Science and Magic

The morning sun’s rays vaporized water that had condensed on the cold roof during the night. The water vaper rapidly recondensed to form mist just above the roof in the cold, morning air, then dissipated while being stirred by the gentle air currents. It was simple science. However, there was also magic and beauty inContinue reading “Science and Magic”

One Hundred Thousand Years and Eight Minutes

Warmth from morning sunbeams sent steamy vapors streaming outward and upward from the trunk of this tree. I just had to savor magic of the moment before releasing my inner nerd, for the energy that made it happen was created a long time ago. Here goes! Sometime about 100,000 years ago some protons in theContinue reading “One Hundred Thousand Years and Eight Minutes”