Instead of popping vitamin and food supplement pills (some have nasty stuff in them, others give you an overdose of some vitamins), what we ought to be doing is protesting against fruit, vegetables and processed foods with minimal nutritional value.
It makes an aspiring Epicurean weep. We have just bought an electric, portable piano. We went to some expense to build a suitable retractable shelf for its predecessor, so that we could tuck it away out of sight when not required. The new version is about an inch (25mms to those outside the US) higher. …
Steve Grand, in his book, Creation: Life and How to Make It, invites his readers to “think of an experience you clearly remember, something you can see, feel, maybe even smell, as if you are really there. After all, you really were there at the time, weren’t you? How else would you remember it? But …
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What idiot thought of bringing frankincense and myrrh? They sent the wrong wise men, who picked the wrong presents. What the Arabs did was very clever. They got the perfume from Araby and India at a knock-down price, adulterated it, and sold it to the Franks (alias, the Christians) at ten times the price. The …
When you are old, think about the good times you have had. That will make up for the annoying pain involved in getting older.
