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Feb 1, 2021

Where to See Winter Wildflowers in the Ozarks - 417mag

According to the park’s website, tallgrass prairies once covered more than a third of Missouri, and today, less than 1% remains, much of it preserved at Prairie State Park. This is also a good spot to see Spring Beauties, according to its wildflower checklist. Use this cheat sheet throughout the year to see which flowers are blooming in the area. Explore Related Articles ...

Feb 1, 2021

Give Eugene Goodman All His Damn Flowers - The Mary Sue

Officer Goodman left an indelible mark on American history,” the legislation that was introduced by Florida Rep. Charlie Crist and Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, both Democrats, along with Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, says in part. To see Goodman recognized for his actions is the kind of energy we need in 2021. We especially need to keep this energy as we acknowledge just how heavy of a task it wa...

Sep 7, 2020

The Dual History of Poisonous Flowers - The New York Times

Haidee Findlay-Levin. Background image: Roelandt Jacobsz Savery (1576-1639), “Forest With Deer,” circa 1608-10, oil on panel, Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, U.S.A./Museum Purchase/Bridgeman ImagesThe Dual History of Poisonous FlowersFrom ancient times through today, the same blooms used to harm have also proved healing.By Aug. 27, 2020THE FLOWERS POINT straight down, a chandelier’s worth, turned ostentatiously away from the sun. They are Brugmansia by genus and angel’s trumpet in parlance, with elongated buds that open into blaring mouths. In South America, the tree that bears them is called el borrachero, or “the drunk-maker,” in part because of the blooms’ dizzying night perfume of fermented lemons, said to induce crazed dreams. And more: Parts of the plant, when crushed, yield scopolamine, a.k.a. burundanga, a.k.a. devil’s breath — a psychoactive alkaloid deployed by criminals, via a spiked drink or a puff in the face, to disable free will. It is said to transform victims into dutiful servants who revive hours later, bereft of all their belongings and any memory of what they’ve done.The more distanced we become from the natural world, the more we forget that plants, too, have tooth and claw. What we so often treat as merely decorative has agency apart from our desires. “A plant that is so tender, immobile, typically considered just fodder for livestock — it has its own power, its own goals,” the New York City floral designer Emily Thompson says. The ancients knew this, among them the second-century-B.C. ruler Attalus III of Pergamum (now the modern-day Turkish city of Bergama), who in his palace garden grew the likes of henbane, or stink...

Jun 19, 2020

Purple Heart Recipient, Summit High Grad George Colley Dies, 92 - Summit, NJ Patch

Republic of Korea. According to 2nd Infantry reports from January 1952, PFC Colley's unit was one of four regiments designated to defend the Missouri Line in the area known as the "Iron Triangle." A report goes on to list 1,605 "negro personnel" assigned to the division during this time, with Colley being one of 118 soldiers awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Heroic Achievement in a Combat Zone. On Jan. 2, 1952, Colley received the prestigious Purple Heart Medal, for wounds sustained due to artillery attack. Colley's awards also include the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Good Conduct Ribbon, and the Combat Infantry Badge. After his service in the Army, George began a career as a civil service employee until his retirement. George is preceded in death by both his loving wife Jeannette and loving parents, as well as the following siblings: Mary C. Nevels, Thomas Colley, Edythe C. Bynum, Arthur Colley, Ruth C. Byrd, Walter Colley, Samuel Colley, Jimmie C. Randel, and infant Adolph Colley. Left to cherish his memories are his siblings Herbert Colley and Juanita Neal (Richard), along with numerous nieces and nephews — including lifelong Summit resident Karen Colley. Scholarship established In lieu of flowers, you can donate to the newly established college scholarship in honor of George Everett Colley at the Zion Union Heritage Museum 276 North St, Hyannis, MA 02601. All Cape Cod, Mass. students who are part of the YMCA Cape Cod Achievers Program are eligible to apply.

Jan 4, 2020

Deaths in Leitrim - Friday, December 6, 2019 - Leitrim Observer

Ballyloughane Road, Renmore, Galway), formerly Carrrickmakeegan, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, Convents of Mercy, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, and Columbia, Missouri. Surrounded by family and friends, December 3rd, 2019, (peacefully) at Brampton Care Nursing Home, Oranmore. Predeceased by her sisters Bernadette, Sr. Gabriel and brother Ignatius. Deeply regretted and sadly missed by her sisters, Rita (Fitzgerald), and Noreen (Smith) her brother, Brian, sister-in-law, Anne, brother-in-law Brian Smith, nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, cousins, many friends and Sisters of Mercy, Western Province. Requiem Mass on Friday, December 6th at 11 a.m. in St. Brigid’s Church, Ballybane, followed by funeral service at Shannon Crematorium, Illaunmanagh, Shannon, Co. Clare, V14 PV30. Family flowers only by request, donations, if desired, to Galway Hospice. Susan Beirne (née Rush), 29 Termon Road, Boyle, Co Roscommon Died, peacefully, on 4th of December, after a short illness, surrounded by her loving family and in the care of St. Annes Ward, St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. Predeceased by her husband Eugene and mother Rosaleen. Sadly missed by her daughter Anne Marie, sons Patrick Christopher and Eugene, her grandchildren Mikey, Ethan, Elizabeth and Freya, her father Martin, sisters Pauline and Rosaleen, brothers Mark, Brian and Michael, her sons in law Edward, Steve and Rory, daughter in law Rebecca, nieces and nephews, sisters and brothers in law, extended family and friends. Reposing in Mahon's funeral home, Boyle, from 3pm to 6pm, Friday 6th, with arriving to St Joseph's Church, Boyle, at 6.15pm. Funeral Mass at 11am on Saturday 7th, with burial afterwards in Assylynn Cemetery Boyle. House Strictly Private at all times, please, for immediate family only. Donald Daly, The Old Bog Road, Wardhouse, Tullaghan, Leitrim Peacefully at Sligo University Hospital. Funeral Mass on Friday (6/12) at 11am ar St. Patrick's Church, Tullaghan. Burial afterwards in St. Aidan’s Cemetery, Kinlough. May they all Rest in Peace.