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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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Leveling Up my Gardening Game with New Tools
I like to do things with my hands. I like dirt under my fingernails, and gently pruning dead leaves off plants with my fingers. But there comes a time when certain things need actual tools. And I mean, is it really any less personal? Tool use is a hallmark of primates (although, there are non-primate Read more
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Paragraphs 8/26/21
(1) This is the first time I’ve gone to the dermatologist and not had to have some part of my skin cut off. It’s an experience like no other; going in covered in wet fear, sweat, waiting for scalpels and diagnoses that don’t come. It’s relief you didn’t even know you were waiting for. (2) Read more
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a happy little poem for my basil babies
your roots reach down below, searching for that which you need, so you can reach toward the sun and grow. Read more
Urban Habitat 