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Chrysanthemums Everywhere

2023

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Technical post published by Floriography

 

Here at Birthday Blossoms, we love when birth month flowers pop up in unexpected places. We recently spotted November’s birth month flower on a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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The Science of Color

2023

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Technical post published by Floriography

 

Why do people like flowers so much? Here at Floriography, we often ponder this question. Previous posts have explored various reasons: reminder of the renewal of life, innate desire for beauty, natural attraction to floral scents. We even analyzed the mathematics of flowers in an effort to understand the appeal. (Believe it or not, that post is our most popular to date.) Another possible explanation for the perennial appeal of flowers is color.

Fishbowl Effect, Gina Margolies
Fishbowl Effect

2022

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Fiction published by Danse Macabre

 

Dear Harold,

 

I fed your fish today. I fed your fish yesterday. I have fed your fish every day for every one of the sixteen days since you went away. It makes me feel close to you, even closer than when ...

Lydia's Kitchen, Gina Margolies
Lydia's Kitchen

2021

 

Flash fiction published by Apple in the Dark.

Reawakening, Gina Margolies
The Reawakening

2020

 

Essay published by Changes in Life.

Gina Margolies
The Magic of Spring

2019

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Technical blog post published by Floriography, a blog about sociocultural themes, floral motifs, and botany.

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Every spring the fairies come out to play. After the long barrenness of winter, our enchanting friends revel in the new warmth with exuberant joy...

Gina Margolies
The Mathematics of Flowers

2018

Technical article published at Birthday Blossoms, an ecommerce site.

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The word mathematics typically brings numbers to mind. More than numbers though,...

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