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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The grandfather clock: 2 of 55

Grandfathers are hours as their children are minutes; grandchildren are seconds ... the clock ticks faster the more seconds you add. Big hand in a fist slams the round table laying down law; the law is Love. Small hand grants options as it sweeps 'round the hours, past the grandfathers' glare; honoring the hour glass - more ...
Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues Benefits of apple cider vinegar: 1 of 27

Benefits of apple cider vinegar In addition to being a wholesome salad dressing ingredient, with its clean apple fragrance and zesty sour "bite", apple cider vinegar has a wide variety of medicinal and household uses. High in potassium and the goodness of nature's enzymes, apple cider vinegar can both chase away a winter col...
Style & Beauty > Clothing Tips & Advice Why wearing pajama pants in public is acceptable: 1 of 21

There's not much difference between pajama bottoms and jogging pants. They cover up the private parts, have an easy fit, and provide some protection from the elements. Furthermore, pajama pants are downright attractive! They come in a wide range of textiles and prints - anything from "Hello Kitty" to "Mickey Mouse" or classi...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memorable mommy moments: My first pregnancy: 7 of 134

Nearly forty years old, my biological clock was ticking wildly. I'd already done a career, traveled a bit. Having a baby was a major part of my to-do list, yet try as I might, all my previous pregnancies had been miscarried before mid term. I lived, breathed and thought "baby" constantly, adjusted my diet, ate bland foods, p...
Relationships & Family > Dating Psychology How addiction to love can be unhealthy: 1 of 18

Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" sums it up. In the all-telling music-video, his backup singers all look like vacuous clones of each other, rather void of identity. The symbolism is there: "The lights are on, but no-one's home Your mind is not your own" Are you minding house? What's in that head of yours anyway? Love shoul...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood Potential parents: Wrong reasons to have a baby: 2 of 35

The procreative drive is a strong element of human nature. Without it, we would not have fruitfully multiplied across the face of the Earth - but is that all there is to it? We have biological clocks, an inherent need to nurture and be nurtured, a drive to live love expressed ... at least most of us do. This is all a credit ...
Religion & Spirituality > Wicca & Witchcraft The belief in fairies and other supernatural beings: 1 of 15

Make of this story what you will. It is true to the best of my knowledge. The unseen has a place in everyday life - it is no stranger to science or common sense - the air we breath, atoms, molecules, abstract ideals ... not seen with the naked eye. There is also the greater unseen - that which resides more in the realm of fa...
Style & Beauty > Fashion Trends & Styles Should underweight models be banned from participating in runway fashion shows?: 1 of 15

What's underweight for one person, may not be underweight for another. Beauty comes in all body types and sizes - so does health. One should never assume that just because someone is skinny, an eating disorder is involved! Even if a model does suffer from an eating disorder, banning such a creature from the runway is not the...
Society & Lifestyle > Morals, Values & Norms (Other) The cultural taboo of revealing our income: 1 of 15

Many things inadvertently reveal our income, including our homes, the types of cars we drive and clothes we wear. It is not always a good idea to flaunt either wealth or poverty if one can help it. Folks may be discriminated against either for being prosperous or impoverished. Even the modest middle class may be victims of c...
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Thoughts of spring: 1 of 15

Dusky, musky, heady scents that draw me to the garden where earth begins a declaration of independence from winter's scorn There I find myself on the brink of eternity one garden one mind one nature then something more delicate rises to note a single soprano vibration above the dank earth one flower bud arrives on the scene ...