Writing is hard.
That's why so few people stick to it and actually finish things.
And why you have a right to be immensely proud when you finish something.
- Andy Ihnatko.
Friday, August 2, 2019
Stephen King, on writing:
Yes, I've made a great deal of dough from my fiction, but I never set a single word down on paper with the thought of being paid for it ... I have written because it fulfilled me ... I did it for the pure joy of the things.
And if you can do it for joy, you can do it forever.
- Stephen King.
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Selma Blair Posts Photo Of Herself Taking A Towel Bath To Quell Spasms From Multiple Sclerosis:
By Korin Miller
Women’s Health
July 23, 2019
Selma Blair, at the
2019 Oscar Awards ceremony.
Photograph by Mark Seliger.
"We do what we
need to do." – Selma Blair.
Selma Blair posted a new photo to her Instagram account
showing herself taking a towel bath to calm her MS spasms.
Selma's posted this photo before, but took it down after
she was "kind of being made fun of" by media outlets.
Selma was diagnosed with MS in 2018 after experiencing
symptoms for many years.
Selma Blair is constantly sharing information with her social
media followers about her life with multiple sclerosis. Now, she’s opening up
about a simple treatment she’s tried that she says has really helped her.
It’s called a towel bath, and Selma says in a new Instagram post
that she shared this photo once and was “kind of being made fun of by some news
outlets,” so she took it down. Now, she’s trying again.
“So. I spin the wheel again. I stop on a pic a friend took of me
trying to stop spasms by lying in warm water with a heavy towel with minerals
in bath. Specific minerals,” she captioned a shot of herself laying in a bath
under a pretty, multicolored towel.
“The thing is, the heavy towel helped,” Selma continued. “My body
would go into a kind of palsy.” Selma said she was “embarrassed” and tried to
turn the spasms into “mouth clicks…but the energy had to go somewhere.”
Her therapist recommended putting towels over her and Selma said
it helped. “So I wanted to share. A warm bath with towels and a space heater in
bathroom so water doesn’t have to be so hot,” Selma wrote.
Selma
Blair, towel bath, July 2019
Selma never explicitly links her muscle spasms to MS in the post,
but they’re a common symptom of the disease. Spasticity, which refers to
feelings of stiffness and a wide range of involuntary muscle spasms, is one of
the most common symptoms of MS, according to the National MS Society. The
organization notes that spasticity varies a lot from person to person, so
treatment is often recommended on an individual basis. However, medication,
physical, and occupational therapy can help.
Selma ended on this powerful note: “We are in this together. I
don’t mind being ridiculed a bit anymore. We do what we need to do. #towelbath.”
Korin
Miller is a freelance writer specializing in general wellness, sexual health
and relationships, and lifestyle trends, with work appearing in Men’s Health,
Women’s Health, Self, Glamour, and more.
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a28480285/selma-blair-instagram-spasms-towel-bath-ms-symptom/
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NEVER GIVE UP!
Tom Hanks Channels Mister Rogers in ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' Trailer:
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In memory of Rutger Hauer:
January 23, 1944 – July 19, 2019.
Brilliant character actor, director and writer.
He wrote the dialogue for this scene, his character Roy Batty’s farewell monologue, in Blade Runner (1982):
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.
All those moments will be lost … in time … like … tears … in rain.
Time to die.”
This is one of the most emotionally moving scenes in cinema history.
I've been a fan of Rutger Hauer, and the movie Blade Runner, since I first saw it in the cinema, in 1982.
Rest in peace, Rutger Hauer, and thank you for all you gave us.
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