how_you_kept_your_thorny_branches_strong cr0wl the rain forced the bloom of a thousand red roses. i have never seen anything like that before. 090924 ... unhinged faith i knew the sun would come back someday 090925 ... jane thorny branches have already their own defense. it's the vulnerable branches i had to protect. 091001 ... unhinged with the right tools in the right hands, even the thorny branches have no defense. my grandma has grown roses since i was a little girl. in the summer, she would have me go clip the roses. she left the pruning shears in the milk box. even though they were dull from the toughness of the thorny parts, they sheared off the flowers nonetheless. 091002 what's it to you? who go blather from