Teenaged Rita was budding into a real beauty and, like most teenagers, was ready to spread her wings (petals?). Her mother just hoped her intelligence, judgment, and common sense would keep pace, and that she would remember that indiscriminate cross-pollinating brought all sorts of problems. . . . . David, Sf.G.
Helen was confused and perhaps a little jealous; her distant cousins the tomatoes, lettuce, and peas could pollinate themselves, no one else needed. She wondered, depending on how the Supreme Court ruled on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s proposition eight regarding the legality of same sex marriage, would her far flung self pollinating cousins maybe be able to marry themselves? . . . . David, Sf.G.