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Wishes: The Science and Poetry of Dandelions
At age five, my daughter was told that when you find a stem topped with one of those white puff balls–what we adults recognize with widespread enmity as dandelion seed heads–and blow it into the air, whatever wish you make on that dispersing cloud will come true. Consequently, she began calling these seed heads “wishes”. …