but it’s way easier when you have things to talk about. I literally never do anything!
That’s not technically, true, of course, I’ve been pretty busy. Planted 25 different cacti seeds, seven different succulent seeds, some dwarf tomato plants, took cuttings from some native lantana and passion flower vine, plus a random lantana camara, a non-native species listed as invasive (that one will be staying in a pot and dead-headed to prevent contamination with the native), planted some seeds for bonsai (albizia, redbud, foothills palo verde). I only did three of each of the future bonsai because it’s getting a little late in the year for it.
I noticed the hackberry trees around here have begun to show seeds, so I should collect some of those. While I want to plant some traditional Japanesen varieties of bonsai, I also want to do some Texas natives in the style. (Note to self, look up mesquite seed germination; can you imagine a mesquite bonsai?)
I have also ACTUALLY read some books, it’s been really hard for me to get back into reading since the whole Medication Roulette From Hell of 2023-2025. I still can’t do audiobooks yet, my brain simply refuses to focus, so I’ll zone out thinking about something and realize I’ve missed a whole chunk of the story. Very frustrating, since I used to rely on audiobooks so I could get things done while indulging my voracious book appetite.
I was inspired by a friend to switch from Goodreads to Library Thing, which is a much less commercial garbage platform, and does not seem to cultivate much in the way of drama. It really feels more like a book catalogue site than a a social media death-pit, and the interface makes me nostalgic for my Livejournal days.over the last week or so I’ve read three books: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, Death in the Spires by KJ Charles, The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu; DNFed one: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn; and read two manga: Chainsaw Man Volume One by Tatsuki Fujimoto, and BLAME! Master Edition Volume One by Tsutomu Nihei. I might get around to writing more comprehensive reviews about them here at some point, if I have the time. I do have an unreasonable number of library books out right now, and a ton of stuff to do, so we’ll see.