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3musesmerge's avatar

A note from LoveLetterist:

Extracting

life's

juice

can be summed up

with simple words...

Do Your Best

Take Complete Responsibility for Your Life

The actions to get there...

are not

so

simple...

yet

doing the work

is

the

only

way

to

make

it

to

harvest.

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Gary Spangler's avatar

Thanks for explaining the visual metaphor supporting these wise words. Otherwise I’d have been wondering all day as to how the apple got lanced!

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3musesmerge's avatar

Haha!

I have maple sap in my mind’s eye this morning. Despite ripe conditions— days above freezing, nights below — I don’t think trees should be tapped quite yet. That is a March event… usually. 🤷‍♀️

The “lance” is a spile in my mind’s eye.

Trees have to be of a certain size and strength before they can be tapped.

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Gary Spangler's avatar

That’s what entered my mind! How soon until the sap normally rises?

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3musesmerge's avatar

We have generally tapped the trees in March.

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Pennie R. S. Nelson's avatar

Sorry Thalia, but I think that stuff stinks.

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3musesmerge's avatar

🤭

All kinds of kinds!

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Sharon Marie Buckler's avatar

This is great! Thanks for the visual!!!

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3musesmerge's avatar

You’re welcome!

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Gary Spangler's avatar

Awww, Ellie. I remember her graceful lines from Medium days. She did well. I smiled when Tal extolled the powers of Murphy’s Oil Soooop! I recently had to resupply, expecting a pint container like the last. Nope, a quart. The Universe may have been dropping a hint...

Just one question: was it a bit crowded in the mud room with all four of you attacking different tasks? 😊

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3musesmerge's avatar

Many hands make light work? 😂

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