Health and Aging

I'm Elsie Hagley and Health and Aging is a niche I have been interested in for some years now as a women in my seventies, I enjoy the challenge of living and staying healthy, to see my 100 birthday, if not more. As I travel around the world learning about Aging I would like to share what I find with my readers.

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Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 “Life is Beautiful” – Day 15 It’s time for Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017, 30 days of writing haiku and tanka, one a day on a theme. 

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Carpe Diem #1292 Winds of Conquest (BrunuhVille) The last musical prompt for October 2017, in which Kristjaan is celebrating his fifth anniversary of Carpe Diem Kai.

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Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 “Life is Beautiful” – Day 14 It’s time for Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017, 30 days of writing haiku and tanka, one a day on a theme. 

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Weekend Writing Prompt #26 – Wishes Weekend Writing Prompt #26 - Wishes To Participate in Amaka Paul Challenge, use the link above.

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Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 “Life is Beautiful” – Day 13 It’s time for Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017, 30 days of writing haiku and tanka, one a day on a theme. 

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Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 “Life is Beautiful” – Day 12 It’s time for Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017, 30 days of writing haiku and tanka, one a day on a theme. 

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Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 “Life is Beautiful” – Day 11 Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 "Life is Beautiful" - Day 11 It’s time for Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017, 30 days of writing haiku and tanka, one a day on a theme. 

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Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 "Life is Beautiful" - Day 10

Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 “Life is Beautiful” – Day 10

It’s time for Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017, 30 days of writing haiku and tanka, one a day on a theme.  For this CDHK Retreat Chevrefeuille have chosen the theme “Life is Beautiful”.

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Senryu Poem

fishing off the pier dangerous wild winter scene angry waves cause deaths

My thought’s – Life is not always beautiful, winter can be a very cruel season.

Written for – Carpe Diem Winter…

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Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge - Week 68 - Medals & Memories

Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge – Week 68 – Medals & Memories

Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge – Week 68 – Medals & Memories

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Simple Guidelines.

Using the words “medals & memories” and write a tanka poem.

Tanka poetry consists of five units, usually with the following pattern of  –  5-7-5-7-7 which is syllables.

The first three lines (5/7/5) are the upper phase. This upper stage is where you create an image in your…

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Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 “Life is Beautiful” – Day 9 Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 "Life is Beautiful" - Day 9 It’s time for Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017, 30 days of writing haiku and tanka, one a day on a theme. 

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Carpe Diem #1286 Love

Carpe Diem #1286 Love

Carpe Diem #1286 Love

Today the prompt is love.

Chèvrefeuille say’s – Love … not actually a feeling that you will expect in haiku because love is more the terrain of tanka (or waka), but I think that haiku can be a love poem too. I even think I have said that more often here at CDHK.

Love is one of the strongest senses we have. Love for someone, love for e.g. reading and painting, but also love…

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Weekly Haiku – Senryu Prompt Challenge – 12 – Enjoying & Water Weekly Haiku - Senryu Prompt Challenge - 12 - Enjoying & Water Photo Credit #weeklyhaikuchallenge -12…

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Landscape Epanalepsis poem Landscape Epanalepsis poem My first attempt at writing an Epanalepsis poem using a photo I took while I was at our farm last week.

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Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 “Life is Beautiful” – Day 8 Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 "Life is Beautiful" - Day 8 It’s time for Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017, 30 days of writing haiku and tanka, one a day on a theme. 

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Weekend Writing Prompt #25 - Fragment

Weekend Writing Prompt #25 – Fragment

Weekend Writing Prompt #25 – Fragment

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To Participate in Amaka Paul Challenge, use the link above.

 Use the prompts separately or together.  It’s up to you.  Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like.  Or take the challenge below. 

The prompt – Fragment

Challenge

Prose Challenge – Tell a story in five sentences about why the ground is cracking…

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Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 "Life is Beautiful" - Day 7

Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 “Life is Beautiful” – Day 7

Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 “Life is Beautiful” – Day 7

It’s time for Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017, 30 days of writing haiku and tanka, one a day on a theme.  For this CDHK Retreat Chevrefeuille have chosen the theme “Life is Beautiful”.

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cold on frozen ice snowman built with loving hands warming in the sun

Written for – Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 ‘Life is Beautiful’

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Carpe Diem #1284 meaning of life (BrunuhVille) Carpe Diem #1284 meaning of life (BrunuhVille) Today Chèvrefeuille has a nice piece of music for our inspiration.