I Need to Change My Plants

Plants often appear to have outstretched arms reaching to the sun. The energy they produce reaps rewards and benefits for both the plant and us. The Kazakh language has a saying that in its literal translation means "I see the sun on your back." What it means: "Thank you for being you. I am alive because of your help." Today we need that more than ever. This book is my unique validation and spin of the concept some call biophilia and the never changing need for the human connection with plants, earth, and nature in an ever rapidly changing world. I call it my "need to change my plants." In times of crisis, plants have always helped save the day. A "plant-demos" broke out in the year 2020 and it gave me 2020 vision. I share those thoughts with you.- Why does it seem weeds get all the attention?- What plant significantly impacted the "jean" pool?- What is "viriditas" and why was there a resurgence in 2020?- What is anachronism and why was it important in 2020?- How does a "warrior" tend to his or her garden?- When the world's on fire do you get a garden hose?- How an11-year-old, Diana Hopkins, helped convince a U. S. President that gardening is essential.- Don't waste a crisis your time is coming.- Were the times truly unprecedented or does history repeat itself?- You're not just whistling "Dixie" when you say good hygiene is important.- How Fra Mauro understood everyone has a story and why that's important.- Each of us have "Oakley's" in our lives. Learn how they impacted my life.- A favorite terrestrial earthy word that teaches us understanding intuitively with empathy.- Why rain smells like gratitude.- How plants use the mnemonic "sleep, creep, leap" to teach us something about ourselves.- Why talking to your plants is not such a silly idea.- Why the hoarding of toilet paper in 2020 should not have been a surprise, how there is historical precedent and....if it happens again the 8 best plants nature gives us as a substitute for toilet paper.- What is quintessential normalcy?- Why interrupted patterns can be more interesting than chart datum.- Why nature and plants make us feel better.- What is tactical dispersal and how has it made history? Why history is important.- How disease forces change in the plant world.- The 4 things Mom used to fix everything.- Why do some plants have holes in the leaves and what it teaches us.- How a German alchemist impacted our world and daily life with P.- Why gardening and exercise can improve your quality of life.- Why storms don't just disrupt our lives...they clear a path.- Why negativity is contagious. Learn from Teasel and the Dame's Rockets.- Why coffee is the favorite drink of the civilized world.- Why we "xyst" for time with trees.- Are some trees shy or are they social distancing?- Why diversity is important- Does a tree live forever?- What is "plantasm" and do you have "plantosmia"?- What indoor plants can teach us, how they provide comfort in our living spaces, and how the Dutch have the perfect word for their impact on our indoor environment.- How to kill a houseplant.- Why the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.- What salads have taught me.- Why inevitable change teaches us to cultivate our own garden- Why change is an opportunity to grow.- How we each seek our own "vine and fig."- How a weed came to the rescue in a time of war.- Reflections on the Christmas tree as a long year comes to an end.