Apricots had to be arranged in a circle before anyone would speak.

The ideas they had created since they last met were crazy. And they were good. 

Whether the generous helpings of apricot contributed to these bright new concepts, we will never know. 

Everyone had moved on to new ground and  we could not find an apricot original. Only two days after their conference they had travelled far, beyond the stars we could see each night. 

But something told us we should always be sure to serve apricots at an important meeting.