Q’s mother gave me the jar and the rocks, I added the water, and for two weeks my ersatz aquarium sat otherwise empty on my kitchen counter. Then one day, just before Christmas, I turned around and there was a Betta fish in it. I’m thinking of adding a wall safe to my study. Did you know that Beta is a misspelling of Betta, which comes from the scientific name Betta splendens?
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Memoirs Past and Present.
Does the new addition have a name?
This fishy’s name is Winston. I am glad to see that he is still alive!
Nothing could be betta
in Michael’s kitchenetta
than a splendens for a petta.
Rakkity,
Thanks for the wonderful ode to Winston.
A beaut, both Winston and the photo! Let’s put *your* name on the list at Starbucks!