perugia press is an american not-for-profit poetry press located in florence , massachusetts and founded in 1997 by editor and director susan kan .

the press publishes one collection of poetry each year , by a woman poet chosen from its annual book contest , the perugia press prize .

notable authors published by perugia press include diane gilliam fisher ( kettle bottom , 2004 ) , melanie braverman , frannie lindsay , jennifer k. sweeney , lynne thompson , and nancy k. pearson .

authors have been recipients many awards including the james laughlin award , the l. l. winship/pen new england award , the great lakes colleges association new writers award , the ohioana library association poetry book of the year award , the pushcart prize , nea literature fellowships , massachusetts cultural council grants , and numerous other honors .

perugia press titles have been reviewed by valparisio poetry review , prairie schooner , blackbird , and other publications .

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perugia press is open to considering hybrid forms , including those incorporating visuals or created in collaboration .
susan kan , the founding director of perugia press , in the home office of rebecca olander , who is taking the reins of the women’s poetry press .
florence , ma : perugia press , 2004 . isbn : 0 - 9660459 - 7 - 1 $ 15 . 00
since 1997 , perugia press has been publishing first and second books of poetry by women . we publish . . .
perugia press , poetry prize , p . o . box 60364 , florence , ma 01062 . rebecca olander , director .
above , perugia press founding director susan kan , left , is turning the job over to rebecca olander , right , who has set up an office for the press in her florence home .
jendi reiter conducted this exclusive email interview with susan kan , editor of perugia press . ms . kan has an mfa in creative writing from warren wilson college . she directs perugia press from her home in florence , massachusetts . every year since 1997 , perugia has published a new first or second book of poetry by an american woman . the average press run is 500 - 750 copies . this year for the first time , the press is sponsoring a poetry contest to find its featured author for the year . the perugia press intro award is accepting entries between august 1 and november 15 , and offers a prize of $ 1 , 000 . visit perugia ' s website to read sample poems from their past books and order copies .
perugia press began in 1997 as a publishing experiment with gail thomas’s beautiful poems about loss and survivorship . once the poems were collected and bound in finding the bear , press founder susan kan saw the powerful impact of making books .
before long , perugia press became a nonprofit organization with irs 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) tax exemption status , and launched a national competition for first or second books of poetry by women . now named the perugia press prize , the popular , annual contest is proving that excellence comes this way : one book at a time . in 2016 , perugia press welcomed a new director , rebecca olander , who continues to build on the strong foundation established under susan kan’s direction .
a new small press out of iowa , maintenance ends , publishes its inaugural novel this november . it is , so to speak , the avant - garde wing of ice cube press .
susan kan smiles a bit ruefully as she recalls the early days at perugia press , when she would deliver poetry manuscripts she’d received to her volunteer readers — “screeners” — for an initial read .
and after heading the press since she began it in 1997 , kan is transferring the reins to rebecca olander , a poet and editor who also teaches writing at westfield state university ; she’s been involved with perugia in various capacities for about seven years , including serving on the press’ board of directors .
tell us a bit about perugia . what are your influences , your aesthetic , your mission ?
perugia press is a small and sturdy press . actually , we’re tiny . however , we get more than 500 submissions for each year’s perugia press prize . we charge $ 26 for the submission . that rate is based on the going rate , which makes sense . in the last 20 years , so much in printing has become electronic and streamlined , so the costs have gone down . i’m not complaining . sure , paper might be more expensive , say , but so many other time - related costs are down .
perugia press is a nonprofit poetry press publishing one collection of poetry each year , by a woman at the beginning of her publishing career . our mission is to produce beautiful books that interest long - time readers of poetry and welcome those new to poetry . we also aim to celebrate and promote poetry whenever we can .
as perugia says on its website , “excellence comes this way : one book at a time . ”
to do that , kan and olander said , perugia press incorporated as a nonprofit and decided to sponsor the annual competition to find new women poets who had not previously published a book , or had only published one .
q : tell me about the history of perugia press . when was it founded , and by whom ? what was its raison d ' être , or editorial philosophy ? what is your own background in the poetry world ?
today , perugia press , like other publishers , relies on electronic submissions and other technological changes that have made the logistics of publishing easier . but one thing that hasn’t changed is the mission of the florence press : publishing the work of one new female poet each year , following a contest that can attract more than 500 applicants from across the country .
i began perugia press when i saw that many of the poets i knew had fantastic poetry manuscripts that they couldn’t get published . around the same time , a good friend of mine self - published a book about the umass basketball team . his book looked like a “real” book , and he encouraged me to make books . it’s funny that a sportswriter inspired this poetry press !
this month , perugia celebrates 20 years as a women’s press with a number of events — readings , workshops , a q & a session with poets , an anniversary party — at which several past winners of the annual contest will speak ( see sidebar ) .
q : perugia exclusively publishes poetry by women , and the contest is also for women only . why do you see the need for a women - only press , since women seem to be well - represented among famous contemporary poets and contributors to leading literary magazines ?
a prize of $ 1 , 000 and publication by perugia press is given annually for a first or second poetry collection by a woman . submit a manuscript of 45 to 85 pages with a $ 27 entry fee by november 15 . visit the website for complete guidelines .
end - of - year free book lottery ! go to the perugia press website , choose a book , then send an email ( via the website contact page ) with your address and book choice by year ' s end . five randomly chosen winners will be sent books . urltoken
when i made our first book—gail thomas’ finding the bear —i wasn’t really thinking i was starting a press . however , i loved the process so much that i published a second book and formally launched the press . this was in 1997 after i finished an mfa in creative writing at warren wilson .
how do you cope ? there’s been a lot of conversation lately about charging reading fees , printing costs , rising book costs , who should pay for what , etc . do you have any opinions on this , and would you be willing to share any insights about the numbers at perugia press ?
and when confronted with the statistics about gender inequality in publishing , it’s clear we have work to do . some people believe the reason for discrepancies between men and women is that men are simply writing better books . at perugia press , we are convinced otherwise and are doing our part to tip the scales into balance .
corrie williamson , a montana poet who won the 2014 perugia press for “sweet husk , ” a collection of poems that celebrate the natural world in particular , said her book “has absolutely been a boon” to her writing , helping to open doors for more readings and panel appearances and for publishing additional poems in a range of journals .
a : in the past , the manuscripts have been read and screened by previous perugia press poets . this year , with the contest and increased advertising , i expect a lot more submissions , so the manuscripts will be screened and selected by a panel of poets , scholars , and poetry readers . previous perugia press poets are my most reliable readers , and i consider them both representatives of and partners in the press . part of my mission is to publish poetry that is enjoyable to a large readership , poetry that is not unnecessarily clever or referential , and that evades an unfortunate trend toward what mary jo salter once described to me as
willed obscurity .
that is why i like to have many readers and a cooperative selection process , rather than one final judge . i expect 20 - 25 manuscripts will make it to the final round .
in fact , kan and olander say they see perugia as a launching pad for female poets , and they point to a number of other awards their authors have won .
perugia press seeks to promote diversity and highlight marginalized and underrepresented voices in our publications , and to that end we encourage submissions written by poets of all abilities , ages , and sexual orientations , and from across all cultural , socio - economic , ethnic , racial , and religious backgrounds . we welcome submissions from across the globe , though they must be written in english .
the 2016 perugia press prize winner— guide to the exhibit by lisa allen ortiz—is the 20th book we’re publishing , marking our 20th anniversary ! excellence comes best this way : one book at a time . i can spend a whole year with undivided attention on the project . and the one - book - at - a - time strategy has created a buzz : people want to know who will win the perugia press prize each year . we have resisted the pressure to expand , and that has paid off . our books keep winning national contests , including amanda auchter’s the wishing tomb which won the pen center usa award , and jennifer sweeney’s how to live on bread and music , which won the james laughlin award from the academy of american poets .
q : does perugia have a preference for narrative or straightforward free verse over more formal poetry ( e . g . marilyn hacker ) or experimental ( e . g . jorie graham ) ?
this was before the internet completely took off , and kan , perugia’s founder and longtime director , would have well over 400 paper copies of poetry collections to hand off to her 25 readers .
perugia’s goals have long been tightly focused — not just to publish a talented new woman poet each year but to advance interest in poetry in general . rather than trying to publish multiple titles , kan said , the press has sponsored its annual contest , with a $ 1 , 000 prize , to find “the best new women poets out there” and work very closely with them to produce one well - designed book yearly .
independent presses are independent . that means we can do what we want , as long as we can afford it . i love that freedom . sometimes i can get stuck looking around at what other presses are doing and feel competitive , which is ridiculous and antithetical to poetry . so i strive to run the press in a way that works for me and all the people who help out with the press—the board of directors , screeners , judges , the poets themselves .
and amanda auchter , perugia’s 2012 winner for “the wishing tomb , ” won the 2013 pen center usa award — that recognition goes to writers living west of the mississippi river — for poetry for that same collection .
q : this is the first year that perugia is offering a manuscript contest . why did you decide to start a contest ? is the contest in addition to your normal manuscript submission process , or a replacement for it ?
between that and the experience kan says she’s gained working as an editor for 20 years with perugia’s winners — “they’ve taught me so much , ” she said — it’s generally not hard to select the top submissions to each year’s contest .
financially , kan said , perugia has balanced its budget and turned a small profit over the years through entrance fees from its annual contest , book sales , donations and some grants — and olander says she sees no reason that pattern won’t continue .
diane gilliam fisher was born and raised in columbus , ohio . she received an individual artist fellowship from the ohio arts council in 2003 , and kettle bottom received the 2004 intro award from perugia press , a poetry publisher based in florence , ma . her first book , one of everything , was published by the cleveland poets series in 2003 . fisher holds a ph . d . in romance languages and literature from the ohio state university and an mfa from the warren wilson program for writers . she lives in brimfield , ohio .
a : yes , this is the inaugural year for the perugia press intro award . the decision to run a contest wasn ' t easy . there are very few presses that still have an open submission policy , and that ' s too bad , especially for the poets . presses run contests because without the entry fees , they couldn ' t stay afloat , and that ' s my reason as well . i am only able to publish one book each year , and for 2003 , it will be the intro award winner .
a : perugia press was founded in 1997 when i was moved to publish finding the bear by gail thomas . her work and her struggle to publish inspired me to found the press and do my part to get unknown but very worthy voices into print . my mission is to publish women at the beginning of their publishing careers—first or second books only—giving each poet ample say in the making of her book . my background in poetry is largely self - taught , although i did study english in college and took some poetry classes in graduate school . since dr . seuss and a . a . milne , i ' ve been drawn to rhythm and sounds in words . i have written some poetry myself , but i studied fiction writing in graduate school . i am struck by how often the highest praise for prose is that it ' s
almost like poetry .
kan , who ran the press from her home ( olander will now do it from hers ) , developed a group of volunteers to read submitted manuscripts and make recommendations for a selection of 16 semifinalists ; that latter list is then whittled down to three finalists before kan , with recommendations from her volunteers , picks the winner .
for instance , nancy k . pearson , who won perugia’s 2008 prize for her collection “two minutes of light , ” has since received a number of awards , including a 2009 a pen / new england award for best collection of poetry ; past pen / new england literary winners include andre dubus . tracy kidder , and mary oliver .
part of her motivation stemmed from the difficulty poets generally have in getting their work published — and the specific problems female poets and writers face . the perugia website includes statistics on the historical winners of major literary awards such as the pulitzer and nobel prizes , which all tilt heavily to men . in addition , the site says , 75 percent of american poet laureates have been men .
kan , who has a master’s degree in creative writing and has also written poetry , says she began the press as an experiment . a friend of hers , valley poet gail thomas , was having trouble finding a publisher . kan , a freelance copyeditor , decided she’d find a way to get thomas’ work into a book ; she worked with thomas to fine - tune her poems , read up on publishing and layout and worked with printers and artists on a book design .
a : publicizing poetry books and authors is an ongoing challenge . i do the usual things : a large mailing announcing each book , both paper and electronic ; i send out review copies , make as many contacts as i can in the publishing world , and set up readings . readings are the best way to hear the poetry and sell books . i have developed a nice working relationship with local booksellers and we often sponsor readings together , taking advantage of each others ' mailing lists . i also expect the poet to promote her own book . perugia poets have had a wide variety of recognition . in 2000 , writers digest did a nice article on their ten picks of
poets to watch ,
and almitra david was chosen . then , this past year , catherine anderson ' s poem
womanhood
was selected by billy collins to be part of his poetry 180 high school program . he chose one poem for every day of the school year , to be read over the pa system each morning . gail thomas has published a second beautiful book called no simple wilderness : an elegy for swift river valley . it ' s a good thing , since her first book , finding the bear , is sold out . janet aalfs has a new chapbook since publishing reach . and the press received a grant to sponsor a national poetry month reading series in 2003 .
q : i ' ve been reading two of perugia ' s recent titles , a wound on stone by faye george and the work of hands by catherine anderson , both of which were impressive . anderson reminds me of philip levine —her directness , her spare and unsentimental but somehow heroic depictions of working - class characters . her political poems are chillingly matter - of - fact pictures of oppression , similar to carolyn forche ' s , as if to say that the ease with which atrocities become normal is what makes them so terrible . both authors make powerful use of understatement , letting anger or grief show through precisely in what they don ' t say . george in particular has a clean , deceptively simple style , like someone who has cleared her mind after great suffering and is looking the future straight in the eye . i ' d like to hear what you ( or the editorial board ) were thinking when you selected these works for publication . are they representative of the type of poetry you ' re seeking ?
a : that women are well - represented is a misconception . for example , urltoken just published a study about the number of women published in the new yorker in the last year . the research shows that this year , only 24 % of the writers for the magazine have been women . of those , most are staff writers . rarely are women writers represented in the high - profile feature articles at the beginning of the magazine . and some weeks , not a single woman appears in the whole magazine . and this is one of the most elite journals to publish poetry . furthermore , the july / august issue of poets and writers has a short piece addressing the issue of awards . according to their research , 22 out of 38 finalists for book awards were male . all but one of the winners and nominees for the 2002 pulitzer prizes in fiction and poetry are male . that ' s not to say that women haven ' t come a long way since emily dickinson . i like to think that most literary journals and presses do make a point to balance who they publish between men and woman . but , basically there ' s plenty of room and need for a press that publishes only women . i tend to read more women poets , though not exclusively .
mary lee allen rebecca black michael collier margaret gibson catherine macdonald william olsen allison seay ron slate susan s . williams david wojahn
in night comes to the cumberlands harry caudill writes , “coal has always cursed the land in which it lies . ” the stories of the men who descend into the mines and the women and children who wait for them to emerge at the end of each shift are the subject of another remarkable volume , poet diane gilliam fisher’s second full - length collection , kettle bottom . set in 1920–21 , a period of violent unrest known as the west virginia mine wars , the poems in kettle bottom combine compelling narratives with the charged , heightened language of lyric poetry . it is an unforgettable combination , one that characterizes the very best contemporary verse . in 2005 kettle bottom was selected by smith college as the summer reading selection for entering students , a singular honor for a volume of poetry .
kettle bottom consists of fifty - one poems divided into three sections , narrated by twenty different speakers . these speakers appear , disappear and reemerge throughout the loosely structured narrative , but their distinctive voices and precisely rendered perspectives are consistent and recognizable ; there is no confusion for the reader as to who is the speaker in each poem . kettle bottom ’s human cast includes the miners and their families ; the town’s schoolteacher , whose poems are in the form of journal entries ; several black miners who are given the most dangerous jobs in the mine , and their families , who are segregated from the white community ; men who are brought in as scabs during a strike ; a family of italian immigrants who have been tricked into working and living in coal country ; and even the mine owners . this world is compassionately and believably rendered by fisher , who does not flinch in the face of its historical and human complexity .
“explosion at winco no . 9 , ” the book’s first poem , provides a kind of template for the poems that will follow . an account of the aftermath of a mine disaster , it is told in the voice of maude stanley , the young wife of a miner who has just died in the explosion . as the poem begins , she describes the ghastly business that is left to the women after the catastrophe : they must identify the bodies of their husbands , sons , and brothers . the speaker’s tone is flat but chilling as she describes the task :
it is true that it is the men that goes in , but it is us that carries the mine inside . it is us that listens to what they are scared of and takes the weight of it from them , like handing off a sack of meal . us that learns by heart how the teeth set crooked or straight . us that picks up the pieces .
fisher’s strategy—a series of linked monologues—is not without risks , especially given the dramatic stories and historically charged setting of kettle bottom . to her credit , fisher does not lapse into sentimentality nor does she make simple heroes of her narrators . instead she moves into a realm where story and poetry support one another to achieve genuine narrative momentum and emotional intensity .
i turned the quilt over on the bed when the neighbor women come in to cover the mirrors and stop the clocks , hang black crepe over the doorframe .
not a old feedsack quilt , but a wreath of hollyhocks , cut from aunt zelly’s pattern and done up from a piece of double pink mamma brought me from kermit , soft nile green for the leaves , and new bleached muslin to put it on . ( from “pink hollyhocks” )
fisher’s poems deftly move between modest and largely feminine domestic space and the stunning but perilous landscapes of the mountain region and its coalmines .
the poems in kettle bottom brim with rich biblical allusions that are employed in surprising and effective ways . in “abe” the narrator is a miner’s wife who discovers that she is pregnant , and despite her misgivings about the impending strike and the uncertainty of the future , decides to have the child . in considering what she might name the baby , she says ,
henry is happy . he wants clairy , after his mama , if it’s a girl . i said , quick - like , if it’s a boy , abraham , for daddy—but call him abe . i don’t care for abraham . i would not want a name such as would fool a son up the mountain to his death . but i can go with abe—his secret , real name will be abednego . i want my boy such a name as talks back to kings and walks right out of a fiery furnace .
with its outright rejection of abraham’s unflinching obedience to god and its unexpected turn towards a little known old testament figure—abednego , who escapes from the “fiery furnace” of babylon—the poem tackles a familiar trope in a way that is fresh and moving . it is through gestures like this that fisher transcends the predictable pieties one might associate with this era and these speakers .
“raven light , ” the second section of kettle bottom , is a single , long poem composed of fifteen unnumbered sections . its narrator , nathan stokes , is a young miner trapped after the ceiling has collapsed in another part of the mine where he is working . the rubble of that collapse stands between him and escape , and he has begun to walk away from the disaster , moving in the opposite direction , deeper into the labyrinth of tunnels and caves that honeycomb the mountain . stanzas alternate between stream - of - consciousness descriptions of his desperation and the memories of his life before that day , including the story of his father’s death in a mining accident . an image of his father appears early in this dramatic monologue :
. . . then there he’d be , stomping coal dust off his boots on the porch , his face blacked and shiny , like it had soaked up the dark and give it back alive . he put me in mind of a raven , those times , and he was beautiful to my eyes .
the raven is a spirit , leading the speaker deeper and deeper into the mountain , which swallows whole the lives of its miners .
the twenty - five poems in the book’s third and final section , “winter—summer , ” detail the strike’s violent consequences and unsettling resolution and comprise the narrative climax of kettle bottom . unlike the wrenchingly personal stories of parts i and ii , the poems in part iii are often more overtly political . for example , “journal of katherine terry , ” who is the town’s schoolteacher , describes how an innocent gesture by a grieving wife sets in motion a protracted and violent strike :
the lost , they tell me , are almost never found , their bodies left adrift , comfortless in the unhallowed mountain like the sailors lost in the ocean’s deep sift . she did not speak , only turned the bucket upside - down—the miners’ way to signal a strike . henry burgess turned his , the gesture caught , swept through the crowd , and so it was decided—the men were going out .
this final section includes the poems most deeply informed by a formal historical narrative . it is indignant and spirited in its depiction of how badly the government and coalmine owners mistreated miners and their families . as the striking miners face down the federal government when it enters the dispute on behalf of the mine owners , the individual voices in each poem form a mosaic of sorrow , defiance , and individual resilience . yet , if there are miscalculations in this excellent book , they happen in this section .
in the poem “dear mr . president , ” the speaker addresses a distant and cruel politician , warren harding , who treats the miners’ strike as a revolt , sending in federal troops and planes loaded with poisonous gas to quell the strike . while this is historically accurate , the narrator’s defiant and astonished letter - poem does not resonate with the emotional acuity of the other poems in this section :
a lot of us down here has been to the war , and all of us has been in the mines . you can kill us , mr . president , we all know that . but what in the world makes you think you can scare us ?
still , one can understand fisher’s decision to write a poem that expresses the indignation and anger the miners must have felt during this period , for the struggles of the labor union movement in the twenties and thirties are well known . this is the difficulty of poetry that is so firmly rooted in narrative and history : can the poet tell what is objectively true using the highly compressed language and oblique strategies of poetry ? in kettle bottom , fisher offers an original and compelling exploration of this question .
kettle bottom tells the stories of this embattled community with empathy and eloquence . its narrative coherence , robust language , and emotional integrity invite readers to savor it as both lyric and story ; it bears up under repeated readings because of its strength on both of these fronts . this is poetry that offers the consolation of art and imagination to a history marred by violence and tragedy of epic proportion .
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fisher mines this dark chapter in american labor history , delving into the human condition by way of inhumane conditions . her pillars are the tools of her craft : authentic voices , well - researched vernacular , and moving , verisimilar details of daily life . . . .
are temporary load - bearing walls of coal in the
rooms
of mines . their removal presents a particular hazard , as one speaker tells us :
we come back in when the rooms is all mined and pull them down , we don’t leave nothing behind . i’ve knowed three men’s died that way , nothing left of them but their names— roof don’t hold too long without no walls . [ “sampson” ]
explores the west virginia mine wars of 1920 - 21 . fisher mines this dark chapter in american labor history , delving into the human condition by way of inhumane conditions . her pillars are the tools of her craft : authentic voices , well - researched vernacular , and moving , verisimilar details of daily life in a place where “dark come earlier every day” [ “raven light” ] .
american popular culture has a certain fascination with coal mining . the pre - disco bee gees had a hit with “new york mining disaster 1941 ; ” post - “carrie” sissy spacek earned an oscar
; and the pennsylvania miners trapped for three days in 2002 were barely out of the shaft before they faced pitches from film producers competing to script their saga . perhaps our interest is primal , based on the universal fear of being buried alive , à la poe . or maybe coal mining is wrapped up in our collective guilt about having others do our dirty work for us . whatever the reason , there will be , i’m certain , a visceral interest in the content of fisher’s book .
at a certain point in a collection like this , however , creativity must take over where content leaves off . i’m happy to say that in this department , fisher strikes gold . there’s the widow who identifies her husband’s body from the calico patch she sewed on his shirt :
i didn’t have nothing to patch with but my old blue dress , and ted didn’t want floweredy goods on his shirt . i told him , it’s just under your arm , ted , it ain’t going to show . they brung out the bodies , you couldn’t tell . i seen a piece of my old blue dress on one of them bodies , blacked with smoke , but i could tell it was my patch , up under the arm . [ “explosion at winco no . 9” ]
it don’t do to think too much about it . the others is all going back in . first you got to eat , then you can think about thinking . [ “henry burgess decides to go back in” ]
robert davis’s father and two brothers are dead and nathan stokes is missing . when they told mrs . davis , she slid down on herself like melting wax on a candle then shook off the women who rushed to hold her . [ “journal of catherine terry , 5 december 1920” ] among others , there are children ( “even our spelling words / is rock words , like ‘sediment’ and ‘petrified’” [ “pearlie tells what happened at school” ] ) ; african - americans ( “we all colored / down there in the dirt / and the dark” [ “good man in the mine” ] ) ; and italian immigrants ( “the english is rocky in the mouth , / so many hard sounds they batter the tongue like coal clattering from the tipple” [ “l’inglese” ] ) . even the company owner has his say , finding — much as fisher does throughout the collection — beauty in ugliness :
the coke ovens at night glow orange , like eyes opening on the hillside , like oracles , the founding of a hearth for a new world . [ “beautiful , the owner says” ] the most poignant poems are the “dear hazel” letters in which an older sister pens advice on everything from marriage ( “some men , they get in the mine , and it gets them . they won’t do nothing else , nor care / anymore for what goes on in the sun . ” ) to abortion ( “as for the other thing / you ask , hazel , the answer is this : / three tablespoons of sugar and turpentine . ” ) . the centerpiece of the book is a 10 - page series of thoughts from a miner trapped by a “kettle bottom , ” a collapse that results when a several - hundred - pound petrified tree trunk drops through a mine’s roof . this poem , “raven light , ” marks one of the few moments in the book in which fisher falters . the speaker is facing certain death , but his thought process — while full of rich images — feels too organized , too ordered . a true stream - of - consciousness poem would have been harder to follow but more interesting . there are other instances in which parts of poems , particularly endings , seem a little forced . in “sheepskin , ” for example , the speaker talks back to a doctor :
what i know is not wrote on sheepskin , doctor , i told him . i said , what i know is wrote on the wall . it’s a strong ending — maybe too strong . more likely this woman — like most of us — would think of the perfect retort well after she’d left the doctor’s office . i’d find it more credible — and more in keeping with her sense of powerlessness — if the woman had wished , as an afterthought , that she’d spoken these words . another poem , “violet’s wash , ” ends with :
the angel metaphor , lovely as it is , seems a bit too poetic for a miner’s wife . this ending also presents another problem : how is it that our speaker knows , for instance , to hyphenate “burnt - looking” but doesn’t know that “would of” should be “would have” ? if the answer is that she’s speaking , not writing , perhaps this woman is proof that aspiring poets should all go to mining towns instead of m . f . a . programs . the lines , like a few others in the collection , are too elegant by a half , pointing to the dilemma inherent in writing persona poems ( especially those that include , as this book does , “mountain” words like “painter” for “bobcat” and “sang” for “ginseng” ) . it’s hard to know what’s enough and what’s too much .
these are minor criticisms . fisher wanted poems that resonate , and let’s face it , most people don’t think in symbols and similes . a few of the folks in
needed fisher’s help , and , in most cases , the poems are better for it .
bosses begin to edge back toward the hall . i stood in their way . with my right hand i pressed one pillar , the other with my left . i explained—to the mountain we all the same . in this , her second full - length collection , fisher forces her readers to confront the painful realities of poverty , discrimination , brutality , and death . if we try to run , she is there like the angry miner , blocking our way with another poem , another haunting story . our kettle bottom may be an imaginary one , but we are wide - eyed , stricken , and breathless , nonetheless . .
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poets must have no more than one previously published full - length book . you are still eligible if you have published a poetry chapbook / s or books in other genres . you are still eligible if you have published more than one full - length poetry collection in a language other than english .
poets must be women , which is inclusive of transgender women and female - identified individuals . because gender inequality still occurs in publishing , we consider it part of our explicit feminist mission to support and promote women’s voices in print .
individual poems may have been published previously in magazines , journals , anthologies , and chapbooks , but the collection as a whole must be unpublished .
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in japan and europe respectively ) was released in 2001 for the then - fledgling game boy advance and follows the
classic
gradius formula almost to a t . it was also the first gradius title to be developed by a team other than konami ' s own internal development staff ( mobile21 , a japanese joint partnership between nintendo and konami did the honors ) . what is perhaps most notable about the title , however , is its opening sequence which displays a series of screenshots from the gradius series beginning with scrambleâ€”effectively officially introducing it as the first installment in the gradius pedigree .
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dear thomas : where do you draw the
salvation / damnation
line ? ? ? ? if something has no consequences , does it really count as a sin ? ? ? ? if something goes against a commandment , but that action is not a sin , is the commandment wrong ? ? ? ? . blessings .
dear his son : there ' s no controversy about what the bible says . there ' s controversy about the way some people interpret the meaning of being born again . the bible says :
jesus answered , verily , verily , i say unto thee , except a man be born of water and of the spirit , he cannot enter into the kingdom of god .
( jn 3 , 5 ) jesus is explaining exactly how the sacrament works : god gives a specific grace at the same time the minister gives the material sign of it ( the water ) . in other words : we can make a distinction on the theoretical level between the two , the water and the grace , but because they come together we can ' t make a practical distinction . despite what the bible clearly syas , there are people who believe the
born again
process is different than that of baptism . they claim that if you were baptized while being a child , you - as an adult - have to undergo a certain process so you can be
truly born again
. that would mean god ' s grace is subjective and not objective , and that ' s where we do not agree . blessings .
hi shamman : have you noticed how the only church the devil bothers to attack is the catholic church ? ? ? ? ? well , if you haven ' t , then i guess you ' ve been living under a rock . . . . . . . . . . . if you were the devil , which one of these churches you would attack ? ? ? ? ? : a ) the catholic church , founded by jesus christ and the only one to fulfill the mt 16 , 18 prophecy b ) the anglican church , that is o . k . with
active homosexual bishops
and the like c ) some of the 33 , 000 christian
denominations
if you answered
a )
, then you are of course right . i invite you to leave aside all your silly dan - brown - like lies about the only church founded by the lord on earth and convert . blessings !
hi all ! with time i came to realize that what went on in my life was not the devil ' s work but god ' s ! . the bible tells us this :
our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but god disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness . no discipline seems pleasant at the time , but painful . later on , however , it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it .
( heb 12 , 10 - 11 ) it turns out the lord disciplined me and it was for the better ; at the time i couldn ' t understand exactly what was going on , but everything i had to
suffer
taught me a lesson of a lifetime . for all of you who wonder what causes lots of bad things in your life , think about the consequences that situation brings to your life : if the
fruit
is good then it comes from god even if it seems rather difficult to understand . blessings .
actually , there is a reason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the reason is that too many ppl have been deceived by this false doctrine . too many ppl believe in some
label
of
being born again
and think that no matter what they do , they ' ll be saved because of the
born again ritual
. i think that ' s a pretty good reason . blessings .
dear steve hut : so the person doesn ' t have to have faith or repent to be baptized ? that would be news to me . otherwise , yes , i agree with your point . since jesus says you have to be born again to be saved , and christians claim to be saved , then how can you be saved without being born again ? a very inconsistent position , indeed . < { post _ snapback } > i do not claim to be
saved
. you have to persevere till the very end to be saved , that ' s what scripture says , so you have to keep being faithful from baptism to death ( till god grants you life here on earth , that is ) . this is why i say the
born again
doctrine makes no sense whatsoever ; it ' s a doctrine that has no practical consequences because no matter how you put it , you have to persevere till the end . why to believe in a doctrine that is good for nothing ? this is my point . blessings .
hi ernie : the thief was indeed baptized . there are 3 types of baptism : 1 ) baptism of water 2 ) baptism of fire 3 ) baptism of desire the thief received the baptism of desire . the grace is the very same in the 3 of them . then again , this puts you at odds with scripture since the bible talks so much about those sacraments . . . . . . . . . . . ! . this sounds like
optional
and i don ' t think the truth is optional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . if you know something to be true , then you have to live according to that truth and not saying
it ' s all optional
. i think this idea of
optional
is yet another consequence of the
fear of commitment
thing of modern culture . ppl don ' t seem to want to be christians unless the only thing they have to do is to declare one time & one time only jesus as their lord & savior . i believe the exact opposite is true : to be a christian is to have a commitment that lasts a lifetime . blessings .
hi ! & thanx . so basically you believe that the sacrament of baptism carries no particular grace with it ? . if that ' s so , then why you think jesus emphasizes baptism and gives to it the same importance as to preaching the gospel ( mt . 28 , 19 ) ? .
hi all ! . as you may know , the majority of protestants keep at least one sacrament : baptism . sacraments ( baptism included ) provide an objective grace that does not depend on the individual ( if it would , it ' d be subjective ) so baptism is indeed being
born again
. but in protestantism , this
born again
thing teaches that you can divide among baptized ppl , those who are
born again
and those who are not ; it depends on who you ask what is being
born again
but most seem to think that it ' s an intellectual level of realization of one ' s religion ( that implies to talk more about your faith and so on ) . this kind of thought is inconsistent with the reality of baptism itself , because if you believe in the objectivity of grace , then you can ' t at the same time believe in a doctrine that preaches subjectivity of grace ( hence , separating baptism from
born againess
) . so , what you believe is being
born again
? ? ? if a person is baptized and then doing the
born again
thing . . . . . . . . . has that person being born again 3 times ? ? ? or just 2 ? ? ? ? ? ( meaning the first time you were born with the original sin , then being born again through the grace of baptism and then through the experience mentioned above ) . is the content of the born again doctrine biblical , or it ' s just a biblical name with an unbiblical content ? . if you have been baptized but not have the
born again
social distinction . . . . . . does it really matter ? . and last but not least , what ' s the value of this born again
emotional baptism
when compared to the true baptism ? . see you later ! .
dear gianour : i believe sabbath in the ot is saturday as well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but that changes nothing . our lord resurrected on sunday and he presided over the very first eucharist after his resurrection ( and after it was instituted ) on sunday ( lk 24 , 13 ; 30 ) and that ' s why we christians worship on sunday . besides , adventism makes no sense because it relies on the mosaic law but doesn ' t accept it as the whole 613 commandments ; they only accept the
10 commandments
so they say they live by the law but that ' s not true because they just ignore the truth on purpose .
it ' s worth the time but i ' m really tired right now so lemme sum it up : 1 ) i do not believe in mary having other children because the scripture only mentions one
son of mary
and that ' s jesus . the other ones ( jesus ' cousins ) are sons of another mary , not the same person . i will never believe in jesus '
half - brothers
until someone shows me a biblical verse where it says :
lisa , the daughter of mary the mother of jesus
or
bart , the son of mary the mother of jesus
. i ' m sure that ' s not too much to ask because that ' s how the holy scriptures identify someone ' s son or daughter . 2 ) there have been 4 immaculate persons in history : adam , eve , jesus and mary . 3 ) there are 4 persons currently alive in body and soul : enoch , elijah , mary and jesus and the 4 of them appear in revelations precisely because of that same characteristic of having a body ( enoch & elijah are the two witnesses ) .
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welcome to the first installment of figs : a recurring column that looks at particular series , eras , or quirks in gaming history . if it ' s historical or interesting , figs just might cover it ! is there anything you want to see in future installments ? let
n our age of fancy 3ds and 4ds there ' s a kind of game not many people seem to pay much attention to anymore : shooters . classically referred to thusly , but colloquially over the last few years as
shmups
( short for shoot ' em ups ) , these games are products almost wholly of a bygone era : the one when
arcade - perfect
actually meant something in a home conversion and you could measure the amount of entertainment you ' d have at the mall by the size of the lump of quarters in your pocket .
but while the genre ' s been recently undergoing a somewhat innocuous revival at the hands of the hardcore in shmups lovingly placed into the shooter subsection called
bullet - hell
( a classification sure to be dealt with in a future column ) , shooters of the old - style have gone almost completely by the wayside . you see , before you could subsist solely on your pocket of quarters , ensuring that with enough money you would obtain certain and swift domination of whatever arcade game you happened to be standing in front of , a particular company set out to make you feel like you were fighting an enemy with finesse instead of brute force . a player with a single quarter had a chance as great as one with a handful . that company was konami , and those games were
to put it more truthfully , those games were gradius to some of us . in other parts of the world they were
? in actuality , all of these games are gradiuses ! or nemesises . nemises ? to be sure , the gradius series has one of the most title - shifting and confusing pedigrees in gaming history , marked by releases , name - changes , pseudo - sequels , spin - offs , conversions , and ports spanning two decades from arcades to japanese home computers to the ps2 . even
, the ( arguable ) forefather of all traditional multi - level side - scrolling shmups , is now officially part of the gradius series according to konami .
. while all these games went on to become incredibly popular , they shared something in common : all of them took place on a single , static field of play . scramble was different because of what it pioneered : it was the first multi - leveled shooter , with different
levels
seamlessly sliding past your jet ( jet , i guess , since that ' s what your ship ' s called in - game ) as the screen endlessly pushes you forward .
what scramble does that virtually no other shooter following it ( or preceeding it ) does is provide a fuel system , meaning that you get ten points for every second you stay alive since once your
fuel
runs out you die . the only way to rectify this is to shoot little fuel tanks peppering the landscape . in that way the game provides the player with options : keep your jet high and avoid the ground - launched missiles but run out of fuel , or play break - neck daredevil style and risk certain doom in the hopes of staying alive . they ' re crude , but the foundations of the gradius series can be seen here ( which is probably why konami retroactively declared it the first in the series in 2001 ) .
the real game that started it all came four years later in 1985 . gradius ( known upon its original release as nemesis in the united states and europe ) pioneered the hallmarks that would follow the series through its lifespan and influence many other outside games . chief among these is the weapons system , which allows the player to upgrade the vic viper ( the classic gradius ship ) as he or she sees fit . every
capsule
collected advances the slider one notch , with more capsules pushing the indicator to better power - ups . through this system players who value speed over all else can upgrade that first , players who want spread - fire can go for that , shields wait at the end of the bar to protect the ship from incoming fire .
another innovation here is the
option
system ( called
multiples
outside of japan ) .
options
are small orange orbs that follow your ship , serving as invulnerable dispensers of extra firepower . these compound the ship ' s attack strength and range without adding extra liability ( as in earlier shmups like capcom ' s
it ' s at around this point that the gradius chronology begins to become a little tricky to follow . konami of japan first released
to arcades there as a follow - up to gradius with a few marked changes . first of all , the scrolling bar power - up system from the original game was replaced with a simpler upgrade system where options and lasers could be acquired simply by collecting them , no capsule system necessary . in addition , the game added vertical - scrolling levels that would come between horizontal levels . salamander was also one of the first shooters to feature two - player simultaneous play with a second - player buy - in .
and the palettes and stage backgrounds were recolored to fit the game ' s new , american storyline : you are a small ship travelling through a human body to eliminate a giant tumor .
but it doesn ' t end there ! not content to let this exciting new premise pass them by , konami of japan took the american life force , re - drew the previously mechanical , robotic graphics to make them look more organic - styled , and re - instituted the original gradius power - up system ( the upgrade bar ) . this could then probably be deemed the most
definitive
version of salamander , what started as a lightly gradius - inspired experiment ending up as a game cohesively cut from the gradius cloth .
salamander , life force ( us ) , and life force ( japan ) .
after salamander , life force , and a numbered spin - off ( see inset ) , the gradius series continued on in the arcades with this true sequel . never released in north america until its inclusion on a compilation disc for the psp nearly twenty years later ,
in europe ) retained the classic gameplay of the original gradius while adding the ability to choose from four different upgrade bars at the start , each including slightly different power - up arrangements .
another addition was the choice of shield type ; players could pick either the front - shields from the first game , which absorb numerous hits from the front but leave the rest of the ship vulnerable , or a new force - field option which absorbs shots from any direction but can only take three hits before dissipating .
hit arcades in december of 1989 and was reportedly considered so difficult that it was pulled from them not too long after the new year . the chief reason for this difficulty is primarily regarded as the lack of any continue feature whatsoever ; after losing your initial lives you are forced to start over at the beginning of the game . even through arcade operator dip - switches there is no way to enable continuing , though default life allocation can be increased . the japanese release featured a special
beginners
mode that allowed the player to take on the first three levels at a decreased difficulty level—this option was removed from some other releases but offset with a slightly easier level of play .
the game did introduce a series of interesting additions , though : a new edit mode allowing the player to customize their upgrade bar makes its first appearance here , and the fourth stage of the game is a peculiar
third - person
stage where the view shifts to behind the ship in a sort of 3d mode and the player has to avoid coming into contact with the sides of the passageways .
ultimately , gradius iii is widely regarded as being so difficult that many players consider the home port for the super nes to be the superior version due to its much more forgiving difficulty and introduction of a continue system , despite two levels ( one of them the 3d level ) having been removed from the game .
perhaps still wary since the relative failure of gradius iii , konami took their sweet time before issuing another installment of the already storied gradius franchise . when it finally did come out in 1995 , it wasn ' t even
, a sequel ten years removed from the original salamander and the fifth game ( discounting the life force revamps ) in the main series thus far .
like the original salamander , salamander 2 foregos the traditional capsule upgrade system of gradius in favor of upgrade - specific icons that can be collected . options can be consumed to shoot single high - powered lasers , and collecting repeated upgrades to weapons enable temporary high - powered attacks ( lasting no more than a few seconds in duration ) .
in marked contrast and perhaps due to gradius iii ' s inordinately high difficulty level , salamander 2 is one of the few games in the series to re - start the player exactly where they died in the event of a ship being lost instead of starting them over at a level check - point ala gradius . this contrast makes salamander 2 one of the easier games in the gradius saga , but the title is still notable for its graphics , which were quite impressive for a side - scrolling shmup at the time of its release .
much like salamander 2 before it , the next official installment in the main gradius series didn ' t arrive until ten years after the closest predecessor , in this case the infamously challenging gradius iii . while gradius iv doesn ' t do anything markedly different from previous gradius games , it is notable for actively reversing some of the trends that gradius iii started , most specifically elimination of the power - up bar ' s edit mode and difficulty .
in addition , and perhaps to offset the removal of edit mode , two new preset power - up configurations were introduced to bring the total to six selectable choices . new weapons were also implemented , from fire - pillar style bomb to an armor - piercing round that penetrates multiple enemies at once . the game ' s subtitle ,
fukkatsu ,
while being a relatively unfortunate branding decision for english - speakers , translates to
revival
and signifies the series return to relevance . it is perhaps a trifle peculiar then that we don ' t see the series true revival by way of the next installment in the series for another five years .
the first main - series gradius to never get an arcade release ( officially due to a lack of time but perhaps also because of the wavering arcade scene ) also happens to be the most innovative and critically acclaimed since the inception of the series .
, produced from a joint collaboration between konami and treasure ( well - renowned for their experience with
old - school
shooting and ironically originally founded by former konami employees in 1992 ) signals a self - instituted
new direction
for the series , much more receptive towards the changing tastes of long - time shmup fans .
the game introduces for the first time player - controllable options , with a series of configurations allowing the options to be angled , aligned , or even rotated around the vic viper . it also marks the series ' first foray ( save for the relatively unknown solar assault ) into full 3d ; though the graphics are entirely rendered in 3d the perspective remains traditionally two - dimensional . this rendering method allows the camera and backgrounds to swing around the ship and push scenery in and out of perspective , offering new play experiences . in what is perhaps a bit of a throw - back to the classic gradius titles , gradius v is also exceedingly difficult , though not due to any lack of a continue system ( extra
credits
are unlocked as time is logged on the title , a nod to the old coin - drop system of arcades ) .
most interesting about gradius v , however , is its leanings towards the
new - school
bullet - hell styled shooters , with huge series of enemy bullets being tossed at the player , who is required to carefully navigate through it . to accommodate this change the vic viper ' s hitbox has been shrunk , much like other bullet - hell shooters where player craft will sometimes only register hits if enemy fire crosses a single pixel or slightly more . does this design philosophy signal a new direction for the future of the gradius series ?
one thing is certain : despite being one of the original two - dimensional shoot - em - ups with ancestry running all the way back to 1981 , gradius is poised to remain just as relevant and entertaining as it was all the way back then . hopefully konami ensures that there will always be a niche carved out for the gamers that remember the gradius series fondly ( and with any luck , future installments will come to pass with far less confusing name changes ) .
, a vertically - oriented driving game released in 1984 . in this game you have to drive over blinking
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is almost ten times as infuriating as its buddy . you control a helicopter this time , your sole goal being ( according to the game ' s attract screen ) to
invade the base and carry away booty .
unlike scramble , which starts out simple and works the challenge in as you progress through the levels , super cobra pours it on from the start with tight passageways , gun turrets , and relentlessly quick enemy missiles . of quaint note is the fact that the game has no relation to the eventual nes
a recognizable recurring theme to any long - time gradius fan is definitely those weird moai heads ; nearly every gradius features a level where you have to destroy them as they shoot annoying multi - colored rings at the poor vic viper . in fact , the little moai head continues to make its way secretly into konami games even to this day (
contains one hidden in a vent . ) reportedly the fixation comes from a konami staff member who was working on the original gradius ; his forehead was evidently flat and angled like a moai and he earned the nickname
moai
( and recognition in konami ' s games ever since ) .
( with a 2 , not a ii ) was released in 1987 exclusively for the japanese msx home computer . not considered a true sequel , the player controls a ship called
metalion
as opposed to the traditional gradius vic viper .
served as a pseudo - sequel to the main - series gradius ii . it was released in europe as
, making us really wonder how many different variations can possibly exist on the names gradius and nemesis and roman versus arabic numerals .
though many gradius games have been ported to home systems , occasionally they do not faithfully represent their arcade originals . for example , the nes version of life force confusingly is a sort of hybrid between the arcade life force and the original salamander , with certain levels removed to make way for new content . gradius iii for the super nes features an easier difficulty than the arcade version , strips the third - person behind - the - ship level , and adds a new boss .
for the game boy , which confusingly is not a port of the original nemesis / gradius , but instead an amalgamation of gradius and gradius 2 ( the msx spinoff ) . an even more ridiculous piece of trivia is that it was later ported and released on the game boy color in
a quaint curiosity : many konami arcade games of the gradius era have factory - set default high scores of 57300 . in addition to being acceptably challenging marks to reach by players , the
573
can be seen as a japanese play on letters , with go ( meaning five ) , na ( for nana , meaning seven ) , and mi ( an abbreviated form of mitsu , for
third
) making an interesting way of putting
konami
( or something like it ) at the top of every fresh new game .
in 1991 for the little handheld that couldâ€”it broke with tradition by including very few of the traditional gradius thematic staples of stage design or music . it was released in japan as
, despite being not only not a
nemesis
game but also not at all related to gradius ii ( or gradius 2 , for that matter ) . and the naming and numbering fun continues . . .
, a straight - to - the - playstation gradius title in 1997 . incorporating multiple ship selection , new weapon configurations , and seven scalable difficulty settings , gradius gaiden is highly regarded as one of the better gradius titles . though not initially released in north america , it eventually found a home on the psp ' s
. featuring a third - person perspective passively reminiscent of the 3d level from gradius iii , the spin - off was never officially branded a gradius title but borrowed its power - up meter and allowed selection of the vic viper . the title has never been released for any home consoles and remaining arcade cabinets are exceedingly rare .
. using the same basic gameplay structure but parodying their own
serious
titles , the parodious games feature scantily clad women as bosses , judicious uses of moai heads , and main characters riding spread eagle on an assortment of traditional gradius ships including the vic viper .
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weight loss programs include exercises and strict diet plans . it is likely that you have encountered some of them .
some were helpful , but some did the opposite – it made you gain more pounds in the long term .
in today’s busy world , people are always in a hurry . always on the run to meet deadlines and reaching goals .
life can be demanding if we allow it . if we do , it can keep us from doing other things that are actually important but may not seem like it at first — such as preparing our meals , spending time to squeeze in exercises , and yes , attending to family commitments .
your face is always exposed to outside dirt , fumes , and other pollutants from various sources . this is the reason why you should clean your face daily with a safe - to - use solution .
food cravings — we all have that at one time or another especially when you’re pregnant . they are difficult to deal with especially if you want to lose wait or control your food intake .
food that are rich in carbs and fats is the worst enemy of people who follow a strict diet .
another spicy plant is increasingly becoming popular . this mainly of the health benefits it offers in addition to its culinary uses .
your brain is the leader of your body . the brain manages and facilitates all the bodily functions . so as a leader , it is just right and very important to stay it functional and healthy .
every year , new trends are discovered inevitably , especially those which can bring something positive for your overall wellness .
intermittent fasting is buzz right now — particularly in the world of fitness and fat loss . the reason why it is so popular today : simple yet very effective .
in essence it is not a diet , but the timing of your meals . you can then incorporate your preferred diet within the parameters of your ‘timing’ .
you basically choose a time window for fasting and the remaining time of the day will be the eating window . it doesn’t change what you eat , but rather changes when to eat .
you’re maybe familiar with most herbs . you may grow some of them in your garden . for sure , you know that many of these herbs offer various health benefits , distinctive flavors , and fascinating aromas . perhaps you are now enjoying such wonderful gifts of nature in one way or another .
eventhough you’re acquainted with most of them , there are still other herbs ( some are fairly uncommon ) that you may not have encountered or even know .
considering the number of herbs in the world , it’s natural to miss out on some herbs with powerful health benefits .
over the last year , you’ve seen a wide range of food craze ( drinks too ) which changed your attitude towards eating and lifestyle .
this year we expect more alternative methods , substitutes , and newer flavors . 2018 will be focusing more on environmentally - friendly ways of consuming agricultural products .
these are the forecast on new food obsessions and new trends that will rise to prominence . expect more eye - catching food this coming new year as well as surprising concepts that will blow your mind — and tastebuds .
these past years , the food industry has been focusing on different important aspects in food — culinary strategies , innovative foodservice technologies , and modern marketing .
‘a ( n ) [ insert fruit here ] a day keeps the doctor away . ’
this is not just some quip . there’s truth to this — regular fruit eaters are generally healthier than people who are not .
today , heart diseases and cancer rates are getting high . these resulted mostly from unhealthy lifestyle and consumption of processed food products .
in a busy city , ready - to - eat food and flavored drinks are extensively available . yes , they can fill you up and satisfy your taste buds at an instant but most of them are loaded with harmful ingedients which could chip away your health . before you know it , you are already a candidate for lifestyle - related diseases .
mental health is the state of psychological well - being which includes your emotional , psychological , and social well - being .
it affects your way of thinking , how you feel , how you respond , how you cope , and how you interact with others .
so , keeping your mind healthy at every stage of your life is very important , from childhood , to adolescence and to adulthood and even later years of life .
honey had already been popular centuries before modern civilization begun . for centuries , it has been used by many cultures around the world . it served various purposes – in religious ceremonies , embalming the deceased , medical treatments and of course , used in cooking food preparation .
eating fresh fruits everyday is vital to your health , that’s no secret . they are excellent sources of important nutrients for your physical and mental wellness .
because of this fact , fruits are always included in your daily diet . but sometimes , you missed on how to eat these fruits the right way .
mostly , you peel fruits as a traditional way of preparing them , and these skins end up in the compost or in trash cans . you know what you did ? you just stripped away a layer of the fruit which has great nutrient value .
to understand better , here are some facts why you need to consume the following fruits without peeling the skin off .
trick - or - treating is one event which kids love and enjoy to do during halloween . they love dressing up into different costumes , doing face painting and applying scary makeup .
children are very excited to hop from one house to another , doing tricks or collecting candy treats . speaking of candy treats , every year you usually prepare candies just bought from nearby grocery stores or candy shops to avoid any hustle - bustle during halloween .
oryza sativa or commonly known as rice , has different varieties – most popular ones are white rice , brown rice and red rice . the rare type is the black rice .
black rice is an ancient grain in asian countries . it is known as the forbidden rice , because way back in china thousands of years ago , only the emperor or wealthy families could eat black rice .
vervain is a verstile herb . it belongs to verbenacea plant family with a botanical name of verbena officinalis .
others call it with names like juno’s tears , pigeon’s grass , wild verbena or wild hyssop . other varieties of vervain are verbena hastata ( blue vervain ) and verbena urticifolia ( white vervain ) .
vervain is native to the mediterranean region in europe , but grows wildly on bare and dry grounds often along roadsides . it is a slim plant with hairy leaves alternatively arranged in a square - like stem and with a beautiful lilac - colored flowers .
today we are going to be making a matcha face mask . this , again , is super easy , you probably already have the ingredients at home .
matcha , on the other hand , can be hard to find . you can get it from a health food store . otherwise , buy it online and that’s quite easy .
everybody just love eating popcorn when going to the movies , or when you fire up your dvd player to watch a late night flick with family or with your sweetheart at home .
but probably many of you don’t know that this is a considerably healthier snack you’re not eating frequently enough . popcorn is more than a movie buddy — it’s a health snack .
yes its true ! tasty and guilt - free popcorn is a healthy whole grain food that is low in calories and high in fiber . not the one drenched with butter , coloring , additives and different flavors ; but the plain and air - popped popcorn .
preparing food is a fundamental daily human activity . shaped by geography and culture , the preparation of meals vary . the way we cook and serve differ from one culture to another .
karela ( momordica charantia ) is a unique fruit - vegetable food . it derives from a flower and usually bears seeds , and in culinary classification , any part of a plant can be a vegetable – roots , stems , flowers , fruits and leaves .
but whether it’s a fruit or a vegetable , one thing is certain . karela is a healthy food .
now , your kitchen is not just a place to prepare your favorite dishes , but also your source of diy beauty ingredients .
but there are several differences between these cacao and cocoa other than their spelling . each of them has its own unique taste , as well the health benefits and cost . yes , even though they both came from the same source — the
tahini is a paste made from ground sesame seeds . sesame seeds , as you might already know , are packed with vitamins and minerals especially the type with outer hull intact .
tahini is considered to be one of the oldest condiments in the world and plays an important role in cooking sweet and savory cuisines particularly in the past . using tahini now is definitely a very good thing since this paste offers amazing health benefits like other super foods such as walnuts , flax seed , and others .
when it comes to buying milk , you usually pick the one with most nutrients , the tastiest , with minimal processing and which can be used in most of your cooking .
nowadays , plant - based milk substitute is gradually taking over and there is no sign of slowing down . there are dozens of brands and options to choose from . it is just a matter of meeting your preferences .
is one of the oldest cultivated crops in the history . it belongs to a family of wheat and usually known as dinkel wheat in germany , farro wheat in italy , or hulled wheat because it is covered by a tough outer husk or hull which protects the grain against disease - carrying insects and toxic pesticides ; preserving the freshness and nutritive value of the grain .
in your visit in the supermarket or convenience store , you may notice that there are varieties of bottled and flavored water on the aisle . if you are one to study nutritional facts , it would take time analyzing the best healthy beverage for you .
flavored water is specially made for people who dislike the taste of pure spring water or to bored to drink plain water . it offers an alternative to hydrate your body .