I've started blogging on my agmoore2 account again. It has been more than a year since my last post on this account. I hope to experiment and explore here. The results may be less than stellar, but will

Source Lois liked to be late. Tonight her scheme was working perfectly. The teachers' lot was full by the time she pulled in, and not a soul in sight. They were all in the meeting. She relaxed her hands

My entry in @georgeboya's Collage Contest #3: Mayan Mystery: King Yax K’uk’ Mo’ King Yax K’uk’ Mo’ descending the stairs of a Mayan pyramid. The bird-like image at the top of the pyramid is Quetzalcoatl,

On January 30, 2020 WHO declared a global health emergency because of the emerging COVID-19 virus. With multiple cities in China under quarantine, now seems like a good time to look at transmission routes.

Glucocorticoids are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. Applications for this class of drug have grown over the decades. So too has an awareness of the dangers they present...both to humans

Seasons change as the earth revolves around the sun. Why? That's a question I began to wonder about as I picked up a leaf from the ground. The tree in this picture came from Pixabay. Everything else in

A few weeks ago, a Steemit friend wrote that her daughter had recently been diagnosed with sarcoidosis. My vague understanding of this disease was that it somehow involved the lungs. After reading a bit,

Queen Anne of Great Britain (1665-1714) Image: Royal Collection, 1736, public domain It's not possible to know if Queen Anne's face was really as red as it appears

There's trouble with pigs these days. Radioactive pigs are turning up in Eastern Europe, and Japan. A virulent pig virus is spreading from continent to continent. And, across the globe feral swine invade

Mother Huang He Can there be a more benign, more comforting image than Mother Huang He, cradling her infant? The infant represents the birth of China's civilization. And Mother Huang He represents the

This was a terrible mistake. Triplicate posts !!! Please remove vote. If you can't, I will donate proceeds to someone with low VP. I got tangled up in trying to correct picture links....not sure how this

Aha! Moments: The Instant of Creative Insight

It was 1972. Many people reading this blog were likely not alive then. But I was, and I was traveling across Europe with my mother. It was the trip of a lifetime for her. I had already spent a summer there

Are you a dedicated cyclist who recently has begun to experience pain in the hip and leg area? Are you a runner, who suddenly is experiencing pain on sitting, or climbing stairs? Are you a dedicated

This Unangan ceremony was held to honor those who perished in the Killisnoo Internment camp during WWII. The memorial service marks the end of a journey that began for the Unangan people thousands of years

Opening Foreigner By @dirge “You can’t to do that,” she said in her broken English. Her face was contorted in a rage, highlighting the wrinkles that came with late age. Lee Minkyung slammed the door behind

Goats in Tibet are susceptible to pemphigus. About twenty years ago I showed my doctor a spot behind my left ear. The doctor referred me to a dermatologist who performed a biopsy. The report came back:

Who doesn't want a better brain, a more productive and creative brain? With the tools of modern science neurologists and psychologists have been trying to understand how we might work toward such a goal.

What could be sillier than a breakdancing turtle? Maybe a grandmother who plays around with @shaka's photo in his #LMAC contest? That's me, silly grandmother who probably has better things to do. Or maybe

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog, "The Genius of Sheep". I learned that not only are sheep very smart, but they also may hold promise of a treatment for Huntington's Disease. Huntington's is a particularly