Comments on: Writers Against Racism: Back to Work – With A New Story http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/2011/09/13/writers-against-racism-back-to-work-with-a-new-story/ an SLJ Blog Network site Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Amy Bowllan http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/2011/09/13/writers-against-racism-back-to-work-with-a-new-story/#comment-78312 Amy Bowllan Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:02:03 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/?p=3550#comment-78312 This is good to know. I love the info.! :) This is good to know. I love the info.! :)

]]> By: Melinda http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/2011/09/13/writers-against-racism-back-to-work-with-a-new-story/#comment-78066 Melinda Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:21:58 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/?p=3550#comment-78066 I'm a former horticulturist who gets around. The scientific name is Phalaenopsis, and here's the wikipedia entry -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalaenopsis. Good luck and all best wishes! I’m a former horticulturist who gets around. The scientific name is Phalaenopsis, and here’s the wikipedia entry — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalaenopsis.

Good luck and all best wishes!

]]> By: Amy Bowllan http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/2011/09/13/writers-against-racism-back-to-work-with-a-new-story/#comment-76859 Amy Bowllan Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:09:30 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/?p=3550#comment-76859 Kate, that is indeed a great quote! Thank you for sharing it with me and my readers. I'm grateful to you! Melinda, HOW did you know that I did not even know the name of this beautiful butterfly orchid? My mother was here recently and said she would take it and care for it for me. PLEASE know I am eternally grateful to you for the tips. I did exactly as you suggested and will keep you posted as to its growth. Full disclosure: I didn't know it was an orchid. :) Thank you! Kate, that is indeed a great quote! Thank you for sharing it with me and my readers. I’m grateful to you!
Melinda, HOW did you know that I did not even know the name of this beautiful butterfly orchid? My mother was here recently and said she would take it and care for it for me. PLEASE know I am eternally grateful to you for the tips. I did exactly as you suggested and will keep you posted as to its growth. Full disclosure: I didn’t know it was an orchid. :) Thank you!

]]> By: Melinda http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/2011/09/13/writers-against-racism-back-to-work-with-a-new-story/#comment-76852 Melinda Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:46:44 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/?p=3550#comment-76852 Glad you're hanging in there. A quick tip for your butterfly orchid: take out the sphagnum moss around the top so you can see the roots. I hope the potting media is little chunks of bark -- best drainage that way. When you water (at least once a week) just take the pot to the sink and run lukewarm water through it. Let it drain a minute and put it back in the saucer. This orchid lives in treetops in rainforests, so the roots get drenched with water and then drain out until the next storm. Also indirect sunlight (as through a blind) or close to a florescent light will take care of the light. Sorry for all the orchid talk but I've killed one before and it was totally unnecessary! I now have two happy orchids on my desk -- one of them bloomed this summer for a solid month. It was crazy! Glad you’re hanging in there.

A quick tip for your butterfly orchid: take out the sphagnum moss around the top so you can see the roots. I hope the potting media is little chunks of bark — best drainage that way. When you water (at least once a week) just take the pot to the sink and run lukewarm water through it. Let it drain a minute and put it back in the saucer. This orchid lives in treetops in rainforests, so the roots get drenched with water and then drain out until the next storm. Also indirect sunlight (as through a blind) or close to a florescent light will take care of the light.

Sorry for all the orchid talk but I’ve killed one before and it was totally unnecessary! I now have two happy orchids on my desk — one of them bloomed this summer for a solid month. It was crazy!

]]> By: Kate Librarian http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/2011/09/13/writers-against-racism-back-to-work-with-a-new-story/#comment-74904 Kate Librarian Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:48:00 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/?p=3550#comment-74904 I often read your blog on SLJ and just saw the special on CBS about your battle with breast cancer. You are an inspiration, a resilient woman. Your comment about teaching our children to have compassion for all reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from George Washington Carver, "How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these." I wish you continued good health and beautiful days ahead. I often read your blog on SLJ and just saw the special on CBS about your battle with breast cancer. You are an inspiration, a resilient woman. Your comment about teaching our children to have compassion for all reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from George Washington Carver, “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.” I wish you continued good health and beautiful days ahead.

]]> By: Amy Bowllan http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/2011/09/13/writers-against-racism-back-to-work-with-a-new-story/#comment-74767 Amy Bowllan Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:47:02 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/?p=3550#comment-74767 Thank you! Thank you! It's great to be back! :) Thank you! Thank you! It’s great to be back! :)

]]> By: jan godown annino http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/2011/09/13/writers-against-racism-back-to-work-with-a-new-story/#comment-73606 jan godown annino Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:22:27 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/?p=3550#comment-73606 SO, SO, SO invigorating a lesson. BIG TIME glad you are back !!!!! Glorious semester to you. SO, SO, SO invigorating a lesson.
BIG TIME glad you are back !!!!!
Glorious semester to you.

]]> By: GBM http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/2011/09/13/writers-against-racism-back-to-work-with-a-new-story/#comment-73064 GBM Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:04:23 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/bowllansblog/?p=3550#comment-73064 Loved what you wrote and the video. I'm definitely going to use the idea of the single story when I run across people espousing their stereotypes. Glad you're back at work and doing what you love. Loved what you wrote and the video. I’m definitely going to use the idea of the single story when I run across people espousing their stereotypes. Glad you’re back at work and doing what you love.

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