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Now that it’s summer I’m going to start with my “currently reading” posts again. Today I began reading … Devil’s Bride,by, Stephanie Laurens. It’s pretty good so far, it’s a murder-mystery-historical-romance novel. I can tell it’s well-written, but right in the beginning the hero and heroine were watching over a dying man in a woodsman’s cottage during a storm and the girl can’t stop paying attention to how well-muscles the hero is (he took off his shirt to wrap around the dying man’s gun-shot wound) and the hero tries to make the heroine uncomfortable by asking her if she’s wearing underdrawers. People please …

Now that it’s summer I’m going to start with my “currently reading” posts again. Today I began reading …

Devil’s Bride,by, Stephanie Laurens. It’s pretty good so far, it’s a murder-mystery-historical-romance novel. I can tell it’s well-written, but right in the beginning the hero and heroine were watching over a dying man in a woodsman’s cottage during a storm and the girl can’t stop paying attention to how well-muscles the hero is (he took off his shirt to wrap around the dying man’s gun-shot wound) and the hero tries to make the heroine uncomfortable by asking her if she’s wearing underdrawers. People please …

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Images by artist Patty Maher, click each image for title. From ArtistADay: “Patty Maher is a self taught photographer who began her journey with photography just a few years ago. Based outside of Toronto, she derives her inspiration from the beautiful countryside in which she lives. In this environment she is moved to tell stories through the art of self portraiture – stories that explore the boundaries between real life and the otherworldly, the surreal and the fantastic. ‘What I love most of all about photography is that it gives me the ability to take random or disconnected pieces of the world and frame them in a way that gives them new meaning. It stretches me to constantly re-envision the world in new ways and to consider what my imagination has not yet described. It allows me to tell stories in a way that are open ended in co-creation with the viewer.’” Images by artist Patty Maher, click each image for title. From ArtistADay: “Patty Maher is a self taught photographer who began her journey with photography just a few years ago. Based outside of Toronto, she derives her inspiration from the beautiful countryside in which she lives. In this environment she is moved to tell stories through the art of self portraiture – stories that explore the boundaries between real life and the otherworldly, the surreal and the fantastic. ‘What I love most of all about photography is that it gives me the ability to take random or disconnected pieces of the world and frame them in a way that gives them new meaning. It stretches me to constantly re-envision the world in new ways and to consider what my imagination has not yet described. It allows me to tell stories in a way that are open ended in co-creation with the viewer.’”

Images by artist Patty Maher, click each image for title.

From ArtistADay:

“Patty Maher is a self taught photographer who began her journey with photography just a few years ago. Based outside of Toronto, she derives her inspiration from the beautiful countryside in which she lives. In this environment she is moved to tell stories through the art of self portraiture – stories that explore the boundaries between real life and the otherworldly, the surreal and the fantastic.

‘What I love most of all about photography is that it gives me the ability to take random or disconnected pieces of the world and frame them in a way that gives them new meaning. It stretches me to constantly re-envision the world in new ways and to consider what my imagination has not yet described. It allows me to tell stories in a way that are open ended in co-creation with the viewer.’”

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Tea contains antioxidants. Antioxidants can help slow down the aging process, and help cells regenerate and repair.  Many studies suggest antioxidants also assist our bodies in preventing cancer. Tea can lower stress hormone levels. Black tea can reduce the effects of stressful events by lowering the amount of the stress hormone cortisol in the body. Tea fights cavities and reduces plaque. Compounds in tea are capable of killing or suppressing growth and acid production of cavity causing bacteria in our mouths. Tea keeps you hydrated. Every cup of tea you drink, especially low or no caffeine varieties, counts as a cup of water with the added bonus of providing antioxidants as well. Tea may reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack. Tea can help prevent formation of dangerous blood clots which are often the cause of strokes and heart attacks. Tea can help lower blood pressure. Drinking green tea daily can reduce your risk of hypertension by up to 50%. Tea aids your body in digestion. Tea has been used for thousands of years as an after-meal digestive aid.  It can also help relieve stomach cramps. Tea may help prevent diabetes. There is some evidence to suggest that green tea might help to lower the risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes. Tea can help beat bacteria. An Egyptian study testing the effects of green tea on antibiotics found the tea to enhance the bacteria killing effects of the drugs. Tea aids your immune defenses. A study comparing the immune activity levels of coffee drinkers vs. tea drinkers found the tea drinkers to have levels up to five times higher.

  1. Tea contains antioxidants. Antioxidants can help slow down the aging process, and help cells regenerate and repair.  Many studies suggest antioxidants also assist our bodies in preventing cancer.
  2. Tea can lower stress hormone levels. Black tea can reduce the effects of stressful events by lowering the amount of the stress hormone cortisol in the body.
  3. Tea fights cavities and reduces plaque. Compounds in tea are capable of killing or suppressing growth and acid production of cavity causing bacteria in our mouths.
  4. Tea keeps you hydrated. Every cup of tea you drink, especially low or no caffeine varieties, counts as a cup of water with the added bonus of providing antioxidants as well.
  5. Tea may reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack. Tea can help prevent formation of dangerous blood clots which are often the cause of strokes and heart attacks.
  6. Tea can help lower blood pressure. Drinking green tea daily can reduce your risk of hypertension by up to 50%.
  7. Tea aids your body in digestion. Tea has been used for thousands of years as an after-meal digestive aid.  It can also help relieve stomach cramps.
  8. Tea may help prevent diabetes. There is some evidence to suggest that green tea might help to lower the risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes.
  9. Tea can help beat bacteria. An Egyptian study testing the effects of green tea on antibiotics found the tea to enhance the bacteria killing effects of the drugs.
  10. Tea aids your immune defenses. A study comparing the immune activity levels of coffee drinkers vs. tea drinkers found the tea drinkers to have levels up to five times higher.

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All works by artist Kim Keever. Click on each image for the title. From ArtistADay: “Kim Keever’s large-scale photographs are created by meticulously constructing miniature topographies in a 200-gallon tank, which is then filled with water. These dioramas of fictitious environments are brought to life with colored lights and the dispersal of pigment, producing ephemeral atmospheres that he must quickly capture with his large-format camera. Keever’s painterly panoramas represent a continuation of the landscape tradition, as well as an evolution of the genre. Referencing a broad history of landscape painting, especially that of Romanticism, the Hudson River School and Luminism, they are imbued with a sense of the sublime. Keever’s staged scenery is characterized by a psychology of timelessness. A combination of the real and the imaginary, they document places that somehow we know, but never were.” All works by artist Kim Keever. Click on each image for the title. From ArtistADay: “Kim Keever’s large-scale photographs are created by meticulously constructing miniature topographies in a 200-gallon tank, which is then filled with water. These dioramas of fictitious environments are brought to life with colored lights and the dispersal of pigment, producing ephemeral atmospheres that he must quickly capture with his large-format camera. Keever’s painterly panoramas represent a continuation of the landscape tradition, as well as an evolution of the genre. Referencing a broad history of landscape painting, especially that of Romanticism, the Hudson River School and Luminism, they are imbued with a sense of the sublime. Keever’s staged scenery is characterized by a psychology of timelessness. A combination of the real and the imaginary, they document places that somehow we know, but never were.”

All works by artist Kim Keever. Click on each image for the title.

From ArtistADay:

“Kim Keever’s large-scale photographs are created by meticulously constructing miniature topographies in a 200-gallon tank, which is then filled with water. These dioramas of fictitious environments are brought to life with colored lights and the dispersal of pigment, producing ephemeral atmospheres that he must quickly capture with his large-format camera.

Keever’s painterly panoramas represent a continuation of the landscape tradition, as well as an evolution of the genre. Referencing a broad history of landscape painting, especially that of Romanticism, the Hudson River School and Luminism, they are imbued with a sense of the sublime. Keever’s staged scenery is characterized by a psychology of timelessness. A combination of the real and the imaginary, they document places that somehow we know, but never were.”

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(Both images by, Charles Emerson, click the picture to find out the title of each.) From ArtistADay: :Charles Emerson received a BFA from Falmouth College of Art in 2004. He has since worked in the advertising industry assisting a wide range of photographers. He shoots his own commercial work as well as personal projects. Earlier this year, his, ‘Buachaille Etive Mor’ was selected to appear in an exhibition of photography at the Royal West of England Academy of Art. Emerson has shot covers for local Bristol arts and culture magazine Crack and was featured in their second issue. He was shortlisted for a Sony World Photography Award in 2011 and featured in Creative Review’s Photography annual.” (Both images by, Charles Emerson, click the picture to find out the title of each.) From ArtistADay: :Charles Emerson received a BFA from Falmouth College of Art in 2004. He has since worked in the advertising industry assisting a wide range of photographers. He shoots his own commercial work as well as personal projects. Earlier this year, his, ‘Buachaille Etive Mor’ was selected to appear in an exhibition of photography at the Royal West of England Academy of Art. Emerson has shot covers for local Bristol arts and culture magazine Crack and was featured in their second issue. He was shortlisted for a Sony World Photography Award in 2011 and featured in Creative Review’s Photography annual.”

(Both images by, Charles Emerson, click the picture to find out the title of each.)

From ArtistADay:

:Charles Emerson received a BFA from Falmouth College of Art in 2004. He has since worked in the advertising industry assisting a wide range of photographers.

He shoots his own commercial work as well as personal projects. Earlier this year, his, ‘Buachaille Etive Mor’ was selected to appear in an exhibition of photography at the Royal West of England Academy of Art.

Emerson has shot covers for local Bristol arts and culture magazine Crack and was featured in their second issue. He was shortlisted for a Sony World Photography Award in 2011 and featured in Creative Review’s Photography annual.”

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