Lilacs & Larceny

On resisting temptation...

Hello,

This time of year, just like last and the one before that, brings out the very worst in me. The lilacs are blooming. As I wrote in my book:

Lilacs and Petty Larceny
I never, never, ever pick flowers that aren’t mine without permission. Unless a lilac happens to be leaning over an old fence into a dark alley and it is nearly midnight under a full moo…