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hi peter it just occurred to me that maybe the non-canajun branches of this cyber-family aren't aware of all of the dimensions to the tulip symbol i could be wrong about this but what the heck the parkinson tulip is a special variety that was named for james parkinson, i think - judith - you know these details, yes? the tulip is used by many canadian pd groups both as a two dimensional symbol i.e. a logo on a poster or on letterheads or even on mugs for sale etc and as a three dimensional symbol i.e. tulip bulbs sold to the public every autumn to raise both funds and pd awareness which then develops into a four dimensional symbol by being planted and blooming every spring thereafter my opinion in re the hourglass: time is relative of course pd doesn't have the urgency of a massive heart attack pd has the slow grinding impact of a glacier i fear the yearning for instant this and instant that which may attach to a symbol like the hourglass reminds me of the glib news clips re the amazing results of some pd surgeries pd is not that simple life is not that simple the longing for the magical cure in the future may rob us of the living we can do today your cyber-sibling in symbolism janet janet paterson - 51/10 - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/ [log in to unmask]