Posts Tagged: Health

Jamie Wyeth  Monhegan's Schoolteacher, 2004

Magpie Tales ~ View Through A Winter Window

I kiss her fingertips as she sits hair and breasts undone her belly warm to rays of sun her neck, back, shiver to my lips, though still she drinks in the verse, her book open in front of her while

Jamie Wyeth  Monhegan's Schoolteacher, 2004

Magpie Tales ~ View Through A Winter Window

I kiss her fingertips as she sits hair and breasts undone her belly warm to rays of sun her neck, back, shiver to my lips, though still she drinks in the verse, her book open in front of her while

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Ye Pirate’s Weekly Friday Gripe & Rant…GRR!

I see the Hungarian government is now being called a Fascist government in semi-professional (blogs by public servants, GB) circles. Good. They were 20 years ago too, and 70 years ago. Just don’t be Gypsy, Jewish or African (of most

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Ye Pirate’s Weekly Friday Gripe & Rant…GRR!

I see the Hungarian government is now being called a Fascist government in semi-professional (blogs by public servants, GB) circles. Good. They were 20 years ago too, and 70 years ago. Just don’t be Gypsy, Jewish or African (of most

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Friday Fictioneers ~ “Would anyone like a lovely, kind…….?”

“So what is it?” “Your brain.” “………………” <<This story is officially  interrupted to allow the writer to plead with his muse to put his brain back into his head, even in the state it is now in.>> 6 “Feel better?”

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Friday Fictioneers ~ “Would anyone like a lovely, kind…….?”

“So what is it?” “Your brain.” “………………” <<This story is officially  interrupted to allow the writer to plead with his muse to put his brain back into his head, even in the state it is now in.>> 6 “Feel better?”

An Armenian woman near Artvin (in present day Turkey), circa 1910.

Five Sentence Fiction – Edge

“Hola Christopher, where you been these days; it’s been a long, long time.” “Ciao my friend, well, I been to the East Indies!” “Oh don’ be crazy my friend, you know if you try to go there you’ll sail straight

An Armenian woman near Artvin (in present day Turkey), circa 1910.

Five Sentence Fiction – Edge

“Hola Christopher, where you been these days; it’s been a long, long time.” “Ciao my friend, well, I been to the East Indies!” “Oh don’ be crazy my friend, you know if you try to go there you’ll sail straight

Visdare ~ The Continued Saga Of Mr Du Bonerre The Duck

And so it came to be that Mr Du Bonerre the duck was allowed out again to partake his leisurely stroll, on condition that he do not snaffle up  cigarette butt-ends nor suck up spoltches of chewing gum from the

Visdare ~ The Continued Saga Of Mr Du Bonerre The Duck

And so it came to be that Mr Du Bonerre the duck was allowed out again to partake his leisurely stroll, on condition that he do not snaffle up  cigarette butt-ends nor suck up spoltches of chewing gum from the

Picture It & Write: Under My Skin

“I’ve been in the business long enough to know its my turn,” I said, when I felt the barrel press against the back of my skull. Yes, of course, just as the fire works started across the field, just as

Picture It & Write: Under My Skin

“I’ve been in the business long enough to know its my turn,” I said, when I felt the barrel press against the back of my skull. Yes, of course, just as the fire works started across the field, just as

Friday Fictioneers ~ Igor’s Moment Of Gory Glory

“And now, ladies and gentlemen, my prize, something I designed, a likeness of one of my……previous…guests, here at my castle, by my own hands. Igor! The covering! Unveil it!” “Uh, Count Dracula, sir, you’ll be wanting some rest, its getting

Friday Fictioneers ~ Igor’s Moment Of Gory Glory

“And now, ladies and gentlemen, my prize, something I designed, a likeness of one of my……previous…guests, here at my castle, by my own hands. Igor! The covering! Unveil it!” “Uh, Count Dracula, sir, you’ll be wanting some rest, its getting

Hidden Dangers of the Shower

Studies show that taking a shower may be very bad for your health, due to the build up of slime in a shower head that then becomes a breeding ground for bugs. So taking a shower might leave you feeling reinvigorated –

Hidden Dangers of the Shower

Studies show that taking a shower may be very bad for your health, due to the build up of slime in a shower head that then becomes a breeding ground for bugs. So taking a shower might leave you feeling reinvigorated –

Picture It & Write ~ The Addiction

God what she could have become, who she could have been. I still have that photo of her. The first I took, with her brother and sister. I love it. There she is, at the edge of a forest on

Picture It & Write ~ The Addiction

God what she could have become, who she could have been. I still have that photo of her. The first I took, with her brother and sister. I love it. There she is, at the edge of a forest on

Mainstream Nutrition? We’re in the Dark Ages!

In Egypt, a country in a different stage of development than Europe they live longer than in some countries of the Western world and have less rates of heart disease. We are not the most developed when it comes to

Mainstream Nutrition? We’re in the Dark Ages!

In Egypt, a country in a different stage of development than Europe they live longer than in some countries of the Western world and have less rates of heart disease. We are not the most developed when it comes to

Picture it & Write: Pills

Every fortnight ermiliablog hosts a photograph suggested by contributors. People are urged to join in, comment with their paragraph of fiction to accompany the image. Poems, stories, even comments by readers are welcome. Do I really want to go through with this?

Picture it & Write: Pills

Every fortnight ermiliablog hosts a photograph suggested by contributors. People are urged to join in, comment with their paragraph of fiction to accompany the image. Poems, stories, even comments by readers are welcome. Do I really want to go through with this?

Two Times Four Is Not Always Eight

So the latest is that medical science is saying the 8-hour sleep is not natural. That’s pretty much the basics being re-assessed. Revisionism usually has agendas: there seems none here. However, its fair to say the reviewing the 8-hour sleep

Two Times Four Is Not Always Eight

So the latest is that medical science is saying the 8-hour sleep is not natural. That’s pretty much the basics being re-assessed. Revisionism usually has agendas: there seems none here. However, its fair to say the reviewing the 8-hour sleep

The Unbearable Utopia of Progress

When Taliban Tom settled down in his chair in that sweltering humid Bahrain evening, his beer in hand, we didn’t know he was going to make copper history. Taliban Tom worked in Saudi Arabia with me, across the border. He

The Unbearable Utopia of Progress

When Taliban Tom settled down in his chair in that sweltering humid Bahrain evening, his beer in hand, we didn’t know he was going to make copper history. Taliban Tom worked in Saudi Arabia with me, across the border. He

Going Green

”آب از سر چشمه گل آلوده Water is muddy at the fountainhead” We adjourned for supper at the one table by the tram tracks, at the restaurant of one table. The table was slightly rickety, but then the whole city was,

Going Green

”آب از سر چشمه گل آلوده Water is muddy at the fountainhead” We adjourned for supper at the one table by the tram tracks, at the restaurant of one table. The table was slightly rickety, but then the whole city was,

Sauna Haiku

  never go to the sauna at the same time as your boss -she may not undress  

Sauna Haiku

  never go to the sauna at the same time as your boss -she may not undress  

The Pirate Diet

I abhor alcohol, as a teetotaller. Of course, I used to abhor teetotallers, with their sermonising, so I won’t. I don’t drink, because I don’t like the taste or the effect. I also don’t like the way people drink, or

The Pirate Diet

I abhor alcohol, as a teetotaller. Of course, I used to abhor teetotallers, with their sermonising, so I won’t. I don’t drink, because I don’t like the taste or the effect. I also don’t like the way people drink, or