Carpeting the woodlands each spring, bluebells symbolize constancy and humility. The silken foliage of silverleaf adds naivety - together they are simplicity and innocence personified. Until quite recently the botanical name for bluebell was Endymion.

From their embankment seats, sat RG, Doug, Roger, Ace, Chick Evens, and they were having a contest who could drink the fastest, and they had a case of beer and two bottles of Thunderbird Wine. The embankment was rough, the railroad below them, and Larry's house to the left of them, and Acker Street, just over the embankment, there they sat, in the dirt and foliage out of sight of the police, everyone had their heels kicked into the dirt, and the bottles of beer were being passed about like...