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 Sarcopenia Is The Real Killer Of The Aged
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By Ken West
In Health, pensioners
Posted August 26, 2019

Sarcopenia Is The Real Killer Of The Aged

Sarcopenia is the real killer of the aged; muscle wastage. It starts much earlier than you think. Most people are forced to exercise, like walking, because they have to work. As soon as they [...]

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 Riverine Culture in Dorset
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By Ken West
In Environment, Neolithic, Stonehenge
Posted August 22, 2019

Riverine Culture in Dorset

The world’s first civilizations, in 3500 BC, were often called riverine cultures. Mesopotamia, ‘the land between the rivers’ and those on the Nile typify these. Riverine [...]

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 Bulb Catalogue Fever Is A Seasonal Ailment
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By Ken West
In Environment, Gardening
Posted August 19, 2019

Bulb Catalogue Fever Is A Seasonal Ailment

The post arrived today, reminding me that bulb catalogue fever is a seasonal ailment. Impulse buying is not my weakness, except when it comes to plants. The geranium speaks of summer sun. I look [...]

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 Seagulls On The Contraceptive Pill
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By Ken West
In Birds
Posted August 16, 2019

Seagulls On The Contraceptive Pill

Perhaps, like me, you occasionally think you are falling apart. However, then you read a report in the paper and you suddenly realise that you are okay; everybody else is nuts! The report that an [...]

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 Growing Lilies In The English Garden
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By Ken West
In Gardening
Posted August 12, 2019

Growing Lilies In The English Garden

I just love growing lilies. The blousiness, the exotic odour, the haughty demeanor, all the things that I am not. Perhaps this contrast between a gardener and his favourite flowers has a deep [...]

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 Misery Memoir v’s Poverty Porn
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By Ken West
In pensioners, Social Life
Posted August 9, 2019

Misery Memoir v’s Poverty Porn

We writers, when we are planning to write a book, keep an ear to the ground. A few years ago, the pundits told us to avoid misery memoirs like the plague, no publisher wants or is interested in [...]

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 Dog Bites Jogger Is Not A Running Joke
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By Ken West
In Health, pensioners
Posted August 5, 2019

Dog Bites Jogger Is Not A Running Joke

I have to admit I include a dog joke in my latest book about prehistory. Zuri, my Neolithic ancestor, aware of all these dogs on our beaches, asks me when they are ready to eat. I have never [...]

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 Flint Powered The First Industrial Age
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By Ken West
In Neolithic, Pagan Economy
Posted August 2, 2019

Flint Powered The First Industrial Age

Flint powered the first industrial age might be a slight exaggeration. Yet, this amazing mineral was a vital commodity to early peoples. It was used to make tools like axes, arrow and spear [...]

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