My Botanical Twin

what makes a place home? i struggle with this as a single person/renter with no ties to bind me other than the friends and family i have strewn across this globe. but this leaves me with no easy geographical definition of home.

i certainly love oakland but every time i travel, as i did recently to panama, i find myself wondering why i am going "home". why is the place i am returning to "home"? now that i work remotely (no office to attend) i find myself with very shallow roots. like my beloved palms, a monocot shooting roots here and there rather than branching from a single source.

i haven't answered this question yet (if it is answerable beyond "home is where the heart is"). but maybe finding my botanical twin will help me come up with a recipe for health and happiness - quit looking at the dicots and wondering why i am not like them.