Hippocrates Quote – Food and Medicine
“Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.” – Hippocrates
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Poem – Missing You -for I (By Valentina Cano)
You are a gap in my room, a missing tooth my roving tongue of a mind keeps returning to. You are a voice missing from the house, the quieted flutter of your presence a flat-line through these rooms. You are missing. From me. Bio: Valentina Cano is a student of classical singing who spends whatever free time she […]
Read morePoem – At a Party (By Robert Ronnow)
At a Party I spoke with two people at the party Saturday. A young police officer, short-haired, fit, chiseled face who had two young children. He felt constrained by the law, without discretion to question mopes (perps) aggressively or to let go those who were obviously no threat. Even at a family function he seemed straight-backed, correct, devoted to his […]
Read moreArthur Schopenhauer Quote – Life
“The first 40 years of life give us the text; the next 30 supply the commentary.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
Read moreZadie Smith Quote – The End
“The end is simply the beginning of an even longer story.” – Zadie Smith
Read moreAbraham Lincoln Quote – Resolution to Succeed
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important then any other.” – Abraham Lincoln
Read moreAncient Ecosystem Response To Mass Extinction
As the planet faces the dawn of a sixth mass extinction, scientists are searching for clues about the uncertain road ahead by exploring how an ancient ecosystem collapsed and bounced back from traumatic upheavals. A new study follows the lengthy collapses and revival of South African ecosystems during one of the “big five” mass extinctions, the Permian-Triassic event, revealing unexpected […]
Read moreCartoon – Pets have feelings too
Mark Twain Quote – We Are All Stupid
“We are all stupid, just on different subjects.” – Mark Twain
Read moreCheap Food And Obesity
Research has concluded the main cause of America’s obesity epidemic is that food has become too cheap and easy to get. The findings challenge conventional wisdom about obesity in the U.S., shifting the focus from sedentary lifestyles to the economics of eating. “It isn’t just the fact that we may be eating more high-calorie food, but we are eating more […]
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