It’s been A YEAR — and so much has changed. We grieve the loss of life and the loss of time with loved ones, both from viral pandemic and violent oppression. We cannot ignore the ongoing oppression and violence at the hands of white supremacy. We cannot pretend the pandemic is already over. Even so, spring is now upon us. This season urges us to take notice, to bend down and see the life emerging from theRead More
Full disclosure: Pothos are my favorite houseplant. This post will lean very pro-pothos. I’m just warning you now. Pothos, or Epipremnum aureum if you wanna get technical (I never do, I’m lazy! That’s why I love Pothos!), are native to Mo’orea, a French Polynesian island. They’ve gotten comfortable in many tropical and subtropical habitats, to the extent that theyRead More
This blog post on Snake Plant care could be summed up quickly and efficiently–how do you take care of a Snake Plant? If we’re keeping it brief- you don’t. But brevity is not my thing so I wanted to take a couple of minutes to tell you more about one of my favorite indoor plants.Read More
In 1973, journalist Peter Thompkins and acclaimed author Christopher Bird published The Secret Life of Plants, a controversial book detailing the case for “plant sentience.” Although it was largely dismissed as pseudoscience, the book traces research from several notable botanists who all similarly claimed that plants had far more sensory receptors than commonly believed. OneRead More