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By Jasmine Jones When Kara and Evan Steffens drive by a schoolyard full of buses, Evan points at the rows of yellow and jokingly exclaims, “Look at all those houses!” It’s because the couple has transformed a 68-passenger school bus, which they bought in September 2020, into their full-time home. Many people said the couple […]

I started collecting about five years ago, I think. At first, it was just for the aesthetic, but now, I think, it’s just really fun to see them grow, and they really reciprocate all the energy and time you put into them. It’s just a fun hobby. A lot of them I found when they’re […]

I’m 86. As far back as I can remember, I have always liked plants — indoors and outdoors. I’ve been doing hair since I was 10. I like to see the change. If you take care of [plants], they will kind of in a way take care of you. If they shine, I shine. Plants […]

Probably some of the first plants I had were funeral plants from my dad’s funeral. So it kind of felt like, ‘I need to keep this alive,’ ‘cause it was something I brought home. And it doesn’t really remind me of him, so much as I see now these plants are much older, and I […]

I use my plants as my therapy. You know about the [community] gardens [I work with]. But then [I] also work with a program called Kids in the Kitchen [to help students learn about healthy eating]. … And then I work to collect school supplies for kids at the public schools here and down at […]