It’s the beginning of a new year, and we are in the cold heart of winter. If you miss being outside surrounded by living green plants, you might want to consider adding house plants to your home. According to design experts, trends for 2021 include adding live plants to your home. Plants are in again. It makes me sad to think they were ever out of fashion.
Several decades ago I worked in an office building on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami doing social services. There was lots of paperwork and I spent hours at my desk. Most afternoons by 2 PM I had a headache if I spent the day in the office. My mind was fuzzy. I had read about “sick buildings” and wondered if the building was the problem. No windows could be opened, and there was poor air circulation. What could I do? Since I often made home or program visits to complete paperwork or to monitor my clients, I began to arrange some visits daily and if possible, made many visits in the afternoon. I no longer had headaches. I was lucky that I did field work as most office workers and homeowners do not have the luxury to leave.
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