Embracing ageing in gardening

Embracing ageing in gardening

When
will my watermelon plants bear fruits?

It’s therapeutic

planting in my quietude self

meditative peace

And excitingly

I watch new green plants growing…

wonderful nature!

Tendrils climb netting

spreading upwards the trellis

grow, grow, babies grow!

When will they bear fruits?

red, yellow watermelons

watery delights!

Harvest I did twice

cucumbers, peppers, green leaves

when my kitchen needs

In my dear garden,

my fingers’ greener with age…

embracing ageing!

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“Aging is not an option, not for anyone. It is how gracefully we handle the process and how lucky we are, as the process handles us.”
– Cindy McDonal

I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.”

(Audrey Hepburn: Many-Sided Charmer, LIFE Magazine, December 7, 1953)

Surface pen…a new pen

Surface pen…my new color ‘pencils’

Using a surface pen

When I was young, I was so proud to own my own box of color pencils. I remember using and sharpening them until they were about 1 inch long each.

Half a century later, I am privileged to draw using a surface pen for as many colors as I would like to!

The Sound of Silence: Analysis

… And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made …   The oxymoron  (=combination of words having opposite or very different meanings) in the title gives a good idea of incommunicability among people The poem ‘The Sound of Silence’ consists of five irregular stanzas in which the poet describes  the conflict between […]

The Sound of Silence: Analysis

5 tips to a long happy life

5 tips to a long happy life

"... a 100-year-old practicing medical doctor and neurologist and his five tips on how to stay healthy, happy and mentally sharp...

1. I don’t spend my days retired.
2. I don’t let myself get out of shape.
3. I don’t smoke.
4. I don’t restrict myself.
5. I don’t let my knowledge go to waste.
Photo by Safa Baku0131rcu0131 on Pexels.com

Quote:

When I was in high school in the 1930s, I told my father that I wanted to take up smoking. He said, “That’s alright with me. But why would anyone want to put anything but fresh air into his lungs when life is so short as it is?”

… I’ll have a martini and New York strip steak occasionally, but not every day.

Breast cancer incidences now the most common…

Breast cancer incidences now the most common…

Cancer (Photo by Ivan Samkov on Pexels.com)

Breast cancer – the most common cancer worldwide and leading cause of cancer death among women – disproportionately affects individuals in low- and middle-income countries. Breast cancer 5-year survival rates in high-income countries exceeds 90%, compared with 66% in India and 40% in South Africa.

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The most common NEW cases were breast cancer (2.26 millions)! It has overtaken lung cancer’s place!

New cases of lung cancer is in the second place (2.21 million cases), followed by colon and rectum (1.93 million cases); prostate; skin (non-melanoma); and stomach (1.09 million cases).

Cervical cancer is not in this top list. It used to be higher than breast cancer decades ago. Have systematic screenings and HPV vaccination played a big role?

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The most common causes of cancer DEATH in 2020 were: lung (1.80 million deaths); colon and rectum; liver ; stomach; and then breast (685 000 deaths).

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Breast cancer incidences is now the most common… displacing lung cancer.

Have increased awareness and early screenings increase the number?

Have these strategies conversely lower the number of breast cancer deaths, as compared to the other cancers?

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Share Market or Monkey Business

Once a man arrived at a village and announced that he would buy monkeys at 100 bucks each. Villagers were very happy, as they started catching monkeys from the nearby forest. The man, as promised gave them Rs 100 for every monkey. It was a good source of income for villagers. The man bought hundreds […]

Share Market or Monkey Business

How to Reverse Diabetes Naturally in 30 Days?

How to Reverse Diabetes Naturally in 30 Days? Diabetes is a rampant disease found across countries and communities. If you are suffering from Diabetes, you are probably taking oral medications at least 2-times day. Or you could even be using Insulin injections before meals. You are pretty much resigned to the idea of being dependant […]

How to Reverse Diabetes Naturally in 30 Days?

A Look At Life On Tonle Sap Cambodia – Photo Review

Tonle Sap (pronounced tone-lay sop) is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. The river that connects the lake to the Mekong River, the Tonle Sap River, has the distinction of being the world’s only river that reverses course twice each year flowing in opposite directions. In 2015, I spent a few days in Siem Reap, […]

A Look At Life On Tonle Sap Cambodia – Photo Review