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06.16.26 Hello everyone and happy summer! I have recently become more active in the garden again, especially now that it is summer and I have more free time, which has not been the case for far too long! With all the research and writing I have done about gardening through this blog, I have become fully aware of the fact that gardening is a slow process and does not always succeed. In my personal garden, I can 100% say that this is a true statement. For example, this summer m

04.13.26 Hello, and happy spring! I am overjoyed with the warm weather and vibrant colors overtaking all of the trees and flowers recently and am sure you are, too! Although we are in the season of new life, I want to take a little 180 today and actually focus on dying plants! Dead plants can actually teach us resilience in a full-circle approach, so let us dive in! With gardening comes failure. It is easy to overwater your plants, have the wrong light conditions, or use the

01.04.26 Hello everyone and Happy New Year! I just got back from my trip to Morocco where I was able to indulge in Moroccan culture, hang out with some camels, shop in the souks, but most importantly… visit an animal sanctuary! Visiting the American Fondouk Towards the end of my trip, my family and I were able to sneak in a visit to the American Fondouk : a nonprofit organization that offers free veterinary care to the donkeys, mules, and horses of Morocco. Their mission is t

11.30.25 As winter sets in and temperatures fall, it’s important to remember that it’s getting darker, too. This time of year, the sun sets much earlier, and seasonal depression creeps up on many of us. Seasonal depression typically begins in late fall and results in low energy, a lack of motivation, and feelings of hopelessness. For a while, I thought that seasonal depression was just a casual term people used to describe the feelings they experienced during the winter month