Saturday, February 07, 2026

FTD's list of flower-inspired novels--I can include Red Sorghum (not a flower, a plant) by Mo Yan

and Red Poppy by Alai, a Tibetan writing in Mandarin.
https://www.ftd.com/blog/flower-inspired-novels

Hegseth blocks promotion of one star Navy admirals while--

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/hegseth-blocks-promotion-of-several-navy-officers-to-1-star-rank/ar-AA24B7T6?ocid=BingNewsSerp