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Your baby has learnt quite a lot about what you like and don't like her to do...and she can use this to tease you.
Watch her. Does she sometimes head straight for a rubbish basket, looking round to see if you notice her? Does she drop things from the pram or the high chair, and then wait and maybe shout to get you pick them up again?
She's not being naughty – she’s playing and exploring the world and seeing what happens. If you want to stop her doing it, make sure it doesn’t turn into a game. Otherwise she'll do it over and over, just for the fun of it, and to get your attention! Next time you take her away, do it calmly and quietly, and distract her with something else just as interesting.

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Your baby has learnt quite a lot about what you like and do n't like her to do ... and she can use this to tease you .
 Watch her . Does she sometimes head straight for a rubbish basket , looking round to see if you notice her ? Does she drop things from the pram or the high chair , and then wait and maybe shout to get you pick them up again ?
 She 's not being naughty – she ’s playing and exploring the world and seeing what happens . If you want to stop her doing it , make sure it does n’t turn into a game . Otherwise she 'll do it over and over , just for the fun of it , and to get your attention ! Next time you take her away , do it calmly and quietly , and distract her with something else just as interesting .


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Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 'Love for the Truth`. Student of Osho.
"You are not what you think you are"
"To imagine that when you wake up you will be carried on a fire brigade car, in every Brazilian capital and that people will throw flowers at you, it's a sign that you did not understand something here. These are the ones who feed the whole world's sleep, our heroes. An enlightened is not a hero, he is an anti-hero."

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Born in Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil . ' Love for the Truth ` . Student of Osho .
 " You are not what you think you are "
 " To imagine that when you wake up you will be carried on a fire brigade car , in every Brazilian capital and that people will throw flowers at you , it 's a sign that you did not understand something here . These are the ones who feed the whole world 's sleep , our heroes . An enlightened is not a hero , he is an anti - hero . "


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it would be a pleasure to help make your special event successful!
We are a special events company hoping to DJ and/or perform live music at your special event, wedding, corporate event, birthday party or anniversary. If you are in the Chicagoland Area, we are available and ready to help plan the details of your musical entertainment. We are blessed to make a living doing what we love to do — perform music for wonderful people celebrating a very special day in their lives.
Whether you need a DJ for the dance floor, or a Jazz band during your cocktail hour, we enjoy creating the atmosphere you desire. We work hard to keep your event running smoothly with great communication and courteous friendly service. We offer competitive rates and great advice! Contact us today with any questions you may have.
Welcome to Armando Perez Events!
A blend of Spanish guitars and danceable Caribbean rhythms and bass.
DJ & Live Band Booking!
Setting the mood for any occasion and making announcements as needed.
Perfect for your cocktail or dinner hour. Classic, sophisticated, American jazz.

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it would be a pleasure to help make your special event successful !
 We are a special events company hoping to DJ and/or perform live music at your special event , wedding , corporate event , birthday party or anniversary . If you are in the Chicagoland Area , we are available and ready to help plan the details of your musical entertainment . We are blessed to make a living doing what we love to do — perform music for wonderful people celebrating a very special day in their lives .
 Whether you need a DJ for the dance floor , or a Jazz band during your cocktail hour , we enjoy creating the atmosphere you desire . We work hard to keep your event running smoothly with great communication and courteous friendly service . We offer competitive rates and great advice ! Contact us today with any questions you may have .
 Welcome to Armando Perez Events !
 A blend of Spanish guitars and danceable Caribbean rhythms and bass .
 DJ & Live Band Booking !
 Setting the mood for any occasion and making announcements as needed .
 Perfect for your cocktail or dinner hour . Classic , sophisticated , American jazz .


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Tolt Yarn and Wool is closed on Mondays and we usually do a lot of behind the scenes work that day, but every once in awhile we get to play hooky and go on a field trip. This past Monday the Toltias (as we lovingly have been named by Tif Fussell) spent the day in Seattle. Our first stop was a lovely lunch at Sitka and Spruce!
I can't say enough wonderful things about Sitka and Spruce. The atmosphere and the service were amazing and the food... the food... WOW! Spectacular! And it just kept coming, one delicious course after another. We left there feeling cared for and our bellies full.
After poking around the shops nearby we got back in the car and headed toward Fremont to visit the lovely Kathy Hattori of Botanical Colors. Kathy graciously welcomed us into her natural dye studio where she was busy at work color developing for a top secret project. Kathy not only teaches and sells her natural dye material but she also works with companies such as Eileen Fisher to develop natural dye colors.
Even though Kathy was busy at work she shared some of her process with us and showed us some of the things she has been working on and she even welcomed us to dip some yarn into her indigo vats. Thank you so much Kathy! We look forward to having Kathy teach again this Summer in Carnation (details coming soon!).
Our adventures in Seattle were not over. Kathy said we had to visit her friend Patricia's studio which was just down the street, and we are so glad we did!
Patricia Belyea was a graphic designer who left the busy corporate world to follow her passion of quilting. She opened a shop, Okan Arts, in her home where she carries the largest selection of vintage yukata cotton in North America. Walking into her studio was a delight. So many gorgeous rolls of fabric neatly organized in shelves, beautiful quilts and Japanese trinkets on the wall. Patricia offered us tea and cookies as she told us a bit about what she does, how she got started and about her new book that will be coming out in October. We left Patricia's studio feeling inspired and ready to hop on a plane to Japan, a few of us even left with yards of fabric. If you're in the area be sure to contact Patricia for a visit, her shop is open by appointment only.
The best part of Tolt is the people; the people who come to visit us and the people that work here. I am so grateful to spend my days with my fellow Toltias and look forward to our next outing together!

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Tolt Yarn and Wool is closed on Mondays and we usually do a lot of behind the scenes work that day , but every once in awhile we get to play hooky and go on a field trip . This past Monday the Toltias ( as we lovingly have been named by Tif Fussell ) spent the day in Seattle . Our first stop was a lovely lunch at Sitka and Spruce !
 I ca n't say enough wonderful things about Sitka and Spruce . The atmosphere and the service were amazing and the food ... the food ... WOW ! Spectacular ! And it just kept coming , one delicious course after another . We left there feeling cared for and our bellies full .
 After poking around the shops nearby we got back in the car and headed toward Fremont to visit the lovely Kathy Hattori of Botanical Colors . Kathy graciously welcomed us into her natural dye studio where she was busy at work color developing for a top secret project . Kathy not only teaches and sells her natural dye material but she also works with companies such as Eileen Fisher to develop natural dye colors .
 Even though Kathy was busy at work she shared some of her process with us and showed us some of the things she has been working on and she even welcomed us to dip some yarn into her indigo vats . Thank you so much Kathy ! We look forward to having Kathy teach again this Summer in Carnation ( details coming soon ! ) .
 Our adventures in Seattle were not over . Kathy said we had to visit her friend Patricia 's studio which was just down the street , and we are so glad we did !
 Patricia Belyea was a graphic designer who left the busy corporate world to follow her passion of quilting . She opened a shop , Okan Arts , in her home where she carries the largest selection of vintage yukata cotton in North America . Walking into her studio was a delight . So many gorgeous rolls of fabric neatly organized in shelves , beautiful quilts and Japanese trinkets on the wall . Patricia offered us tea and cookies as she told us a bit about what she does , how she got started and about her new book that will be coming out in October . We left Patricia 's studio feeling inspired and ready to hop on a plane to Japan , a few of us even left with yards of fabric . If you 're in the area be sure to contact Patricia for a visit , her shop is open by appointment only .
 The best part of Tolt is the people ; the people who come to visit us and the people that work here . I am so grateful to spend my days with my fellow Toltias and look forward to our next outing together !


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When adorning a e book shelf, place like gadgets together. If you end up arranging home decor or books, place them near items of similar measurement, style and color. This helps hold the realm trying trendy and fewer cluttered. For example, when you’ve got two comparable vases, place one on the top of the shelf and the opposite near it. Arrange your furniture neatly. Walk round your rooms and take totally different paths: can you easily go from one room to the opposite? Furnishings shouldn’t be in your method, and yet some objects needs to be made central in case you want to create a theme or a color pattern based on a chunk of furnishings.
Flowers and plants make a kitchen look alive and welcoming. Add some recent greenery or recent reduce flowers to your table for a clean look that brings the outside in. Simply be certain to keep your plants and flowers in nice situation or your room will look date and disheveled. Be sure that to maintain your space purposeful whenever you design an office. Lighting is important to work areas, together with a snug chair and desk. Your precedence should be in creating an area that you’ll want to work in, and this could embody making the space visually interesting.
As you read on this article, everyone has different targets in thoughts when comes to their interior design tasks, so some issues can be helpful for you and some issues will not. Now what’s left is for you determine which suggestions you want to use while designing your house. Are you looking for a starting place to your next inside design venture? Inside design can seem a bit intimidating if adorning does not come naturally to you. Luckily, anybody can enhance their dwelling with the precise advice. For those who follow the useful suggestions within the article that follows, you should have no trouble together with your inside design projects.
Use many levels of lighting. By utilizing lighting in your design you’ll be able to accomplish multiple seems to be in a single room. An overhead gentle is usually obligatory, however strive putting in a dimmer swap so you possibly can fluctuate the extent and create ambiance within the evening. Install accent lighting to deliver focus to artwork items. Task lighting can also be essential for studying nooks or kitchen prep areas. Multi-level lighting will help you create many vibes with one design.
This coloration is impartial and will complement colors in adjoining rooms.
A good way to get more natural light into your house is to use reflective flooring. Surfaces equivalent to tile or properly shined hardwood flooring do an important job of reflecting mild in your room giving off more pure light. It is a nice strategy to brighten up your room. For some folks, interior design is one thing that comes fairly naturally. For others, it is one thing that they suppose is best left for individuals who are naturals at it. The next guide will help those who have difficulties and provides inspiration to those with natural skills in this area.
You can add life and colour to any room simply by adding potted crops. Attempt different types that bloom in numerous colors to coordinate with the decor of the room and you have an instant straight out of a magazine look. Greenery in the lavatory is particularly good whether it is fragrant. Contemplate applying wallpaper to solely 50% of a wall. It may be costly to redecorate. Cowl half of the wall with wallpaper to save money. For example, you may use wallpaper on half of the wall, then complement it with paint or an ornamental border. This could make your private home look trendy with out breaking the bank.
When utilizing more than one coloration of paint in a single room, hold the mixture of colours in the same household. In different phrases, a crimson can be paired with a pale orange or a blue with a pleasant violet. Colours which can be closely located on the rainbow actually complement one another, slightly than clashing. Have a look at the furnishings you may have on your home and discover a mixture of colors and furnishings that matches effectively together. You need to have furnishings colours that compliment one another, as well as the colors around your private home. Keep away from selecting colors that aren’t related, because this will appear like you don’t know style.
When re-designing a kitchen, attempt pondering outdoors the field in regard to counter tops. It can be expensive to redecorate. A great storage resolution for a small lavatory is utilizing baskets.

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When adorning a e book shelf , place like gadgets together . If you end up arranging home decor or books , place them near items of similar measurement , style and color . This helps hold the realm trying trendy and fewer cluttered . For example , when you ’ve got two comparable vases , place one on the top of the shelf and the opposite near it . Arrange your furniture neatly . Walk round your rooms and take totally different paths : can you easily go from one room to the opposite ? Furnishings should n’t be in your method , and yet some objects needs to be made central in case you want to create a theme or a color pattern based on a chunk of furnishings .
 Flowers and plants make a kitchen look alive and welcoming . Add some recent greenery or recent reduce flowers to your table for a clean look that brings the outside in . Simply be certain to keep your plants and flowers in nice situation or your room will look date and disheveled . Be sure that to maintain your space purposeful whenever you design an office . Lighting is important to work areas , together with a snug chair and desk . Your precedence should be in creating an area that you ’ll want to work in , and this could embody making the space visually interesting .
 As you read on this article , everyone has different targets in thoughts when comes to their interior design tasks , so some issues can be helpful for you and some issues will not . Now what ’s left is for you determine which suggestions you want to use while designing your house . Are you looking for a starting place to your next inside design venture ? Inside design can seem a bit intimidating if adorning does not come naturally to you . Luckily , anybody can enhance their dwelling with the precise advice . For those who follow the useful suggestions within the article that follows , you should have no trouble together with your inside design projects .
 Use many levels of lighting . By utilizing lighting in your design you ’ll be able to accomplish multiple seems to be in a single room . An overhead gentle is usually obligatory , however strive putting in a dimmer swap so you possibly can fluctuate the extent and create ambiance within the evening . Install accent lighting to deliver focus to artwork items . Task lighting can also be essential for studying nooks or kitchen prep areas . Multi - level lighting will help you create many vibes with one design .
 This coloration is impartial and will complement colors in adjoining rooms .
 A good way to get more natural light into your house is to use reflective flooring . Surfaces equivalent to tile or properly shined hardwood flooring do an important job of reflecting mild in your room giving off more pure light . It is a nice strategy to brighten up your room . For some folks , interior design is one thing that comes fairly naturally . For others , it is one thing that they suppose is best left for individuals who are naturals at it . The next guide will help those who have difficulties and provides inspiration to those with natural skills in this area .
 You can add life and colour to any room simply by adding potted crops . Attempt different types that bloom in numerous colors to coordinate with the decor of the room and you have an instant straight out of a magazine look . Greenery in the lavatory is particularly good whether it is fragrant . Contemplate applying wallpaper to solely 50 % of a wall . It may be costly to redecorate . Cowl half of the wall with wallpaper to save money . For example , you may use wallpaper on half of the wall , then complement it with paint or an ornamental border . This could make your private home look trendy with out breaking the bank .
 When utilizing more than one coloration of paint in a single room , hold the mixture of colours in the same household . In different phrases , a crimson can be paired with a pale orange or a blue with a pleasant violet . Colours which can be closely located on the rainbow actually complement one another , slightly than clashing . Have a look at the furnishings you may have on your home and discover a mixture of colors and furnishings that matches effectively together . You need to have furnishings colours that compliment one another , as well as the colors around your private home . Keep away from selecting colors that are n’t related , because this will appear like you do n’t know style .
 When re - designing a kitchen , attempt pondering outdoors the field in regard to counter tops . It can be expensive to redecorate . A great storage resolution for a small lavatory is utilizing baskets .


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Tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of our son Justin's death. He was 16. He died from inhaling air freshener, an act of inhalant abuse. His senseless death rocked the worlds of all who knew him. Justin was an honors student who loved life and embraced it with gusto. Although he had been physically challenged since birth, he never once asked the question, "Why me?". He was a source of inspiration for many.
Over the years, we had discussed many things with our five children: drugs, alcohol, sexual responsibility. Regrettably, at one time I allowed my children to inhale helium from balloons. I laughed as they talked in that squeaky high voice. I did not understand the permissive message I was sending. Now, I do. The message that needs to be sent is that inhalant abuse is a serious problem.
The repeated refrain of parents who have lost a child to inhalant abuse is, "But we didn't know." All of us who have lost a child to this form of substance abuse hope that every parent will learn of and use the tools to warn their children about this deadly high. Children naturally think that "if it's in the house, it can't be that dangerous." But inhaling can kill (sometimes on the first instance), can cause organ damage and is highly addictive. It is a very real game of Russian roulette. And it cuts across every socioeconomic group.
Last year, Maryland Del. Tawanna P. Gaines and her administrative assistant, Pamela Powers (who lost her daughter Mackenzie to inhalant abuse), championed the enactment of a law that mandates public education regarding inhalant abuse. Mackenzie's Law is a huge step toward realizing this goal.
But there is more to be done. Studies show that when parents and teachers combine to educate children on abusive behavior, experimentation drops by at least 50 percent. Moreover, while teen drug and alcohol abuse is on the decrease, inhalant abuse is skyrocketing. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, by eighth grade, 29.2 percent of students admit to having used inhalants. By the 12th grade, 51.2 percent of teens have experimented with inhalants at least once. Over the past six years, more than 800 deaths have been linked to inhalant abuse.
Many people might assume, "Not my child. I don't want to give him or her ideas." That is a fantasy. This type of adolescent "recreation" knows no boundaries. Unless children are warned, every child is at risk. Kids see it in movies and television. It is portrayed as harmless and funny on YouTube or the radio. It is impractical if not impossible to lock up the hundreds of items in every home that kids inhale. But we can teach children that inhaling is not "harmless."
I will always be haunted by the question of whether Justin would be with us today had he known about the risks he was taking. Please, give your kids the chance that Justin and Mackenzie did not have.

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Tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of our son Justin 's death . He was 16 . He died from inhaling air freshener , an act of inhalant abuse . His senseless death rocked the worlds of all who knew him . Justin was an honors student who loved life and embraced it with gusto . Although he had been physically challenged since birth , he never once asked the question , " Why me ? " . He was a source of inspiration for many .
 Over the years , we had discussed many things with our five children : drugs , alcohol , sexual responsibility . Regrettably , at one time I allowed my children to inhale helium from balloons . I laughed as they talked in that squeaky high voice . I did not understand the permissive message I was sending . Now , I do . The message that needs to be sent is that inhalant abuse is a serious problem .
 The repeated refrain of parents who have lost a child to inhalant abuse is , " But we did n't know . " All of us who have lost a child to this form of substance abuse hope that every parent will learn of and use the tools to warn their children about this deadly high . Children naturally think that " if it 's in the house , it ca n't be that dangerous . " But inhaling can kill ( sometimes on the first instance ) , can cause organ damage and is highly addictive . It is a very real game of Russian roulette . And it cuts across every socioeconomic group .
 Last year , Maryland Del. Tawanna P. Gaines and her administrative assistant , Pamela Powers ( who lost her daughter Mackenzie to inhalant abuse ) , championed the enactment of a law that mandates public education regarding inhalant abuse . Mackenzie 's Law is a huge step toward realizing this goal .
 But there is more to be done . Studies show that when parents and teachers combine to educate children on abusive behavior , experimentation drops by at least 50 percent . Moreover , while teen drug and alcohol abuse is on the decrease , inhalant abuse is skyrocketing . According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy , by eighth grade , 29.2 percent of students admit to having used inhalants . By the 12th grade , 51.2 percent of teens have experimented with inhalants at least once . Over the past six years , more than 800 deaths have been linked to inhalant abuse .
 Many people might assume , " Not my child . I do n't want to give him or her ideas . " That is a fantasy . This type of adolescent " recreation " knows no boundaries . Unless children are warned , every child is at risk . Kids see it in movies and television . It is portrayed as harmless and funny on YouTube or the radio . It is impractical if not impossible to lock up the hundreds of items in every home that kids inhale . But we can teach children that inhaling is not " harmless . "
 I will always be haunted by the question of whether Justin would be with us today had he known about the risks he was taking . Please , give your kids the chance that Justin and Mackenzie did not have .


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The archives entries begin with a link to the earlier "Ruth's Neighborhood and then index the Facebook columns, beginning with the first one (March 28, 2019) and continuing through to the most recent entry.
Well! I remembered the old Keene cuisine.
During those years he worked washing pots and pans in the college kitchen, just like Tom. As I wrote in Snowy, when Tom and Joanne got married “Tom switched from his pots-and-pans job to a better-paying job at the newsstand downtown . . . He spent the Sunday selling newspapers, serving coffee and doughnuts.” When Don returned to Keene with me to live in the married students’ barracks, he worked weekends and some nights at Armstrong’s on that wide Main Street, a newsstand-luncheonette where he grilled burgers and made sandwiches in addition to serving coffee and doughnuts. The height of his cuisine was his chopped-ham sandwiches he brought home after work for us to have for an evening snack.
Garafano’s, which looked like a long wooden houseboat moored on a stark field, where Mrs. Garafano, thin and freckled, stood behind the bar and talked across her baby set upon it, and students drank dimies and ate meatball sandwiches, and the people from the farms sat in booths whose tables were crowded with thick plates of steak rinds and scraps of French fries growing skins of grease. Now and then their children would clamber down from the seats and run the length of the room and back again; from the jukebox Connie Francis whined songs; and Mr. Garafano in person, a square dark man wearing a T-shirt, with a dish towel tucked into the waistband of his trousers, would come out of the kitchen to bring you your pizza.
Not exactly duck confit sliders.
Last week a Laconia High classmate arranged a mini-mini reunion and brought with her three other dear friends from the Gang to have lunch at the Village Kitchen. As I drove to meet them, I found myself remembering this paragraph in Henrietta Snow, when Snowy and Bev are at Dudley and Charl’s house for supper.
Snowy leaned back and listened, keeping an eye on Ruhamah at the dock. The comfort of old friends, however changed; old comfort food on the grill, updated. The porch and lawn seemed in constant motion, alive with kids and dogs. Don’t, she cautioned herself, think ahead any further than this.
Four of us five old friends, I thought, are now widows.
In the parking lot, there were tears and hugging and laughter. In the restaurant, I ordered Don’s favorite, the fried shrimp boat (in this case “boat” meaning not a full dinner). Over lunch there was much talk on many subjects, reminiscences, updates about other friends, discussion of practical problems, including support systems, and uncertain thoughts about the uncertain future. And through it all, concern for each other. Love.
As I drove home after our two-hour lunch of talking, I thought about women talking and about the section in Henrietta Snow in which Snowy and Bev stop at Moody’s for lunch and then meet Puddles at the Whitehall Inn in Camden. I remembered writing their “grand finale,” when they sat rocking on the porch and talking. Then the next day they said good-bye in the inn’s parking lot, hugging and crying and laughing, as we had just done in the restaurant’s parking lot.
Homes: the problems of everyday maintenance of them is put in perspective by Hurricane Florence and the other disasters that could destroy them.
One episode that I especially cherish occurred after a night a few years ago when a bear opened our porch door politely and entered the porch and then, upon our awakening indoors and noisily seeing him out there (eeks from me), made his hasty departure straight through the porch screen. Only a few weeks before, a friend of ours, a member of a local construction group, had replaced the old porch screen with new. When we joked to him about this, he insisted on coming over to our house and replacing the bear-ruined section of the new screens. Free of charge. He was coming to rescue us from blackflies . . .
My support-system people have also been coming to the rescue. For example, here’s what was happening one recent busy day: the carpenter was retiling our shower; the plumber dashed in to fix the kitchen faucet; and the handyman arrived to investigate a smoke-alarm problem.
My best wishes to everyone coping with the very serious problems of Hurricane Florence.
In addition to these underpants (this scene inspired by my being similarly chased around Laconia’s Woolworth by my dear friend Gail), there were other items of interest to Puddles in Woolworth’s, such as malt balls (a favorite of Gail’s).
And thus we remembered our browsing in Woolworth, our deciding what we could afford with our twenty-five-cents-a-week allowances. We had been, we realized, learning to shop.
We remembered the goldfish we bought and walked home carrying in a little cardboard box that resembled Chinese-food takeout boxes. We remembered the tiny painted turtles who, when we got them home, sometimes made a break for freedom, only to be found much later dead and dusty, usually behind the refrigerator.
Penny remembered nail polish and Tangee lipstick. I remembered pencil boxes, pencils, and one notebook in particular whose scenic drawing on the cover gave me an idea for the story I wrote in it. We remembered the lunch counter with its big glass container a-swirl with a green lemon-lime beverage. We couldn’t remember buying any food at that counter, just Cokes and the green drink.
And Penny remembered how she’d bought our mother some plates and dishes one at a time, white with a maroon-stripe border interspersed with flowers. I remembered how some years ago I’d spotted one of these very dishes at a yard sale and bought it. When Penny and I got home from the Family Dollar, I rushed to a cupboard and found the dish. We guessed that when I bought it at the yard sale I’d paid more than a dime and probably more than a dollar.
There are new little milestones now, such as returning to places Don and I used to go to for lunch.
In his last months, we began to join friends in a Sandwich meeting room for the Sandwich senior lunches served on Wednesdays. One friend likes to call it the “old fogeys’ lunch.” This is part of the “Moultonborough, Sandwich, and Surrounding Communities” senior meals program that serves lunches in Moultonborough Mondays through Thursdays. They are more than lunches, they are dinners, which means you don’t have to make lunch and you can get away with making just a light supper that evening.
This past Wednesday I went. Most of our friends there had already spoken or written to me about Don, so we proceeded with the usual casual chat, very comforting. This Wednesday’s menu was Stuffed Sole, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Beets, Coleslaw. And Tapioca Pudding. Friendship and food, good therapy.
Everyone started laughing, including me.
Out the window beside me, I saw “Honey” hurrying across the porch, his expression embarrassed, sheepish. But he must have been so glad he hadn’t reached home to discover he’d forgotten his reading glasses.
And I was glad I’d returned to this restaurant.
During this difficult summer, our library’s audiobooks have been more important than ever for bedtime listening, for comfort. Here are the ones I’ve liked best—starting with the first of two by Rosamunde Pilcher.
Three of the four women in Frances Mayes’s Women in Sunlight impulsively leave their past lives in America to share a rented house in Italy; the fourth woman, Kit, has been living in Italy for years. Italian scenery; Italian food! Also, renewal, new possibilties, even joy.
In Carole George’s memoir, The Lambs: My Father, a Farm, and the Gift of a Flock of Sheep, there are two impulsive decisions: (1) She buys a farm in Virginia. (2) She heeds her father’s suggestion that the scenery needs a flock of sheep and buys thirteen Karakul lambs to raise as pets. When I was writing The Flowers of the Forest I did a lot of reading about sheep, and the main thing I remember is a saying that goes something like “A cow is always looking for a place to lie down; a sheep is always looking for a place to die.” But before the inevitable occurs, there was learning, love, companionship on daily walks around the farm. And a piano in the barn.
Back to Rosamunde Pilcher. Our library now has the audiobook of her Shell Seekers! I had read the book when it was published in 1987, and I later bought a copy at a book sale, intending to reread it. And now I finally have. I’ve never done this with an audiobook before: I listened at night, but in the afternoons or with supper I read the book. Dual enjoyments.
CENTER SANDWICH, NH— Donald K. MacDougall, 82, died August 13 at the DHMC hospice center.
Born in Laconia in 1936, Don spent his early boyhood in the Weirs. He graduated from Laconia High School in 1955. He married his high-school sweetheart, Ruth Doan, in 1957. After serving two years in the U.S. Coast Guard, he graduated from Keene State College with a B. Ed. in 1961. In 1970 he received his Master’s Degree in Library Science from UNH.
Don taught English at the high schools in Sharon, MA, and Lisbon, NH, and then he and Ruth relocated to England where Don was a dormitory counselor at the U.S. Air Force high school in Lakenheath. When he and Ruth returned to the United States, Don became the librarian at Somersworth High School and Kingswood Regional High School.
Don and Ruth lived in Farmington, NH, before settling in Center Sandwich in 1976. He did caretaking for properties in the Lakes Region, including Bald Peak Colony Club.
Don is survived by Ruth, his wife of 60 years, his brother Richard Kirk Dougal of St. Augustine, FL, and his sister Deborah Kay Dougal of Franklin, NH.
He loved the Sandwich library. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Samuel H. Wentworth Library, PO Box 146, Center Sandwich, NH 03227.
Don and I talk on the phone every day, but I waited until my weekly visit to the hospital to tell him about your response to my post last Sunday.
He understood and was overwhelmed, happy, grateful. As am I. Your words have enveloped me, bringing comfort and strength.
Next week I’ll return to my usual tales of happenings in Sandwich and such.
I have been waiting until things were more definite to tell you about Don’s health, hoping that it would improve. In a way, it has, but I’m afraid the news is devastating.
About a year ago, Don’s memory problems seemed to become more than “senior moments.” Our wonderful primary-care doctor gave him a memory test and kept tabs on the situation. I braced myself for Alzheimer’s. Then an occasional delusion would appear in Don’s conversation. Thinking he was joking, I’d look into his blue eyes and see that he wasn’t. Did he really believe that his brother, who lives in Florida, was in our house? The delusions increased and then in the past three months they speeded up, rampaging.
The delusions were the clue. A mental-health counselor made a tentative diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia, an aggressive form of dementia that we’d never heard of before. A neurologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center confirmed the diagnosis, and Don was admitted into this hospital in Lebanon, NH, on July first.
He is still there, while a nursing home is being found for him.
Needless to say, this has been a terrible shock—a series of shocks. Life has been disrupted in so many ways, from his absence in our household to the ton of paperwork involved in medical care. The disruption will continue indefinitely; it includes my writing schedule. But my sister and niece have been here and are helping me tremendously. Our town is full of concern.
At the hospital, the medications have helped Don. He’s calmer, humorous again, more my Don. And thus, as I said, his health has improved.
But I miss our being together at home! And I know that you love him too.
I may not be able to answer individual queries for a while, but please know that you are all dear to me and I value your friendship. Thank you.
Whoa! Marijuana? Oh, oh yes, medical marijuana is now legal in New Hampshire. But at a farm stand? So this was a joke?
And I saw this after that big motorcycle week in New Hampshire. The excitement continues.
Friends from Pennsylvania who summer in New Hampshire say that in all their travels they’ve seen the most vanity plates in New Hampshire. They concluded that folks here while away the long winter thinking them up.
I don’t know why I found this so funny, but I did. Maybe it’s because my father claimed that an osprey followed the Fish & Game truck to his and my stepmother’s backyard pond and promptly devoured the fish that were delivered.
Last month, U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall died at his New Hampshire home.
I first read him in the 1960s when he sent my father a copy of String Too Short To Be Saved: Memories of a Disappearing New England. In his accompanying letter, he wrote of his admiration for my father’s novel Amos Jackman.
From reading this book we went on to reading his poems.
I didn’t really know the part of central New Hampshire that Donald Hall was writing about, Danbury, where in his youth he visited his grandparents’ farm, which later became his own home. My father was acquainted with the area, but having grown up in the Connecticut River Valley part of New Hampshire and then lived the rest of his life in the Lakes Region, two beautiful parts of the state, he was somewhat immune to its charms, shall we say. However, Donald Hall’s writing made us aware of this landscape that we might not otherwise have appreciated fully.
Eventually Donald Hall and I had a brief correspondence about the writing business, and eventually I became better acquainted with the area when I took over my father’s hiking books and climbed, several times, Mount Kearsarge, that region’s mountain. Also, the son and daughter-in-law of Gloria, my dear Bennington friend, moved to a town near Danbury, so when Gloria and her husband drove up from Connecticut to visit them, Don and I drove down from Sandwich for a mini Bennington reunion.
At about this time, Newsday sent me Donald Hall’s memoir Seasons at Eagle Pond to review. As I opened the package and took out the book, I remembered that copy of String Too Short To Be Saved arriving in my parents’ mailbox.
My sister remembers that we did watch fireworks over Laconia’s Lake Opechee in our childhood.
Don and I once watched fireworks over Lake Winnipesaukee, in the Weirs. Don’s father, a boat salesman, had the use of a boat that day and took us on a ride before we returned to the Weirs to watch. But the main thing I remember is that I was thoughtlessly wearing new earrings, the largest I’d ever had, leather-thong types on wires, and during the ride, as we sped along in the speedboat, they swung wildly and I feared they’d tear off my earlobes. Being a good daughter-in-law, I didn’t spoil the fun by mentioning this little problem.
Here in Sandwich, fireworks are always on the night of July third. The first time we went, we felt we had truly become part of the town.
The tourist season is now upon us in the Lakes Region, and it’s reminding Don and me of how we used to travel off-season.
During our caretaking years, we were working full tilt during the summer, so we couldn’t take a vacation until autumn or winter. Thus we found ourselves in cottages or cabins huddling around a fireplace or space heater or under blankets, all of which was fun, for this short spell. Summertime tourist sites were closed; the ocean was glorious anyway.
Traveling on Thanksgiving and at Christmas, we did of course meet other travelers, but often places were closed on the day of the holiday. You could starve to death! One Thanksgiving we were extremely grateful to find an Asian restaurant open. At Christmas one year, the inn we stayed at had promised to include Christmas dinner, but since it turned out that we were the only guests, they sent us to a restaurant in another town. During the meal, a predicted snowstorm began, and the drive back to the inn on twisty seacoast roads was precarious.
When Penny and I were planning a trip to the Cotswolds to visit gardens, the timing had to be autumn because of our work. Penny is a landscape designer; she said, “England being England, there’ll be flowers, and when there aren’t we’ll see the ‘bones’ of the gardens.” And so we did. Only one of the gardens she wanted to visit was closed. As I write this, I’m wearing the Warwick Castle T-shirt I bought and I’m remembering flowers and peacocks there.
For contrast, here’s the off-season experience from Hell: A Maine B&B advertised that it would be open on Thanksgiving, and we delightedly reserved a room. What hadn’t been mentioned was that the owners’ extended family would be celebrating Thanksgiving there. We were the only guests, in a little upstairs room. Downstairs, revelry grew louder and louder through the evening, into the night, and the cigarette smoke rose thicker and thicker. We opened a window and leaned out, gasping. We considered packing up and leaving, but shouldn’t we wait to pay our bill? In the wee hours a baby began crying. Louder and louder. A car revved up and the wails receded; was the mother taking the baby for a ride to try to soothe it to sleep? In the morning, downstairs, the owner didn’t mention the situation as he made us coffee, and I chattered politely on about my Great-great-aunt Edith who’d lived in the town, but when it came time to pay for our holiday night, he shook his head.

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 Well ! I remembered the old Keene cuisine .
 During those years he worked washing pots and pans in the college kitchen , just like Tom . As I wrote in Snowy , when Tom and Joanne got married “ Tom switched from his pots - and - pans job to a better - paying job at the newsstand downtown . . . He spent the Sunday selling newspapers , serving coffee and doughnuts . ” When Don returned to Keene with me to live in the married students ’ barracks , he worked weekends and some nights at Armstrong ’s on that wide Main Street , a newsstand - luncheonette where he grilled burgers and made sandwiches in addition to serving coffee and doughnuts . The height of his cuisine was his chopped - ham sandwiches he brought home after work for us to have for an evening snack .
 Garafano ’s , which looked like a long wooden houseboat moored on a stark field , where Mrs. Garafano , thin and freckled , stood behind the bar and talked across her baby set upon it , and students drank dimies and ate meatball sandwiches , and the people from the farms sat in booths whose tables were crowded with thick plates of steak rinds and scraps of French fries growing skins of grease . Now and then their children would clamber down from the seats and run the length of the room and back again ; from the jukebox Connie Francis whined songs ; and Mr. Garafano in person , a square dark man wearing a T - shirt , with a dish towel tucked into the waistband of his trousers , would come out of the kitchen to bring you your pizza .
 Not exactly duck confit sliders .
 Last week a Laconia High classmate arranged a mini - mini reunion and brought with her three other dear friends from the Gang to have lunch at the Village Kitchen . As I drove to meet them , I found myself remembering this paragraph in Henrietta Snow , when Snowy and Bev are at Dudley and Charl ’s house for supper .
 Snowy leaned back and listened , keeping an eye on Ruhamah at the dock . The comfort of old friends , however changed ; old comfort food on the grill , updated . The porch and lawn seemed in constant motion , alive with kids and dogs . Do n’t , she cautioned herself , think ahead any further than this .
 Four of us five old friends , I thought , are now widows .
 In the parking lot , there were tears and hugging and laughter . In the restaurant , I ordered Don ’s favorite , the fried shrimp boat ( in this case “ boat ” meaning not a full dinner ) . Over lunch there was much talk on many subjects , reminiscences , updates about other friends , discussion of practical problems , including support systems , and uncertain thoughts about the uncertain future . And through it all , concern for each other . Love .
 As I drove home after our two - hour lunch of talking , I thought about women talking and about the section in Henrietta Snow in which Snowy and Bev stop at Moody ’s for lunch and then meet Puddles at the Whitehall Inn in Camden . I remembered writing their “ grand finale , ” when they sat rocking on the porch and talking . Then the next day they said good - bye in the inn ’s parking lot , hugging and crying and laughing , as we had just done in the restaurant ’s parking lot .
 Homes : the problems of everyday maintenance of them is put in perspective by Hurricane Florence and the other disasters that could destroy them .
 One episode that I especially cherish occurred after a night a few years ago when a bear opened our porch door politely and entered the porch and then , upon our awakening indoors and noisily seeing him out there ( eeks from me ) , made his hasty departure straight through the porch screen . Only a few weeks before , a friend of ours , a member of a local construction group , had replaced the old porch screen with new . When we joked to him about this , he insisted on coming over to our house and replacing the bear - ruined section of the new screens . Free of charge . He was coming to rescue us from blackflies . . .
 My support - system people have also been coming to the rescue . For example , here ’s what was happening one recent busy day : the carpenter was retiling our shower ; the plumber dashed in to fix the kitchen faucet ; and the handyman arrived to investigate a smoke - alarm problem .
 My best wishes to everyone coping with the very serious problems of Hurricane Florence .
 In addition to these underpants ( this scene inspired by my being similarly chased around Laconia ’s Woolworth by my dear friend Gail ) , there were other items of interest to Puddles in Woolworth ’s , such as malt balls ( a favorite of Gail ’s ) .
 And thus we remembered our browsing in Woolworth , our deciding what we could afford with our twenty - five - cents - a - week allowances . We had been , we realized , learning to shop .
 We remembered the goldfish we bought and walked home carrying in a little cardboard box that resembled Chinese - food takeout boxes . We remembered the tiny painted turtles who , when we got them home , sometimes made a break for freedom , only to be found much later dead and dusty , usually behind the refrigerator .
 Penny remembered nail polish and Tangee lipstick . I remembered pencil boxes , pencils , and one notebook in particular whose scenic drawing on the cover gave me an idea for the story I wrote in it . We remembered the lunch counter with its big glass container a - swirl with a green lemon - lime beverage . We could n’t remember buying any food at that counter , just Cokes and the green drink .
 And Penny remembered how she ’d bought our mother some plates and dishes one at a time , white with a maroon - stripe border interspersed with flowers . I remembered how some years ago I ’d spotted one of these very dishes at a yard sale and bought it . When Penny and I got home from the Family Dollar , I rushed to a cupboard and found the dish . We guessed that when I bought it at the yard sale I ’d paid more than a dime and probably more than a dollar .
 There are new little milestones now , such as returning to places Don and I used to go to for lunch .
 In his last months , we began to join friends in a Sandwich meeting room for the Sandwich senior lunches served on Wednesdays . One friend likes to call it the “ old fogeys ’ lunch . ” This is part of the “ Moultonborough , Sandwich , and Surrounding Communities ” senior meals program that serves lunches in Moultonborough Mondays through Thursdays . They are more than lunches , they are dinners , which means you do n’t have to make lunch and you can get away with making just a light supper that evening .
 This past Wednesday I went . Most of our friends there had already spoken or written to me about Don , so we proceeded with the usual casual chat , very comforting . This Wednesday ’s menu was Stuffed Sole , Mashed Potatoes , Green Beans , Beets , Coleslaw . And Tapioca Pudding . Friendship and food , good therapy .
 Everyone started laughing , including me .
 Out the window beside me , I saw “ Honey ” hurrying across the porch , his expression embarrassed , sheepish . But he must have been so glad he had n’t reached home to discover he ’d forgotten his reading glasses .
 And I was glad I ’d returned to this restaurant .
 During this difficult summer , our library ’s audiobooks have been more important than ever for bedtime listening , for comfort . Here are the ones I ’ve liked best — starting with the first of two by Rosamunde Pilcher .
 Three of the four women in Frances Mayes ’s Women in Sunlight impulsively leave their past lives in America to share a rented house in Italy ; the fourth woman , Kit , has been living in Italy for years . Italian scenery ; Italian food ! Also , renewal , new possibilties , even joy .
 In Carole George ’s memoir , The Lambs : My Father , a Farm , and the Gift of a Flock of Sheep , there are two impulsive decisions : ( 1 ) She buys a farm in Virginia . ( 2 ) She heeds her father ’s suggestion that the scenery needs a flock of sheep and buys thirteen Karakul lambs to raise as pets . When I was writing The Flowers of the Forest I did a lot of reading about sheep , and the main thing I remember is a saying that goes something like “ A cow is always looking for a place to lie down ; a sheep is always looking for a place to die . ” But before the inevitable occurs , there was learning , love , companionship on daily walks around the farm . And a piano in the barn .
 Back to Rosamunde Pilcher . Our library now has the audiobook of her Shell Seekers ! I had read the book when it was published in 1987 , and I later bought a copy at a book sale , intending to reread it . And now I finally have . I ’ve never done this with an audiobook before : I listened at night , but in the afternoons or with supper I read the book . Dual enjoyments .
 CENTER SANDWICH , NH — Donald K. MacDougall , 82 , died August 13 at the DHMC hospice center .
 Born in Laconia in 1936 , Don spent his early boyhood in the Weirs . He graduated from Laconia High School in 1955 . He married his high - school sweetheart , Ruth Doan , in 1957 . After serving two years in the U.S. Coast Guard , he graduated from Keene State College with a B. Ed . in 1961 . In 1970 he received his Master ’s Degree in Library Science from UNH .
 Don taught English at the high schools in Sharon , MA , and Lisbon , NH , and then he and Ruth relocated to England where Don was a dormitory counselor at the U.S. Air Force high school in Lakenheath . When he and Ruth returned to the United States , Don became the librarian at Somersworth High School and Kingswood Regional High School .
 Don and Ruth lived in Farmington , NH , before settling in Center Sandwich in 1976 . He did caretaking for properties in the Lakes Region , including Bald Peak Colony Club .
 Don is survived by Ruth , his wife of 60 years , his brother Richard Kirk Dougal of St. Augustine , FL , and his sister Deborah Kay Dougal of Franklin , NH .
 He loved the Sandwich library . In lieu of flowers , donations may be made to the Samuel H. Wentworth Library , PO Box 146 , Center Sandwich , NH 03227 .
 Don and I talk on the phone every day , but I waited until my weekly visit to the hospital to tell him about your response to my post last Sunday .
 He understood and was overwhelmed , happy , grateful . As am I. Your words have enveloped me , bringing comfort and strength .
 Next week I ’ll return to my usual tales of happenings in Sandwich and such .
 I have been waiting until things were more definite to tell you about Don ’s health , hoping that it would improve . In a way , it has , but I ’m afraid the news is devastating .
 About a year ago , Don ’s memory problems seemed to become more than “ senior moments . ” Our wonderful primary - care doctor gave him a memory test and kept tabs on the situation . I braced myself for Alzheimer ’s . Then an occasional delusion would appear in Don ’s conversation . Thinking he was joking , I ’d look into his blue eyes and see that he was n’t . Did he really believe that his brother , who lives in Florida , was in our house ? The delusions increased and then in the past three months they speeded up , rampaging .
 The delusions were the clue . A mental - health counselor made a tentative diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia , an aggressive form of dementia that we ’d never heard of before . A neurologist at Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center confirmed the diagnosis , and Don was admitted into this hospital in Lebanon , NH , on July first .
 He is still there , while a nursing home is being found for him .
 Needless to say , this has been a terrible shock — a series of shocks . Life has been disrupted in so many ways , from his absence in our household to the ton of paperwork involved in medical care . The disruption will continue indefinitely ; it includes my writing schedule . But my sister and niece have been here and are helping me tremendously . Our town is full of concern .
 At the hospital , the medications have helped Don . He ’s calmer , humorous again , more my Don . And thus , as I said , his health has improved .
 But I miss our being together at home ! And I know that you love him too .
 I may not be able to answer individual queries for a while , but please know that you are all dear to me and I value your friendship . Thank you .
 Whoa ! Marijuana ? Oh , oh yes , medical marijuana is now legal in New Hampshire . But at a farm stand ? So this was a joke ?
 And I saw this after that big motorcycle week in New Hampshire . The excitement continues .
 Friends from Pennsylvania who summer in New Hampshire say that in all their travels they ’ve seen the most vanity plates in New Hampshire . They concluded that folks here while away the long winter thinking them up .
 I do n’t know why I found this so funny , but I did . Maybe it ’s because my father claimed that an osprey followed the Fish & Game truck to his and my stepmother ’s backyard pond and promptly devoured the fish that were delivered .
 Last month , U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall died at his New Hampshire home .
 I first read him in the 1960s when he sent my father a copy of String Too Short To Be Saved : Memories of a Disappearing New England . In his accompanying letter , he wrote of his admiration for my father ’s novel Amos Jackman .
 From reading this book we went on to reading his poems .
 I did n’t really know the part of central New Hampshire that Donald Hall was writing about , Danbury , where in his youth he visited his grandparents ’ farm , which later became his own home . My father was acquainted with the area , but having grown up in the Connecticut River Valley part of New Hampshire and then lived the rest of his life in the Lakes Region , two beautiful parts of the state , he was somewhat immune to its charms , shall we say . However , Donald Hall ’s writing made us aware of this landscape that we might not otherwise have appreciated fully .
 Eventually Donald Hall and I had a brief correspondence about the writing business , and eventually I became better acquainted with the area when I took over my father ’s hiking books and climbed , several times , Mount Kearsarge , that region ’s mountain . Also , the son and daughter - in - law of Gloria , my dear Bennington friend , moved to a town near Danbury , so when Gloria and her husband drove up from Connecticut to visit them , Don and I drove down from Sandwich for a mini Bennington reunion .
 At about this time , Newsday sent me Donald Hall ’s memoir Seasons at Eagle Pond to review . As I opened the package and took out the book , I remembered that copy of String Too Short To Be Saved arriving in my parents ’ mailbox .
 My sister remembers that we did watch fireworks over Laconia ’s Lake Opechee in our childhood .
 Don and I once watched fireworks over Lake Winnipesaukee , in the Weirs . Don ’s father , a boat salesman , had the use of a boat that day and took us on a ride before we returned to the Weirs to watch . But the main thing I remember is that I was thoughtlessly wearing new earrings , the largest I ’d ever had , leather - thong types on wires , and during the ride , as we sped along in the speedboat , they swung wildly and I feared they ’d tear off my earlobes . Being a good daughter - in - law , I did n’t spoil the fun by mentioning this little problem .
 Here in Sandwich , fireworks are always on the night of July third . The first time we went , we felt we had truly become part of the town .
 The tourist season is now upon us in the Lakes Region , and it ’s reminding Don and me of how we used to travel off - season .
 During our caretaking years , we were working full tilt during the summer , so we could n’t take a vacation until autumn or winter . Thus we found ourselves in cottages or cabins huddling around a fireplace or space heater or under blankets , all of which was fun , for this short spell . Summertime tourist sites were closed ; the ocean was glorious anyway .
 Traveling on Thanksgiving and at Christmas , we did of course meet other travelers , but often places were closed on the day of the holiday . You could starve to death ! One Thanksgiving we were extremely grateful to find an Asian restaurant open . At Christmas one year , the inn we stayed at had promised to include Christmas dinner , but since it turned out that we were the only guests , they sent us to a restaurant in another town . During the meal , a predicted snowstorm began , and the drive back to the inn on twisty seacoast roads was precarious .
 When Penny and I were planning a trip to the Cotswolds to visit gardens , the timing had to be autumn because of our work . Penny is a landscape designer ; she said , “ England being England , there ’ll be flowers , and when there are n’t we ’ll see the ‘ bones ’ of the gardens . ” And so we did . Only one of the gardens she wanted to visit was closed . As I write this , I ’m wearing the Warwick Castle T - shirt I bought and I ’m remembering flowers and peacocks there .
 For contrast , here ’s the off - season experience from Hell : A Maine B&B advertised that it would be open on Thanksgiving , and we delightedly reserved a room . What had n’t been mentioned was that the owners ’ extended family would be celebrating Thanksgiving there . We were the only guests , in a little upstairs room . Downstairs , revelry grew louder and louder through the evening , into the night , and the cigarette smoke rose thicker and thicker . We opened a window and leaned out , gasping . We considered packing up and leaving , but should n’t we wait to pay our bill ? In the wee hours a baby began crying . Louder and louder . A car revved up and the wails receded ; was the mother taking the baby for a ride to try to soothe it to sleep ? In the morning , downstairs , the owner did n’t mention the situation as he made us coffee , and I chattered politely on about my Great - great - aunt Edith who ’d lived in the town , but when it came time to pay for our holiday night , he shook his head .


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 Chapter . Subjects : Medieval and Renaissance History ( 500 to 1500 ) . 17167 words .
 Chapter . Subjects : History of Law . 12007 words .
 June 2017 ; p ublished online August 2017 .
 Article . Subjects : Literary Studies ( 1500 to 1800 ) . 9874 words .
 Journal Article . Subjects : Intellectual Property Law . 3648 words .
 Chapter . Subjects : Philosophy of Religion . 12709 words .
 Journal Article . Subjects : Law . 42140 words .
 November 2009 ; p ublished online May 2012 .
 Chapter . Subjects : Judaism and Jewish Studies . 6667 words .
 Journal Article . Subjects : World History . 754 words .
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bybmg: High Five for Friday 4.8 - Celebrating the Three-Year-Old!
High Five for Friday 4.8 - Celebrating the Three-Year-Old!
Happy Friday! I'm so thrilled to share highlights of my week with you!
We celebrated Wesley's third birthday this week! We had a party this past weekend with family and friends. He LOVED it! You can check out all the details here.
Here's a little round up collage of him at his birth and each year. He was so tiny (5 lbs 10 oz) when he was born!
This big man hit the 11 month mark this week. He is so funny. His big, cheesy smiles just make me melt. He's so into babbling dadada and sometimes mamama. He also has a good head shake going on and has started pulling up on things!
I really, really, really want to try making this popcorn! Maybe this weekend?
We had to go to Wal-Mart this past week to get Henry's glasses fixed. I always love looking at their jewelry because they have some great dupes and all of their jewelry is so cheap! I have been interested in the fun tassel necklaces I've seen around, so I snagged this neutral one for $5!
As I was reading Stephanie's goals, one of hers was about unsubscribing from junk mail. It reminded me of a service I've used called Unroll.me. You create an account, allow it access to your email (it's secure, promise). Then it searches and finds all your subscriptions. You can then click through and unsubscribe, keep them in your inbox, or add them to a daily rollup email.
You can even specify the time of day you get the roll up. I feel like my inbox is a whole new person. Seriously. It even checks every day for new subscriptions it may not have caught in the initial scan and you can unsubscribe, add them to the roll up, or just keep them as is. Cool, right?
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bybmg : High Five for Friday 4.8 - Celebrating the Three - Year - Old !
 High Five for Friday 4.8 - Celebrating the Three - Year - Old !
 Happy Friday ! I 'm so thrilled to share highlights of my week with you !
 We celebrated Wesley 's third birthday this week ! We had a party this past weekend with family and friends . He LOVED it ! You can check out all the details here .
 Here 's a little round up collage of him at his birth and each year . He was so tiny ( 5 lbs 10 oz ) when he was born !
 This big man hit the 11 month mark this week . He is so funny . His big , cheesy smiles just make me melt . He 's so into babbling dadada and sometimes mamama . He also has a good head shake going on and has started pulling up on things !
 I really , really , really want to try making this popcorn ! Maybe this weekend ?
 We had to go to Wal - Mart this past week to get Henry 's glasses fixed . I always love looking at their jewelry because they have some great dupes and all of their jewelry is so cheap ! I have been interested in the fun tassel necklaces I 've seen around , so I snagged this neutral one for $ 5 !
 As I was reading Stephanie 's goals , one of hers was about unsubscribing from junk mail . It reminded me of a service I 've used called Unroll.me . You create an account , allow it access to your email ( it 's secure , promise ) . Then it searches and finds all your subscriptions . You can then click through and unsubscribe , keep them in your inbox , or add them to a daily rollup email .
 You can even specify the time of day you get the roll up . I feel like my inbox is a whole new person . Seriously . It even checks every day for new subscriptions it may not have caught in the initial scan and you can unsubscribe , add them to the roll up , or just keep them as is . Cool , right ?
 This post is n't sponsored or endorsed by Unroll.me in any way . Just wanted to pass along a great service to you !
 I 'm linking up with these great parties !


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Are you ready for Part III? So what have you learned so far?
What emotions are evoked through setting? What philosophies are discussed? How does the characters move the story along?
All nine circles lit. A figure each stepped into one of the five spotlights. Marcus recognized most members of this Grey Council: Captain Sheridan, Michael Garibaldi, Susan Ivanova, Lennier, but not the hooded man.
The Ranger surmised the missing members would appear as necessary. He was curious about the absent associates. His interest peaked when two of the circles dimmed into a medium gray as opposed to the spherical bright lights and rectangular dense darkness that surround him.
“We’ve come together to add our two cents in and get your decision.” Sheridan turned to the Ranger.
“Will I die?” Marcus laughed.
“Not like you haven’t had them before.” Ivanova raised an eyebrow.
For her attire, she wore her Earthforce Captain’s uniform. Her brown hair with golden highlights was pulled back into a severe bun. Blue eyes remained stern.
“Just like the good ole days.” Garbaldi chuckled.
“And what is your choice?” Lorien motioned with his pale fingers.
“Damn straight.” Ivanova paced in her circle.
“To offer you a third choice.” She smiled.
“But none of the choices lead me to any destination that I would like to go.” Marcus glanced to Susan.
In Marcus’s peripheral vision, he saw Lorien and his swirling blue lights disappear. He noted the alien appeared older than he remembered. Lorien was indeed too tired to expend his energy on their petty squabble. He did not even say goodbye.
“Londo, this is not the time.” Delenn went to meet him.
“Oh, then when is it?” Mollari dodged her and headed straight for the Ranger. He pulled Marcus out of the light. Once he exited the circle, Marcus was in a grand Centauri hall.
A feast was set. A long table with fine chairs, dinnerware, and related items anchored the room. The centerpiece was a large chandelier high above them.
Servants placed food on their plates and drinks in their cups. The smell was fabulous. Marcus’s appetite was awaken.
“I think I can take care of myself.” The Ranger smiled, stood, and left the grand banquet hall.
Once in the corridors, Marcus followed the voices of Stephen and G’Kar. No matter where he turned he could not catch up to his friends. He felt he was on a different plain of existence.
Marcus followed his Minbari friend into a small room. Lennier shut the door behind them. He stood in front of the Ranger.
“Such as?” Marcus lifted an eyebrow.
The men turned to the new arrival. Each bowed to the other. The triumvirate was complete.
“Why do you suggest him?” Lennier stared at Sinclair.
With a snap of Sinclair’s fingers, Marcus found himself in his corporate office. He sat at his desk. Not a luxurious room, but he enjoyed the exclusivity and quiet of the four walls.
Arisia III was as he recalled. The miserable volcanic planet spewed radioactive gases and soot. Even in the orbital far above the planet, the filters could not clean out every particle in the air handler system. Grime seemed to accumulate on his paperwork every hour of every day.
He brushed the sorrel specks aside. In the air, the soil smelled the same: musty and acidity and putrid. As the powder danced in the light, shimmers of metal and mineral floated. Twinkles of tiny individual fireworks brightened his day as they succumbed to artificial gravity.
He exhaled as he reminisced. The company had been his father’s mining colony. A venture he inherited. One his younger brother did not support.
Marcus held William accountable for his unreliability. He needed his younger brother’s support. He could not run a successful colony by himself. He required help.
When he looked up again, William sat in a guest chair on the other side of the desk. His bright smile illuminated Marcus’s dreary countenance. How he has missed his kid brother.
“What do you have to be guilty for?” Marcus leaned forward in his chair. His elbows sat on the desktop.
“Done.” William reached over the desk and offered his palm.
“Ready?” Delenn’s voice entered the room.
Circles We Find Ourselves In the final installment, Part IV, will be coming next week at the same Undawnted time and same Undawnted station.
Here's Part I and Part II, if you missed it. Part IV is next.

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Are you ready for Part III ? So what have you learned so far ?
 What emotions are evoked through setting ? What philosophies are discussed ? How does the characters move the story along ?
 All nine circles lit . A figure each stepped into one of the five spotlights . Marcus recognized most members of this Grey Council : Captain Sheridan , Michael Garibaldi , Susan Ivanova , Lennier , but not the hooded man .
 The Ranger surmised the missing members would appear as necessary . He was curious about the absent associates . His interest peaked when two of the circles dimmed into a medium gray as opposed to the spherical bright lights and rectangular dense darkness that surround him .
 “ We ’ve come together to add our two cents in and get your decision . ” Sheridan turned to the Ranger .
 “ Will I die ? ” Marcus laughed .
 “ Not like you have n’t had them before . ” Ivanova raised an eyebrow .
 For her attire , she wore her Earthforce Captain ’s uniform . Her brown hair with golden highlights was pulled back into a severe bun . Blue eyes remained stern .
 “ Just like the good ole days . ” Garbaldi chuckled .
 “ And what is your choice ? ” Lorien motioned with his pale fingers .
 “ Damn straight . ” Ivanova paced in her circle .
 “ To offer you a third choice . ” She smiled .
 “ But none of the choices lead me to any destination that I would like to go . ” Marcus glanced to Susan .
 In Marcus ’s peripheral vision , he saw Lorien and his swirling blue lights disappear . He noted the alien appeared older than he remembered . Lorien was indeed too tired to expend his energy on their petty squabble . He did not even say goodbye .
 “ Londo , this is not the time . ” Delenn went to meet him .
 “ Oh , then when is it ? ” Mollari dodged her and headed straight for the Ranger . He pulled Marcus out of the light . Once he exited the circle , Marcus was in a grand Centauri hall .
 A feast was set . A long table with fine chairs , dinnerware , and related items anchored the room . The centerpiece was a large chandelier high above them .
 Servants placed food on their plates and drinks in their cups . The smell was fabulous . Marcus ’s appetite was awaken .
 “ I think I can take care of myself . ” The Ranger smiled , stood , and left the grand banquet hall .
 Once in the corridors , Marcus followed the voices of Stephen and G’Kar . No matter where he turned he could not catch up to his friends . He felt he was on a different plain of existence .
 Marcus followed his Minbari friend into a small room . Lennier shut the door behind them . He stood in front of the Ranger .
 “ Such as ? ” Marcus lifted an eyebrow .
 The men turned to the new arrival . Each bowed to the other . The triumvirate was complete .
 “ Why do you suggest him ? ” Lennier stared at Sinclair .
 With a snap of Sinclair ’s fingers , Marcus found himself in his corporate office . He sat at his desk . Not a luxurious room , but he enjoyed the exclusivity and quiet of the four walls .
 Arisia III was as he recalled . The miserable volcanic planet spewed radioactive gases and soot . Even in the orbital far above the planet , the filters could not clean out every particle in the air handler system . Grime seemed to accumulate on his paperwork every hour of every day .
 He brushed the sorrel specks aside . In the air , the soil smelled the same : musty and acidity and putrid . As the powder danced in the light , shimmers of metal and mineral floated . Twinkles of tiny individual fireworks brightened his day as they succumbed to artificial gravity .
 He exhaled as he reminisced . The company had been his father ’s mining colony . A venture he inherited . One his younger brother did not support .
 Marcus held William accountable for his unreliability . He needed his younger brother ’s support . He could not run a successful colony by himself . He required help .
 When he looked up again , William sat in a guest chair on the other side of the desk . His bright smile illuminated Marcus ’s dreary countenance . How he has missed his kid brother .
 “ What do you have to be guilty for ? ” Marcus leaned forward in his chair . His elbows sat on the desktop .
 “ Done . ” William reached over the desk and offered his palm .
 “ Ready ? ” Delenn ’s voice entered the room .
 Circles We Find Ourselves In the final installment , Part IV , will be coming next week at the same Undawnted time and same Undawnted station .
 Here 's Part I and Part II , if you missed it . Part IV is next .


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INHS Asvini (INHS Asvini Mumbai), Mumbai published a new job notification for Mammography Technician Post. The recruitment is for total 01 Vacancy. The willing candidates are informed to see the latest notification February 2019. Qualification required Bachelors degree/ diploma in radiography technician of Mammography and More. Last Date of offline application is 10-03-2019. For More details of INHS Asvini Recruitment 2019 Read Below.
Education Qualification: Bachelors degree/ diploma in radiography technician of Mammography and More. For Post wise Education Details follow the detailed advertisement.
Interested & Eligible candidates can send their application along with all the necessary documents and testimonials to कमांडिंग ऑफिसर, आयएनएचएस अस्विनी, आरसी चर्च, कुलाबा, मुंबई.
Application starts offline 18-02-2019. Last Date of application is 10-03-2019.

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INHS Asvini ( INHS Asvini Mumbai ) , Mumbai published a new job notification for Mammography Technician Post . The recruitment is for total 01 Vacancy . The willing candidates are informed to see the latest notification February 2019 . Qualification required Bachelors degree/ diploma in radiography technician of Mammography and More . Last Date of offline application is 10 - 03 - 2019 . For More details of INHS Asvini Recruitment 2019 Read Below .
 Education Qualification : Bachelors degree/ diploma in radiography technician of Mammography and More . For Post wise Education Details follow the detailed advertisement .
 Interested & Eligible candidates can send their application along with all the necessary documents and testimonials to कमांडिंग ऑफिसर , आयएनएचएस अस्विनी , आरसी चर्च , कुलाबा , मुंबई .
 Application starts offline 18 - 02 - 2019 . Last Date of application is 10 - 03 - 2019 .


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Drawing or making notes with a computer pen or stylus doesn't have the same feeling as using a paper and pen. Sometimes, however, you want to digitize something that you've drawn or written by hand. The new Moleskine Livescribe notebooks let you do both at the same time.
The notebooks have been created in partnership with smartpen manufacturer Livescribe, hence the name. They will work with any Livescribe smartpen, including its latest model the Livescribe 3, which Gizmag featured last year.
The Moleskine Livescribe uses normal paper with a special dotted pattern, which allows Livescribe smartpens to capture the location of what they write and draw. The pens link to an accompanying iOS app via Bluetooth and are able to duplicate anything that is written or drawn in real-time. This means that digital copies of notes or drawings can be created and saved with no extra time taken.
Handwriting recognition technology makes it possible for users to convert their handwriting into editable text that can be cut and pasted. Livescribe smartpens can also capture sound, so a user's work can be accompanied by audio notes.
The notepads feature on-page icons and additional pull-out sheets of icons, which can be tapped with the tip of the pen to trigger specific actions. The on-page icons can be used to trigger, pause and stop audio recording, as well as tag, flag and star work on a certain page. The additional icon sheets provide a host of functionality options for Livescribe pens, such as setting up and adjusting Wi-Fi connections, pairing with other devices and viewing the smartpen's status.
The Moleskine Livescribe notebooks are available now on the Moleskine website retailing at US$29.95.

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Drawing or making notes with a computer pen or stylus does n't have the same feeling as using a paper and pen . Sometimes , however , you want to digitize something that you 've drawn or written by hand . The new Moleskine Livescribe notebooks let you do both at the same time .
 The notebooks have been created in partnership with smartpen manufacturer Livescribe , hence the name . They will work with any Livescribe smartpen , including its latest model the Livescribe 3 , which Gizmag featured last year .
 The Moleskine Livescribe uses normal paper with a special dotted pattern , which allows Livescribe smartpens to capture the location of what they write and draw . The pens link to an accompanying iOS app via Bluetooth and are able to duplicate anything that is written or drawn in real - time . This means that digital copies of notes or drawings can be created and saved with no extra time taken .
 Handwriting recognition technology makes it possible for users to convert their handwriting into editable text that can be cut and pasted . Livescribe smartpens can also capture sound , so a user 's work can be accompanied by audio notes .
 The notepads feature on - page icons and additional pull - out sheets of icons , which can be tapped with the tip of the pen to trigger specific actions . The on - page icons can be used to trigger , pause and stop audio recording , as well as tag , flag and star work on a certain page . The additional icon sheets provide a host of functionality options for Livescribe pens , such as setting up and adjusting Wi - Fi connections , pairing with other devices and viewing the smartpen 's status .
 The Moleskine Livescribe notebooks are available now on the Moleskine website retailing at US$ 29.95 .


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Let’s get one thing out of the way before we start. Calcium is not the solution to all things bone. Sure, it’s important. Necessary, even. But once you get enough – and “enough” may be less than you think – piling more on top of that accomplishes very little. In fact, too much calcium can sometimes do more harm than good.
For me, the message is to focus less on how much calcium we get, and more on calcium management. In other words, on the nutrients and habits that help calcium get to the right place, and keep it out of the wrong ones. But we’ll talk more about that later. For now, let’s begin.
What are bones, anyways? Bones are not “dead” like fingernails or hair. They’re made of living, dynamic tissue. Yes, they contain the rock-like mineral calcium, but this calcium is integrated into an organic matrix of cells, protein, blood, and nerves.
Calcium gives bones their rigidity. Without it, our bones would bend and flop about. The protein matrix, on the other hand, gives bones their resilience. Without it, our bones would shatter at the slightest impact, like when you drop a piece of chalk.
There dozens of kinds of cells in bone, but here we’ll focus on two: osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Osteoblasts build up bone – they create the organic matrix for the calcium to settle into. Osteoclasts break down bone – they dissolve the organic matrix, releasing calcium back into the blood. Both are important. Without osteoblasts, you couldn’t build new, resilient bone. Without osteoclasts, you’d never break down old, brittle bone to make room for the new stuff. Osteoclasts also free calcium from the bones for the rest of the body to use.
Osteoclasts and osteoblasts respond to estrogen and other hormones. Most therapies for osteoporosis (natural and pharmaceutical) work through one or both these cell types.
Prescription Treatments for Osteoporosis and Osteopenia include the bisphosphonate drugs (Fosamax™, Actonel™, Boniva™, etc.), teriparatide (Forteo™), and some estrogen-based therapies. It is beyond the scope of this paper to cover these in more than cursory detail.
Bisphosphonates work by inhibiting osteoclast activity – in other words, they slow bone breakdown. Eventually, this leads to improvements in bone density, but not necessarily bone quality. Bisphosphonates are generally not indicated preventatively. But they can reduce fracture risk when there’s already a moderate reduction in bone density.
Teriparatide is administered by injection. Rather than preventing bone breakdown, it stimulates bone growth. Generally, teriparatide is given only when your bones are pretty far gone. It’s usually used for a year (the FDA approves it for a maximum of two years only) to grow bone. Standard practice is to follow a course of teriparatide with bisphosphonates to maintain the growth. Side effects are generally rare, but are worth discussing with a doctor or pharmacist.
A Diet Conducive to Bone Health is a diet conducive to general health. In other words, eat right, and you’re already supporting your bones.
It’s also worth seeking out the foods listed under the various nutrients in the rest of this paper – dietary sources of calcium, magnesium, vitamin D, vitamin K, etc. (We’ll cover most of these next month).
We should also look at dietary approaches to inflammation and acid/alkaline balance.
(grazing or foraging in their natural habitat) animal products1. Avoid excesses of sugars and simple starches, and foods that are browned to a crisp. Instead seek out a diet of whole foods, mostly plants – especially those that can stain your clothing.
To increase pH (become more alkaline) again seek out a largely plant-based diet, rich in non-starchy vegetables. Drink mineral water. Avoid carbonated beverages (except mineral water).
A cup of coffee, a glass of wine? Both are fine. But regular excesses of caffeine or alcohol can begin to strip the bones.
The key take-away here is “use ‘em or lose ‘em!” In other words, put weight on those bones now. Walking – just plain walking – is among the best things you can do. Jumping rope is even better – as long as you don’t trip and fall. It is also worth exploring yoga or some form of low-impact martial art. These are all forms of weight-bearing exercise – which is not the same as weight-lifting. Here, weight-bearing means putting weight on your bones.
Calcium: To repeat, calcium isn’t everything. But it’s still important. So how much should we get? The answer may surprise you.
Normally I don’t like to cite “experts.” You can find an “expert” to agree with almost anything. But I figure if I’m going to disagree with half a century of nutritional dogma, I better have at least one expert on my side. So allow me to turn to arguably the most respected individual at the intersection of Nutrition and Epidemiology in the world today. Dr. Walter Willett is head of the Nurse’s Health Study – the largest study on human nutrition in the history of the United States. He heads the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. He’s authored numerous textbooks, and over a thousand journal articles. He’s vegetarian, incidentally. He not anti-vitamins. And Dr. Willett says that 600 mg a day of calcium is plenty2.
Dr. Willett cites the science. In reviewing dozens if not hundreds of published papers, he says he simply hasn’t seen compelling evidence that going any higher than 600 mg is worth it. Meanwhile, there is evidence that 1,000 mg or more may be harmful, increasing the risk of heart disease, although this caution probably doesn’t apply to food sources of calcium4.
What about the different kinds of calcium? Don’t some absorb better than others? Well, yes… but again, it’s not nearly so simple. The vast majority of the research looks at absorption into the bloodstream. This misses the point. Most of us absorb calcium into the bloodstream just fine. What we need to be concerned about is getting it from the bloodstream into the bone.
getting from there into the bone. These forms include microcrystalline hydroxyapatite, as well as the various calciums derived from seaweed and eggshell5.
To be clear, calcium carbonate is our least desirable form – the worst at getting absorbed, no matter how you look at it. Carbonate also needs stomach acid to get digested. With vigorous digestion (think: can you eat half a pizza with impunity?) it can almost rival a calcium citrate. With diminished digestive capacity, however, including anyone on acid-blocking drugs, absorption drops off significantly. And of course, since calcium carbonate depletes stomach acid, even digestion that’s strong to begin with can become impaired.
Calcium citrate and hydroxyapatite (plain hydroxyapatite; not the superior microcrystalline hydroxyapatite) are better. They get into the blood fine and don’t impair digestion. They’re good for when the point of taking a calcium supplement is… to supplement a diet low in calcium. But they still don’t do anything proactive. Microcrystalline hydroxyapatite and the seaweed-derived calciums are probably best to address diminishing bone density. There are good preliminary results from the studies out there. Although, to be completely honest, the research is still in its infancy6.
Food sources of calcium include dairy (of course!), including milk, yogurt, cheese, and whey protein. Other good sources are leafy greens (collards are among the best), soy foods (especially tofu), some mineral waters (check the label), old-fashioned bone broth, beans, almonds, sesame, and fish with small bones that you eat (sardines and anchovies, for example).
Finally, we should remember that calcium isn’t just for the bones. The brain and the heart both need calcium, too – and with much greater urgency. If blood calcium levels begin to drop, even a little, the body maintains those levels by using the bones as a “calcium bank.” Unfortunately, it’s a lot easier to make a withdrawal from this bank than it is to make a deposit. Long story short: one of the best ways to keep from depleting your bones is to keep blood levels of calcium consistent by getting small amounts of calcium throughout the day. In this case, it doesn’t matter if it’s food or a supplement. Large amounts once a day won’t get the job done.
Next month: magnesium, vitamin D, vitamin K, strontium, and more!

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Let ’s get one thing out of the way before we start . Calcium is not the solution to all things bone . Sure , it ’s important . Necessary , even . But once you get enough – and “ enough ” may be less than you think – piling more on top of that accomplishes very little . In fact , too much calcium can sometimes do more harm than good .
 For me , the message is to focus less on how much calcium we get , and more on calcium management . In other words , on the nutrients and habits that help calcium get to the right place , and keep it out of the wrong ones . But we ’ll talk more about that later . For now , let ’s begin .
 What are bones , anyways ? Bones are not “ dead ” like fingernails or hair . They ’re made of living , dynamic tissue . Yes , they contain the rock - like mineral calcium , but this calcium is integrated into an organic matrix of cells , protein , blood , and nerves .
 Calcium gives bones their rigidity . Without it , our bones would bend and flop about . The protein matrix , on the other hand , gives bones their resilience . Without it , our bones would shatter at the slightest impact , like when you drop a piece of chalk .
 There dozens of kinds of cells in bone , but here we ’ll focus on two : osteoblasts and osteoclasts . Osteoblasts build up bone – they create the organic matrix for the calcium to settle into . Osteoclasts break down bone – they dissolve the organic matrix , releasing calcium back into the blood . Both are important . Without osteoblasts , you could n’t build new , resilient bone . Without osteoclasts , you ’d never break down old , brittle bone to make room for the new stuff . Osteoclasts also free calcium from the bones for the rest of the body to use .
 Osteoclasts and osteoblasts respond to estrogen and other hormones . Most therapies for osteoporosis ( natural and pharmaceutical ) work through one or both these cell types .
 Prescription Treatments for Osteoporosis and Osteopenia include the bisphosphonate drugs ( Fosamax ™ , Actonel ™ , Boniva ™ , etc . ) , teriparatide ( Forteo ™ ) , and some estrogen - based therapies . It is beyond the scope of this paper to cover these in more than cursory detail .
 Bisphosphonates work by inhibiting osteoclast activity – in other words , they slow bone breakdown . Eventually , this leads to improvements in bone density , but not necessarily bone quality . Bisphosphonates are generally not indicated preventatively . But they can reduce fracture risk when there ’s already a moderate reduction in bone density .
 Teriparatide is administered by injection . Rather than preventing bone breakdown , it stimulates bone growth . Generally , teriparatide is given only when your bones are pretty far gone . It ’s usually used for a year ( the FDA approves it for a maximum of two years only ) to grow bone . Standard practice is to follow a course of teriparatide with bisphosphonates to maintain the growth . Side effects are generally rare , but are worth discussing with a doctor or pharmacist .
 A Diet Conducive to Bone Health is a diet conducive to general health . In other words , eat right , and you ’re already supporting your bones .
 It ’s also worth seeking out the foods listed under the various nutrients in the rest of this paper – dietary sources of calcium , magnesium , vitamin D , vitamin K , etc . ( We ’ll cover most of these next month ) .
 We should also look at dietary approaches to inflammation and acid / alkaline balance .
 ( grazing or foraging in their natural habitat ) animal products1 . Avoid excesses of sugars and simple starches , and foods that are browned to a crisp . Instead seek out a diet of whole foods , mostly plants – especially those that can stain your clothing .
 To increase pH ( become more alkaline ) again seek out a largely plant - based diet , rich in non - starchy vegetables . Drink mineral water . Avoid carbonated beverages ( except mineral water ) .
 A cup of coffee , a glass of wine ? Both are fine . But regular excesses of caffeine or alcohol can begin to strip the bones .
 The key take - away here is “ use ‘ em or lose ‘ em ! ” In other words , put weight on those bones now . Walking – just plain walking – is among the best things you can do . Jumping rope is even better – as long as you do n’t trip and fall . It is also worth exploring yoga or some form of low - impact martial art . These are all forms of weight - bearing exercise – which is not the same as weight - lifting . Here , weight - bearing means putting weight on your bones .
 Calcium : To repeat , calcium is n’t everything . But it ’s still important . So how much should we get ? The answer may surprise you .
 Normally I do n’t like to cite “ experts . ” You can find an “ expert ” to agree with almost anything . But I figure if I ’m going to disagree with half a century of nutritional dogma , I better have at least one expert on my side . So allow me to turn to arguably the most respected individual at the intersection of Nutrition and Epidemiology in the world today . Dr. Walter Willett is head of the Nurse ’s Health Study – the largest study on human nutrition in the history of the United States . He heads the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health . He ’s authored numerous textbooks , and over a thousand journal articles . He ’s vegetarian , incidentally . He not anti - vitamins . And Dr. Willett says that 600 mg a day of calcium is plenty2 .
 Dr. Willett cites the science . In reviewing dozens if not hundreds of published papers , he says he simply has n’t seen compelling evidence that going any higher than 600 mg is worth it . Meanwhile , there is evidence that 1,000 mg or more may be harmful , increasing the risk of heart disease , although this caution probably does n’t apply to food sources of calcium4 .
 What about the different kinds of calcium ? Do n’t some absorb better than others ? Well , yes … but again , it ’s not nearly so simple . The vast majority of the research looks at absorption into the bloodstream . This misses the point . Most of us absorb calcium into the bloodstream just fine . What we need to be concerned about is getting it from the bloodstream into the bone .
 getting from there into the bone . These forms include microcrystalline hydroxyapatite , as well as the various calciums derived from seaweed and eggshell5 .
 To be clear , calcium carbonate is our least desirable form – the worst at getting absorbed , no matter how you look at it . Carbonate also needs stomach acid to get digested . With vigorous digestion ( think : can you eat half a pizza with impunity ? ) it can almost rival a calcium citrate . With diminished digestive capacity , however , including anyone on acid - blocking drugs , absorption drops off significantly . And of course , since calcium carbonate depletes stomach acid , even digestion that ’s strong to begin with can become impaired .
 Calcium citrate and hydroxyapatite ( plain hydroxyapatite ; not the superior microcrystalline hydroxyapatite ) are better . They get into the blood fine and do n’t impair digestion . They ’re good for when the point of taking a calcium supplement is … to supplement a diet low in calcium . But they still do n’t do anything proactive . Microcrystalline hydroxyapatite and the seaweed - derived calciums are probably best to address diminishing bone density . There are good preliminary results from the studies out there . Although , to be completely honest , the research is still in its infancy6 .
 Food sources of calcium include dairy ( of course ! ) , including milk , yogurt , cheese , and whey protein . Other good sources are leafy greens ( collards are among the best ) , soy foods ( especially tofu ) , some mineral waters ( check the label ) , old - fashioned bone broth , beans , almonds , sesame , and fish with small bones that you eat ( sardines and anchovies , for example ) .
 Finally , we should remember that calcium is n’t just for the bones . The brain and the heart both need calcium , too – and with much greater urgency . If blood calcium levels begin to drop , even a little , the body maintains those levels by using the bones as a “ calcium bank . ” Unfortunately , it ’s a lot easier to make a withdrawal from this bank than it is to make a deposit . Long story short : one of the best ways to keep from depleting your bones is to keep blood levels of calcium consistent by getting small amounts of calcium throughout the day . In this case , it does n’t matter if it ’s food or a supplement . Large amounts once a day wo n’t get the job done .
 Next month : magnesium , vitamin D , vitamin K , strontium , and more !