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Words To Live By

Apr 01, 2013
by Caroline Miller
pill swallowing, Women's Day
2 Comments

Today, I’m going to reverse myself a bit about the value of women’s magazines. No, I still don’t want to read another article on how to organize my closet or kitchen. I don’t want to be reminded of how to spot ovarian or breast cancer or more advice on how to diet successfully. But sometimes, hidden within the pages of these prosaic publications, there are gems of information. The April edition of Women’s Day provides an example. Next to the obligatory blurb about ovarian cancer, is a lesson on how to swallow pills.

 I take a number of pills, not prescriptions, but what I call “pebbles of prevention”: omega 3, calcium, and vitamin D, for example. Each time, I wonder if one of them is going lodge in my windpipe and, a month later, someone will find my body sprawled on the kitchen floor, where I have been choked by a pill that was supposed to help me live longer. As an aside, If ever there was ever an argument against intelligent design, the positioning of the wind pipe next to the esophagus argues against it.

I know Woman’s Day has lots of readers but in case anyone missed the advice, it bears repeating.

 How to swallow a pill:

 Breathe Deeply before putting a tablet in the mouth to suppress a gag reflex.

Sip pill with a bubbly beverage like a seltzer. The carbonation promotes swallowing.

Lower your chin to your chest as you take the pill. This will align the pill with your esophagus.

(Courtesy of Woman’s Day, April, 2013, pg. 123)

 If swallowing my words about women’s magazines helps you to swallow your pills, then I am happy.

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(Courtesy of  writethecompany.com)

 

 

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  1. MaryBeth Kelly April 1, 2013 at 10:06 am Reply
    Good advice. I have found some gems in those magazines myself. I discovered Anne Tyler there in the very early days of her writing. I also learned about mutual funds in an article so simple that I found even I could invest, and now has reaped some benefits from that. But a lot of sifting is needed to find the gems. But I say, read away. Maybe it will lead to reading (or writing) a novel.
    • Caroline Miller April 2, 2013 at 7:33 am Reply
      How right you are MaryBeth, reading is good. Another benefit is that in reading magazines, one gets used to clear, clean writing styles meant for the mainstream rather than the art crowd. That also is good training for the would-be writer. You are what you eat. You write what you read. Thanks for checking in.

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

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  • Trompe l’Oeil
  • Gothic Spring
  • Heart Land

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