Tag: health
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Ebola by William T. Close M.D.
Opening Sentence:Fly due east toward the coast of Africa, six degrees below the equator, altitude one thousand feet above the sea. Synopsis:It strikes without warning – a horrifying, lethal disease with no name. And no cure. At a Catholic mission in a remote area of Zaire, a local teacher visits the clinic with a raging…
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One Red Paperclip: How a Small Piece of Stationery Turned into a Great Big Adventure by Kyle Macdonald
Opening Sentence:Dom and I round the corner. Synopsis:Kyle McDonald was meant to be looking for a job. He was at that point in his life where he wanted his own house. But how could he get a house if he didn’t even have a job? Thinking back on his childhood he remembered the game he…
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Betrayed by Lyndsey Harris with Andrew Crofts
Opening Sentence:My daughter Sarah would say this is a story of ‘big scary feelings’ and she would be right, as she so often is. Synopsis:For the first few years of her life, Sarah Harris was a normal, happy, popular little girl. But from the age of six she was targeted by a vicious, manipulative but…
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Butterfly’s in Hospital – Update
I just got a call from Earth and the Doctor has been to see Butterfly. He said they gave her some pain killers and after moving her around and getting her to stand up and stuff, they feel that there is probably nothing major wrong – no breaks or nerve damage or anything. They are…
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Guilty
We have an inspection tomorrow so the whole house needed to be cleaned today. Unfortunately this coincided with my first physio today. The physiotherapist twisted my foot this way and that and got me to do some exercises and stuff, and by the time I arrived home I was way to sore to do anything.…
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Moustache
A Dozen Nicknames for a Moustache: Lip Tickler Soup Strainer ‘stache Lip Spinack Cookie Duster Muzzy Upper Lip Plumage Misplaced Eyebrow Dot and Dash Mouser Tash Face Fungus And a Dozen Types: The Bandit The Hitler The Scouser The Handlebar The Chaplin The Horseshoe The Zapata The Selleck The Pencil The Toothbrush The Bumfluff The…
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I Hate My Moontime…
I know that, as a pagan, I am supposed to view my moontime as a mystical, magickal time, a time to celebrate being a woman, but I just can’t do it! For me moontime means mess, smell, discomfort, wind, constipation, pain (both cramps and stabbing pains), leg cramps, mood swings, swinging between starving and not…
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Grade 3 Sprain
As some of you may have read on Earth’s blog, I had a little accident on Tuesday. Earth was giving me my first Scooter lesson and I ran full tilt into tree. LOL…funny I know. In any case, I got off pretty lightly with a bit of muscle pain and a grade 3 sprain in…
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 