So I went to Amazon to get to the self-publishing page and I noticed a book by an author I enjoy, Mike Gayle. I read more about it then searched the library database and ordered it.
I was also reminded about the Falco series (I heard bits of an episode on the radio and it sounded fun) and discovered the kindle edition of the first book in the series was only 99p. So I had to buy it.
So much for not getting any more books until I've cracked the back of my To Be Read pile.
But now I'm definitely getting back to self-publishing and WILL NOT ALLOW myself to be distracted any further.
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Husband had his ear chopped yesterday afternoon, hopefully getting rid of all remaining cancer cells. He currently looks rather like a cartoon character with his head bandaged and is quite grumpy. (To be fair he is in a lot of pain, and is irritable with me because I said he couldn't loosen the bandage because they did it that tightly for a reason.)
I dropped him at the hospital and went to look for a parking space. It's a big hospital and finding a space is very very difficult. I toured the grounds and found car parks I hadn't known existed - but all full. It's a case of watching for people leaving the hospital and following them in the hope you get to their parking space before someone else does. And with a one-way system in place that's not always easy.
Eventually I was in the right place at the right time, was able to park and go in, by which time Husband was already in with the doctor so I took up residence in the waiting room, where I was reminded of the importance of breathing through your nose.
It's in the 52 Ways to Walk book, and, apparently breathing in through your nose is much better for you and not just because it filters the air before it gets into your lungs. Breathing through your nose increases the production of Nitric Oxide, an antibacterial, antiviral, anticoagulant gas, which widens blood vessels leading to lower blood pressure and all sorts of other things that I don't recall right now. I just know it's good.
And humming increases the production even more. So be like a bee and hum!
I'm a mouth breather I think, especially when I exert myself so I need to practise - and now I have a vague feeling I have written something along these lines before. Hang on . . . yes, on 8th March 2021 I wrote:
P.S. I have just looked at an article about improving breathing techniques. I am definitely a mouth breather and, apparently nasal breathing is better for you in all sorts of ways. So the article suggests, practise nasal breathing when at the computer, watching television, or reading - being still basically. After that try nasal breathing when exercising over short distances at a time. But sixty-eight years of mouth breathing may be hard to change.
P.P.S. I am practising as I type this.
7 comments:
I can thoroughly recommend the Falco books - brilliant and full of fascinating details about life in Ancient Rome. Lindsey Davis really knows her subject.
Hospital parking is a lottery. Would your husband feel better if you told him he looks like a rugby player with his bandage? No, thought not!
Thanks for the tip re nasal breathing. I must practice too!
Jabblog, I should have thought of the rugby player angle before laughing!
Debra, and humming!
Part of my voice training was about humming. It gets the voice placed well. But it has the side effect of improving your mood, I found. Maybe it's the nitrous whatever doing it. It also irritates the pants off some people, so there's that advantage, too.
Poor old husband, he's not having a good time. I don't understand why they cut further when his tests are clear. You'd think they'd leave the poor guy alone now.
Boud, the biopsy showed cancer cells in his ear. The scan was to check it hadn't spread into his neck.
Mouth breather is used as an insult here. What about there?
I'm a mouth breather too.
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