The Wind — What the Tree Does When It Cannot Hold Still
We are careful with the things we can schedule. We plan the year and keep the weather out of the calendar. Then something moves that we did not agree to, […]
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The Rings — What the Baobab Keeps of Its Years
We are taught to count. Birthdays, years of service, days since the last rain. A number feels like proof that the time actually passed, and that we were there for […]
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The Shade — What the Tree Gives to Whoever Arrives
In the dry open country where the baobab grows, shade is not a small comfort. It is a place. Travelers stop for it. Herds are brought to it. Work that […]
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The Bark — What Comes Back After It Is Taken
There is a tree that lets people take its skin and goes on living. Walk through the villages where the baobab grows and you will find rope and mats and […]
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The Afterburn: Cardio, EPOC, and What Keeps Burning After You Stop
Cardio strengthens more than the heart, and the afterburn (EPOC) is real. Meet the free EPOC Coach on this site, and start where you are.
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The Upside-Down Tree — What Grows From Being Planted Wrong
Wherever the baobab grows, people tell a story about it. The tree, they say, was planted upside down. Some say it angered the sky and was thrown out. Some say […]
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The Hollow — What the Baobab Keeps Inside
People say the baobab is hollow. It is a way of saying the tree is old, that the years have eaten a room out of its middle. What is strange […]
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The Night Flower — What the Baobab Blooms When No One Is Watching
Dusk is when the savanna changes. The heat loosens, the birds go quiet, and the long light slides behind the horizon. Most people are turning toward their houses about now. […]
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The Seed — What the Tree Was Before It Was a Tree
The baobab begins as something you could lose in a handful. Its seed is small and hard, about the size of a bean, wrapped in a shell so tough that […]
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Busy Is Not the Same as Alive — What the Baobab Knows
The savanna keeps no calendar. Grass grows when rain comes and rests when it does not. The baobab flowers once a year, and only when it is ready. Nothing out […]