Patrick M. Ohana
Bio
A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.
Stories (482/0)
The Impact of Sardine Consumption on Portuguese Longevity
Abstract Over the past nine millennia, people living in Lusitania, which now encompasses the modern nation-state of Portugal, have been consuming sardines. The Portuguese, both men and women, tend to live longer when extraneous factors are taken out of the equation. Several studies have presented data in support of the sardine consumption-longevity dyad. In the present study, 200 Portuguese and 200 Canadians of Portuguese ancestry were assessed for their sardine consumption habits. It was hypothesised that those consuming more sardines will tend to live longer than those consuming fewer sardines or none, and that expected gender differences pertaining to longevity would be eliminated. While both hypotheses can only find definite support following the postponed demise of the entire sample of 400 individuals in the many years to come, preliminary results seem to offer support in both cases.
By Patrick M. Ohana2 months ago in Feast
“God Only Knows”
The following is a story — probably not a true story — that may have been told by an Auschwitz survivor. It goes like this. God and Satan have an unscheduled meeting around the beginning of 1944, over 56 years before their usually scheduled meeting at the start of each century. Satan calls the meeting, flabbergasted by the sheer enormity of the carnage going on in the death camps, especially Auschwitz.
By Patrick M. Ohana2 months ago in History
I Will Love You for 24,000 Years
In 2013, news appeared about a newly found world, nicknamed “Einstein’s planet”, that orbits its star every 36 hours. It is located around 2,000 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. Since a year is so short on this planet, any intelligent life must be very brilliant.
By Patrick M. Ohana2 months ago in Poets
Two Souls in Love
Once upon a time, in some specific recess of the Cosmos, two souls perceived one another, stroke their lights against each other, and fell in love. Their amour deepened beyond any known measure, steering them to promise each other, by sparkling endlessly, to meet again following their impending separation.
By Patrick M. Ohana3 months ago in Poets
- Top Story - February 2024
What Is Not Misplaced?
Almost everything appears to be misplaced in humanity's realms, as even the grass—not all grass—dislikes to be eaten and even stepped upon. A tree told me as much. Plants can speak, but humans cannot hear them or do not care to listen to their primordial plight. Wood is good, we are told soon after birth. Yet, trees are so much better, and much more important than humans. If the Cosmos, or the Milky Way, or only the Solar System had administered a survey, trees would win by a landslide, with or without grass on the ground.
By Patrick M. Ohana3 months ago in Fiction
Snow on My Mind
The snow looked cold and wet but I only felt the warmth of her breasts against my chest. Fortunately, and unfortunately, it was all happening in my head; a waking dream or hallucination against loneliness in winter. In summer, her breasts would have felt much warmer, but winter was the season abreast in every direction, with a northern wind freezing almost everything.
By Patrick M. Ohana3 months ago in Fiction