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The Digital Age
I know many of you have grown up in this digital age, where everything is available online, on your phone, or on your tablet. And I will admit, it can be extremely convenient when doing research, especially thinking back to all the hours I spent in the library before this digital age. College papers would have been so much easier if I could have researched them online.
Mellie MillerPublished 4 years ago in 01The Walk
Have you ever just had one of those days? One of those days that starts off badly and simply won’t turn itself around? Yeah?
Mellie MillerPublished 2 years ago in Motivation
Warrior Priestess
To all the world around, she presents herself as a young woman, with a family to raise, a garden to tend, and a household to run. As she makes her way through our world, the very young, the old, the weak, and the weary flock to her, all hoping for the blessing she will bestow. Plants around her flourish and the whole world seems brighter when she is near. She is a friend to all life and seeks to heal and preserve it whenever she can.
Mellie MillerPublished 3 years ago in PoetsThat Sense of Belonging
Many of you will know this feeling. The feeling of belonging somewhere. For many, it is their hometown, the place they grew up, went to school, made friends, and came back to.
Mellie MillerPublished about a year ago in Motivation
Life Choices
Roe vs. Wade. A touchy subject just now. But it was also a touchy subject back when it all started in 1973, this question of abortion.
Mellie MillerPublished 9 months ago in Viva
What's Different?
That was the question. “Gram, what’s different now from when you were a kid?” asked the ten year old grandson. Thinking back, I remember asking my dad and my grandfather the same question. It seems inconceivable that things haven’t always been as they are now.
Mellie MillerPublished 4 years ago in 01
Of Wall Street, Reddit, and Total Chaos
Disclaimer: I am not now, nor have I ever been involved in the stock exchange, the world of high finance, or Wall Street. So anything said here should be taken with a grain of salt as my personal opinion. This is not meant to be a tutorial, a recommendation, or advice about anything at all.
Mellie MillerPublished 2 years ago in Trader
Diabetic and Confused
Let me say right up front that I may not be the brightest bulb in the hallway, just so we’re all clear. I’m not claiming to be an expert in anything, all right? Just your average American woman recently diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. Since I grew up with several diabetics in the family, I thought I knew a few things about this condition.
Mellie MillerPublished 2 years ago in Longevity
The Box
The door thudded closed behind her as she entered the large, dimly lit storage space. Empty but for one large crate or box in the center of the floor, there was an eerie feeling about the place which made her shiver.
Mellie MillerPublished 3 years ago in Psyche
Lullabies...
The writer’s mind can be a bit weird. You get some wacky idea stuck in your head and then start imagining scenes or other ideas from there. Questions come to mind.
Mellie MillerPublished 2 years ago in Poets
Child of the Universe
I am an infinite being. A being without limits. As far as I can see, as far as I can imagine, I am there. Grounded in Earth, I am uplifted by Heaven.
Mellie MillerPublished 6 months ago in Fiction
The Reward
Chrissy had finally reached rock bottom. There was no place lower than where she was today. She'd lost her job some time ago, and her unemployment had run out. She'd lost her car because she couldn't make the payments. Same thing with her apartment.
Mellie MillerPublished 2 years ago in Humans
Moonlight and Shadows
DEA agent Shane Shadowstalker cursed and slammed the heel of his hand against the steering wheel of his Ford F-150 in frustration. It would just figure that traffic would be backed up all the way through town on the night he had an appointment with his informant. Running his fingers through his straight black hair, his stormy gray eyes looked for a break in traffic while he tried to come up with a workable plan.
Mellie MillerPublished 8 months ago in Fiction
The Soul’s Temperature: Trap Frequency
Each of your chakras, or concentrated energy points in your body, have frequencies and vibrations, that when opened, bring us closer to spirituality and our essence.
Lawless LanePublished 3 years ago in Longevity
TYPE 2 DIABETES: A DEBILITATING DISEASE
Diabetes is a debilitating disease which is linked to multitude of other health problems like heart disease, kidney failure, blindness or more which may require lifelong care and rehabilitation if left uncontrolled. It not only affects physical health but deterioration of the general well-being of a person. According to a medical dictionary, type 2 diabetes is a condition characterized by high blood glucose levels caused byeither a lack of insulin or the body's inability to use insulin efficiently. Type 2 diabetes develops most often in middleaged and older adults but can appear in young people.[4] Insulin is a hormone secreted by pancreas to control blood sugar. When our body’s insulin isn’t able to signal properly then the glucose (sugar) from the food stays as it is and may remain too high. It is a disease marked by high glucose levels in the blood and impaired metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, caused by the body's inability to respond effectively to insulin, combined with inadequate production of insulin by the pancreas. The disease,which can occur at any age but typically develops in middle-aged and older adults, often begins with no symptoms, is associated with obesity and inactivity, and may be managed, depending on severity, with dietary changes, an exercise regimen, and oral or injectable medications. Type 2 diabetes is also called non-insulin-dependent diabetes or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.[5].
Pallid Airs and Lost Highways
It wasn’t customary to have the Sheriff’s office as busy as it was that Wednesday evening, at best it was usually the man himself with a few drop-ins of his deputy and a few drunks they kept in a cell overnight, but these were hard times and in these hard times something needed to be done, a change needed to occur in the Northeast and in New England. It was just that none of the men of the law knew the edge of the world started in Newcomb, New York in the office of Sheriff Bruce Hemmitt.
Julius WhitfieldPublished 2 years ago in Horror
To Break Tradition
He didn’t care about Valentine’s Day. He really hated it, actually. He took the approach of the character, Becker, when it came to love, remembering the line from the show:
Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 2 years ago in Humans
