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Thoughts, mishaps, and caffeine-fueled ramblings—plus the occasional accidental success.

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Writer, accidental plant parent, and overthinker. Once killed a cactus from neglect—now I own more plants than windows. Sharing the ups, downs, and lessons of keeping things (mostly) alive.