"Trees use mushroom roots to share nutrients and water. According to the National Forest Foundation, “In healthy forests, each tree is connected to others via this (mycorrhizal) network, enabling trees to share water and nutrients.”

"I swear, I have to tell Andrew a start time half an hour later than when we are actually starting, since he’ll always be early; and I should tell you a start time half an hour before we actually start…then all of us will be on time!”

I was seven years old the first time a girl refused to marry me. We were living in Mexico, and I had just told my best friend that one day, when we were older, we were going to get married, move far away, and get rich. “No,” she said.