New House Plants

"Out here I feel more helpless

with you than without you

You mention the danger

and list the equipment

we talk of people caring for each other

in emergencies -- laceration, thirst --

but you look at me like an emergency"

-excerpt adrienne rich
discovered by the beauty i find in elizabeth's away messages.

i have a new houseplant thanks to tracy, elissa, andy, & corey! they even made sure he only needs low light- perfect for the northern windows that is killing orestes. (i seem to have told everyone who i have met in the last two weeks about the slow death of my loverly succulent. ben and i are going to see if we can come up with some creative plant saving solutions when he gets here this weekend.)