When You Feel Sapped of Strength

Tree Leaking Sap I think about sap today.  I’m standing outside the apartment, waiting for my fitness friend to accompany me to the gym.  I see the sap weeping out of the tips of the pine tree beside me.  I know sap.  It’s the vital circulating fluid in the tree.  A tree’s sap carries all […]

When You Feel the Pressure

I’m baking a carrot cake for my husband’s birthday (Happy Birthday!), and I notice the instructions for “higher altitudes.”  I see the detailed changes for baking when you happen to be up in the mountains.  Apparently, up that high, the altitude’s low pressure creates a lower boiling point for water.  You have to cook your […]