Woman Or Taking Cocaine... It's A Sort Of Madness.

I'm Always Mystified By The Day-to-day Workings Of Entities Like Twitter That Provide Framework But Not Content, But I Suppose It Could Be Compared To The U.s. Postal Service, Which Manages To Keep A Lot Of People Employed Doing Lots Of Stuff Other Than Writing Letters.

When My Son Was Born, And After A Day Of Lying-in I Was Told That I Could Leave The Hospital And Take Him Home, I Burst Into Tears. It Wasn't The Emotion Of The Moment: It Was Shock And Horror.

We're Fascinated By Animals Because It's Almost Like Having Martians Living Among Us. We Can See Some Familiarity In Them, But They're Entirely Different Creatures.

One Of My Favorite Activities As A Teen-ager Was To Watch Television Over The Phone With My Best Friend.