Not all change is evolution....

When I raced into the grocery store late Friday afternoon, almost immediately I came screeching to a halt because there among the pointsettias begging to be purchased were several with lilac (lavendar??) leaves. Now I love purple flowers, but lilac pointsettias? How dreadful is that? I reached over to touch them, figuring certainly they must be fake. But no. And then in the mail yesterday came a brochure from one of my favorite greenhouses saying that these days you can get p. in any color of the rainbow you'd like (unless you're a traditionalist who wants red or white or some combination)--to match your favorite team's colors, for example. (Brown and orange in northern Ohio?) I'd say this is not a sign of progress. Bah humbug!

I will be confronting the lilac pointsettias several more times this week as I will undoubtedly be at my favorite grocery store more than once...I provide an at-home breakfast buffet for my FYS for their last class of the semester (Thursday) and we have traditionally hosted the WCF caroling party at our house on Friday, after the last day of classes. Much baking awaits for fthe two groups of hungry student: fifteen Thursday and between 30 and 60 (who knows??) Friday, but I have to get the supplies....The next few times I go to the store, however, I will sail right on by the lilac flowers, list in hand and concentrating on important traditions.