I don’t subscribe to the school of criticism that values authorial intention above all. The way a work of art impacts me is of a greater interest than what the author might have wanted. And this stone pleases me.
Here are also some spring flowers:
Not as patriotic as the stone but still pretty.
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Daffodils are very pretty. They currently make London along with the plum trees a very nice place to be…. I’ve never been to Ukraine but in my mind is a nice place full of long sunflower fields…
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Oh, the sunflower fields…
But I’m sure the UK will still be pretty when I show up in July.
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What’s the deal with sunflowers, anyway? The Ukrainian Catholic school in my backyard has an annual sunflower festival every August.
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Two things : 1. Ukrainian food is among the unhealthiest 0
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Sorry, pressed the wrong key. Ukrainian food raises blood pressure a lot, and sunflower seeds are a natural way to lower it. Plus, we have food trauma because of the Holodomor, and sunflower seeds are an easy and healthy way to address oral anxieties. It’s like a healthy version of smoking.
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