it delivers us from the fear of death. Is this not a comfort
They're about 1 in (2.5 cm) long, growing singly from the axils of the leaves
A quick wipe with a damp cloth usually does the trick
We keep the packaging consistent so it's easy to recognize on any shelf
However, enforcement varies, and officials have broad discretion
Arthur Koestler, in old age, was proud of a conundrum he had formulated: Is it better for a writer to be forgotten before he dies, or to die before he is forgotten? (Jules Renard knew his answer: Poil de Carotte and I live together, and I hope that I die before him.) But it is a would-you-rather porous enough to allow a third possibility to sneak in: the writer, before dying, may have lost all memory of having been a writer