There are times in life where repetitions occur. Have you ever had things happen in threes? Like hearing or reading a new word three times in a day? This morning it was a recurring concept, and it was about steam.
Steam is merely the vaporous form of water. Dipping below freezing overnight, the dog and I simultaneously steamed the ground this morning on our first outing. Steam was emitting into visible form when I exhaled. Steam escaped my travel mug as it slid open, accessing my ranch friend’s home roasted coffee I am savoring this week. Home roasted, freshly ground and cold brewed… a luxury to tickle the brain.
Back inside, the ear piercing tea kettle beckoned me, connecting me back to the simplicity of the steam whistle we mostly take for granted. Someone sat down, thought it through, experimented, and prototyped this little ‘coffee is ready’ signal. I am unsure of the math, and even though a watched pot never boils, I am firmly convinced that, the further you are from a heating steel tank of water the higher the odds of the whistle erupting.
Sipping a fresh hot beverage, a video playing on the laptop took a bit of steam out of my sizable wood pile winter reserves. I stumbled upon my third steam concept of the morning with an adage I had never before heard.
Either aspen or pine; we’ve got what we’ve got when it comes to firewood here. The video, in reference to pine for firewood, stated “Any easterner worth his salt wouldn’t give you the steam off his piss for a full cord of it.”