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Covid & Hawthorns

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About three months ago, give or take, I began talking to house plants.  This is new for me; caressing the patterned green leaves and asking them if they were happy.  Years ago, I affectionately observed my dearest college roommate addressing her plants by their given names-  Good morning Miss Spiderly-  but I didn't consider the possibility of real connection.   Certainly, I've felt deep spiritual release in the great natural world- coastal trails in Northern California, Utah's unworldly arches and rock formations, the salty taste of ocean waves anywhere and everywhere.  But house plants alluded me. For a thirty-something birthday, a friend with a green thumb gifted me a snake plant in a sweet vintage pot.  I set the plant in front of our bedroom window and tried not to over-water it.  Over time, she started to outgrow the painted pot.  Maybe she likes it here.   Hopeful, I purchased a hanging plant at the co-op, another at Menard's, and received two more as gi