If only more people knew about Blue Zones. When my mother was a young girl in Mexico, she had problems with her digestive system. Around the age of 12, she was hospitalized multiple times because of sharp pains in her abdominal area. As a result, she stopped eating, and her sickness increased. The doctors never […]
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Let’s say something bad happens to a guy. Maybe we don’t know if he had it coming. It could be a car accident, a life-altering injury, or a terrible disease. Perhaps he loses everything he owns in a natural disaster, or worse, gets caught with his hands in a metaphorical cookie jar. One day, everything’s fine, the
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A Twitter meetup, or “tweetup,” is an arranged in-person gathering of people on Twitter. As an extension of the virtual network, tweetups bring together people through shared interests, but they sometimes coalesce perfect strangers with nothing at all in common. Following are ten reasons to participate in tweetups: You meet new people at tweetups. This
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She calls to me from the balcony – using the wrong vowel – during her four o’clock cigarette break. I tell her I can’t stay long, immediately wishing I hadn’t, but she understands. Her yellowed fingers pet my dog as she hunchback mumbles I’ve been looking for you. Where have you been? After her partial
This is impossible to relate more profoundly than the jingle about to occupy your silent ear. For me, no part of waking up could ever deserve the superlative “best.” But the grinder travels its savory circuit, crushing heady granules from beans holding their richest secrets inside. The fresh sense of what will become that precious
A Georgia school made national news on September 11, 2018, when it reinstated corporal punishment. Parents comments ranged from: “Great, it’s about time, we’re so glad that this is happening again, they should’ve never taken it out of schools.” to: “Oh my goodness, I can’t believe you are doing that.” Corporal punishment in the schools
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