the earth laughs in flowers

My grandma used to always have those strawberry candies. The ones wrapped in strawberry patterned cellophane that turns green at the top and twists into a strawberry stem. The hard candies with the filling in the middle.
The sick filling.
I never realized how gross they were until this week.
However, I love them still.
And well, dears, it's been my birthday lately and so I was watching the ants crawl across my grandparents gravestone today and I thought again about how my Grandpa died five years and two days after my Grandma. Today I wondered if, on 13 November 1994, he noticed the day as a five year anniversary (and then was he still thinking this for the next two days?). Do you ever wonder about the dichotomy of life? I was supposed to be studying the Theory of Relativity more in depth this last semester and what is the most amazing is when you get to the part of the theory that reminds you: two differing viewpoints are both correct. Einstein says scientifically. Brian Greene says, "Chaos precedes creativity." Sir William Blake says, "Whoever tries to reconcile seeks to destroy existence."

Then I was riding my bike home and saw the sign "THE EARTH LAUGHS IN FLOWERS" on the church sign of a Nursery. It reminded me of this music video I watched today. I'm not crazy about the song (so far I haven't found Santogold to be my cup of tea), but the video leaves me a little speechless.
In an inspired way.

The Onion Cutter is no longer allowed to cut onions.

The terror threat level is yellow today.