My Lovely Office Assistant

Ms. Rose driving a hard deal

I would like to introduce my lovely office assistant, Ms. Rose, whose many talents include:

• Finding new and unusual ways to incorporate post-its and scotch tape into thought-provoking and controversial art installments throughout the workplace.
• Asking for a snack repeatedly when her employer is on the phone with a prospective student, with three able adults idly chatting in the kitchen.
• Throwing herself on the ground, offering drama and diversion to the tedious task of responding to e-mails, when it is time for arithmetic (Ms. Rose moonlights as a homeschooler when she’s not upholding her rigorous responsibilities as school administrator)
• Using a toy car to roll in love notes (on a post-it, of course) into the office when mom is working too late
• Working knowledge of the program- little pieces of lined paper (Best colored with poke berries and adorned with dried leaves, and offered as gift to her uptight boss) She uses this tactic especially to diffuse workplace tension, and before she hints indirectly for a bonus (preferably pumpkin chocolate chip muffins).

Pictured below is Ms. Rose in her younger years, disciplining a tardy herbal student. Ms. Rose rarely encounters such insolence as herbal medicine students are world renowned for their punctuality, but in this rare and unfortunate event, she handles the situation adeptly, using the latest educational methods such as shaming and name-calling.

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Another one of Ms. Rose’s duties at the school is hosting neighboring herbal dignitaries. You can see from the picture below, that she makes sure our honored guests are quite comfortable.

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A few of Ms. Rose’s critics deem her punishments to be exceptionally harsh, but most see a poetic justice in her choices. Pictured below is a student experiencing the consequences of late night noise-making in camp. A group of young female students, in the spirit of neighborly herbal ambassadorship, spent the evening entertaining the local young men in our campground with fire spinning, whisky and lively eighties rock music. They chose an interesting locale to celebrate with their new friends – directly across the road from their instructor, who is known to have serious bouts of insomnia. Naturally, Ms. Rose, with her infinite wisdom in the disciplinary arena, was set to the task of developing the most appropriate consequence. She decided upon lassoing up the culprits, handing them the Flora of the Carolinas, and requiring them to key out a fleabane from the beginning of the Flora. To the botanically uninitiated this may seem to be a light handed punishment, but in actuality one needs rigorous concentration for such a task, especially with a brain befuddled and addled by whisky and lack of sleep. Poetic justice indeed.
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Pictured below is a rare look into the private life of Ms. Rose, enjoying the beach after another long field trip overseeing the safety and well being of her herbal charges.
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