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12:20:2003 Entry: "Ann : A Year Ago"

A Year Ago

A year ago today Stan and I visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I wish I had known more of what to look for when I went regarding Pink Floyd. I was looking, but I'm sure I missed things. I'd know more now of what to keep an eye out for.

I wish I knew more a year ago about keeping alive my Ariocarpus cactus. I managed to kill it this summer, after I'd had it since I was a young teenager....13? 14? Hell, I didn't even KNOW it was an Ariocarpus when I had it. I didn't even know it was so rare, or that it really needed much more sun, to be put outside to revive it. So I just let it die...it seemed unhappy. I wish I could go back and save it.

It's really sad to realize you once had something so precious, and you let it slip away, not knowing that what you had means so much. Maybe some day I can find another Ariocarpus. It's happened with other things, it can happen with cactii.

By Ann @ 20:51 PM CST:12:20:03 ..::Link::..