Urban Habitat

The Second Life of a Poem

Life’s been a slump as of late. Ths feeling of stuckness, of fighting up a hill that never ends when I can’t see the top… where to go from here? It’s unclear sometimes, even though I think I’m better than where I was a month or so ago. I have more projects, more things to do for joy than for some alterior purposeor just for money. Not that money is unimportant, or necessarily bad; it’s just that I want to do things for me, not for someone else’s dream to earn my keep, persay.

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    Today I embark on a change I’ve been nervous about: planting my baby basils. And I mean planting them, like in soil. (I’d love to plant the parent basils too, but for the time being I don’t have pots deep enough. We’ll get there.) Man, if I feel this way about putting plant roots in…

  • system maintenance

    To the tune of the Jo Bros’ Burnin’ Up: I’m burnin’ out, burnin’ out, ’cause of COVID… But seriously. My own burnout has convinced me that it’s time to regroup, time to maintain my external and internal environments. Also a convincing factor was the discovery that some of my plants are in need of a…

  • weekend plant haul

    This weekend’s been a grand adventure of bars, plants, cats, and garden nurseries. I ended up with four new plants from an event on Friday night: another baby bloodleaf plant, a maidenhair fern, bamboo, and an African violet. According to my research all of these are, as usual, cat-safe. African Violet These gorgeous purples belong…

  • Worksheets for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety, and Depression: FREE Mental Health Support Pages

    I’ve just been rejected by a 7th – that’s right, seventh – therapist. No one seems to be taking on new clients now, which is really hard to navigate. I feel abandoned by a system that I’ve been using since I was a terrified little kid washing my hands raw and bloody. I also know…

  • growing with the flow

    It’s been a tough two months. I’ve been juggling overtime, doctor appointments, a painful breakup, travel planning, budget planning, friends moving away, difficulty finding a therapist, staying in touch with family in other states, a COVID resurgence, cat care, plant care, and my own daily care. Some days I wake up energized and ready to…