Anatole France wrote, "We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal."


Q. Why'd Scotland pick the purple thistle for its national flower?


A. Invading Danes, barefoot in attack, squealed mightily when they hit the thistles, so retreated. This, 1,000 years ago. The Scots appreciated it.


L.M.Boyd