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The Last Flowers

I don’t know which were the last flowers I gave. It’s the kind of thing I never thought I could forget and yet I don’t remember except I know they weren’t roses or daisies or sunflowers or you get the idea I know what flowers they weren’t and I know what kind of daughter I wasn’t: a good one READ MORE BY CINDY SITES-WOOLEY Cindy Sites-Wooley feed READ MORE TANGENTS POETRY Tangents poetry feed STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH TANGENTS STORIES Tangents on Facebook Tangents on Twitter Tangents on Instagram

Ikea founder dies, funeral plans are announced

Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Ikea, passed away at the age of 91 on January 27. In accordance to his wishes, visitors to Kamprad’s memorial will spend over two hours wandering through a giant building looking at objects from his life. Pallbearers will then be given the pieces of a reasonably-priced coffin, which they will have to assemble. The pallbearers will then have to choose between the 240-square foot mausoleum, 360-square foot mausoleum, or the 480-square foot final resting place for Mr.

Jay Garrigan is just starting to have fun

This interview originally appeared in the December 2016 edition of Tangents. For 20 years, Jay Garrigan has been a part of Charlotte’s most popular bands: Violet Strange, Laburnum, Poprocket, Temperance League, Transmission Fields and Garrigan. After recording two unreleased albums with Garrigan, he has returned with the Eyebrows. All of the hallmarks of Garrigan’s songwriting and vocals are on full display with this new band but with a renewed sense of purpose and fun. Garrigan checked in with