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Forklore: How Sweet It Is
latimes.com 2 weeks, 3 days agoManna isn't just a miraculous food that saved the Children of Israel during the Exodus. There are a number of mannas in the modern world, all being sweet things that appear mysteriously. One is Lecanora esculenta , a sweet lichen that grows in the deserts of the Near East. Most mannas are droplets of sugar that appear on plants infested by scale insects. The classic Near Eastern manna shows up as honey-like droplets on tamarisk bushes; scientists are not sure whether the manna is produced by the insects or
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Shea McClellin Grew Up On A Farm In Idaho But Never Lost Sight Of His NFL Dream
suntimes.com 2 weeks, 6 days agoCALDWELL, Idaho , As he approached a gate on his grandparents’ farm on Chicken Dinner Road, Bears first-round draft pick Shea McClellin yelled and jumped as a wasp buzzed around him. ‘‘I hate wasps and insects,’’ McClellin said, shaking his body and swiping at his black T-shirt, as though something were crawling on him. Later, when a frog leaped into a pond on the farm, he once again shifted uneasily. This, of course, cast doubt on all the predraft talk about his toughness and prompted his grandmother Terry
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