#EyeBlog

[madhavinetralaya]

Healthy eyes enhance your quality of life, and regular eye health care is important to reduce the risk of several diseases as you grow older. A proper diet is an important part of your eye health care. Your nutrition must include foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins A, E, and C, etc.  We have discussed, how you can keep your eyes healthy even as you grow old in the given blog link.

[chirag753]

Contemporarily, new-fashioned workplaces are full of digital devices. People tend to work with digital strains the whole day! Before commencing the blog, let’s assimilate what Digital Strain comprises of.

Digital Strain constitutes blurred vision, dry eyes, eye fatigue, eye irritation, headaches and more. The reports state that 80% of the people are experiencing Digital Strain. To get rid of these stresses and eye-problems, computer eyeglasses are procured.

[contempow]

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[finishinglinepress]

FINISHING LINE PRESS FEATURED AUTHOR OF THE DAY: Laverne Frith is a widely published, award-winning poet and a nationally published reviewer of literary journals and magazines. Laverne is on the reviewer panel of the New York Journal of Books.

He is the proprietor of Frith Press and co-editor of Ekphrasis, the premier poetry journal of ekphrastic poetry and grantor of the Ekphrasis Prize.

He conducts poetry workshops on various topics, including the writing of lyric poetry, French forms, and short poetry forms, as well as special workshops on readying chapbook and other manuscripts for the competitive marketplace.

Laverne is a lover of language and image. In addition to being an award-winning poet, he is an accomplished photographer. He is also a student of poetry, history, and traditions, of the visual and other arts, and of the underpinnings of philosophy.

He is a longtime advocate of the Great Books and an enthusiastic student of the Teaching Company courses. His large assortment of books, tapes, and related materials attest to his continuing interests.

Magazine Credits and Poetry Honors

Laverne is widely published. In addition to his books and chapbooks, his poems have been accepted or appeared in many literary journals both here and abroad, including Poetry New York, Christian Science Monitor, Sundog, The Comstock Review, Medicinal Purposes, Abbey, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Montserrat, California Quarterly, Dalhousie, Common Ground Review, Blue Unicorn, Maryland Poetry Review, and Permafrost. He has co-authored reviews of such journals as Nimrod and Poet Lore for Literary Magazine Review.

He was runner-up for the 2004, 2005, and 2006 Louisiana Literature Prize in Poetry. He has a Pushcart Prize nomination and honors and awards in many national and statewide poetry competitions. He has twice won a Grand Prize in Artists Embassy International competitions. His poems have been choreographed and danced in the Gould Theater in San Francisco.

Education and Background

Laverne attended the University of Denver on an honors scholarship, continuing his education at San Francisco City College and San Francisco State University where he pursued both undergraduate and graduate studies.

He conducted seven annual, nationally advertised chapbook competitions for which he judged manuscripts and designed and published winning chapbooks. He is Facilitator Emeritus of the Sacramento Poetry Center Workshop and former editor of The Poets' Guild, a poetry journal. He is past president of California Federation of Chaparral Poets, Inc., a non-profit poetry organization with chapters throughout the state of California.

Features, Books, and Chapbooks

Laverne was featured in 2011 on the Tiger's Eyeblog outlining his views on poetry and writing. He was interviewed with his wife, Carol, in San Francisco Book Review, A Conversation with Poets, Carol and Laverne Frith.He and his wife had a centerfold and special coverage (including detailed bio and poems) in Medicinal Purposes magazine, New York.

Laverne's full length manuscript, Imagining the Self, was published by Cherry Grove Collections in 2011. His second full-length collection, The Evaporating Hours,was published by AuthorsPress, India, in 2015. Advanced Dancing was published by AuthorsPress, India, in 2016; it was awarded the Artists Embassy International's Golden Seal Book Award. His most recent collection, Estuaries Of The Mind, also published by AuthorsPress, India, was awarded Artists Embassy International's Literary Award of Excellence. His chapbooks include In A Fast Food Place, Talent House Press (1999); Sky After Summer Rain, Choice of Words Press (2003); In The Translated Day, White Heron Press (2004); Drinking The Light, Finishing Line Press (2007) (nominated for the Commonwealth Club of California's California Book Awards); The Range Of Seeing, Finishing Line Press (2008) (also nominated for the California Book Awards) ; Celebrations: Images and Texts, Rattlesnake Press (2009) which features Frith's photography as well as his poems; Swimming In A Southern Reservoir, Finishing Line Press (2011); and The Truth Of Seasons, Finishing Line Press (2016).

More Background

Laverne is a retired manager of Labor Market Research for the State of California with responsibilities for and focus on both industry and occupations by geographical area. He supervised large staffs of professional and clerical employees and reviewed and edited many reports for publication.

http://lavernefrith.com/home #lit #read #book #poetry

[artofalexithymia]

Sometimes, we just have to admit that we cannot do all things. Sometimes, we just have to surrender. All we can do is to pray to God that He may grant what our heart’s truly desires.

[redravenerin]

EyeBlog - Book an eye exam for your children too

Attention Parents and Guardians residing in Ontario: Your child/children is illegible for an eye exam every year until the age of 19. All you have to do is book an eye exam bring their OHIP card! Many children diagnose with ADHD often suffer vision problems (colour, contrast, double vision, etc). Optometrists can also detect signs of 'lazy eyes' that CAN BE PREVENTED (and sometimes cured) if caught at an early age. Kay bye!

[artofalexithymia]

Some things doesn’t have happy endings. Sometimes, people just walk out, go out of the door and leave you behind. Things just end whether we like it or not. Nevertheless, life still goes on. It doesn’t stop with a closed door. It doesn’t end when you are left behind. It still continues to roll, so gear up. Face the world and braver heart.

[artofalexithymia]

Your shades of blue calm my soul. Despite the heat of the sun, I'd still surely run into your shore. The waves, oh! The sound of it is a melody in my ears- soothing, relaxing and enchanting. Did I mention the sand? The sand always tickles and goes in between my toes. Your smell, the sun breeze and water in it, hmmm! What an aroma to my soul. You and everything about you are the things I always fall for.

[artofalexithymia]

You know, my heart still aches whenever I remember you. I've got this feeling inside where it just hurts all throughout this time. They have said that time heals all wounds. But probably, not this kind. This wound might has been a hidden scar, and it has never been healed by time. It still hurts, and I can still hear my heart pounds against my ribs. I can still feel the pain and agony was if it is still fresh. Such kind of wound bears interred to my soul. And I know nothing how to at least mend this one. It still hurts, and I hope I've remedy for this.

[artofalexithymia]

2015.

I haven't posted anything about this year. Well, like others, this year has been a rocky road for me. I ended my first job for personal reasons, did something adventurous which I'm very proud of, went to places I have never been, befriend a stranger, conquer a fear, change a career, and a lot more. It is quite hard to sum up what a year has done to me and how it changed me. Looking back, I cannot recognize myself anymore, for I have learned a lot of things from exploration. There were so many chances I took, changes I managed, choices I stood on. Despite all these, I was able to survive and I learned a lot too. This year is my year of discovery. I learned that: (1) No matter how kind you are, people will take it as a weakness. Nevertheless, kill them with kindness. (2) A bitter heart has a lot of courage inside, never underestimate it. No matter how bitter it acts, repay it with sweetness. Sometimes, bitterness is just a result of draught. Let it experience what sweetness is. (3) You are never what the people say unless you make yourself one. (4) Do NOT judge so quickly despite all the mistakes. Have a room for patience and kindness. (5) Learn to let go. When things didn't go the way you planned, let go and accept it. Sometimes, things fall apart to be in the right place. (6) Always believe in yourself. If you believe in yourself, people would believe in you too. (7) Love the people around you beyond measure. (8) Be a blessing to others. (9) Decide where your heart is. (10) Lastly, do what makes you happy. After all, happiness is not always found but created. I have still a lot of things to learn. I have still a lot of things to comtemplate about. Nevertheless, I am very thankful for all the things that happened - all the good and the bad. I hope, I will be facing 2016 with more courage and a kinder heart. Hopefully, figure things out, know what my heart desires.

[artofalexithymia]

Probably, no matter I have given so many chances… I shouldn’t judge anyway.

No matter how many times I tried to reach out, and all what was done was to repeat the same mistakes… I shouldn’t judge anyway.

I should have helped you like what I did before. I should have continued it. I should have made my patience longer or be more understanding…

I should have done kind actions despite all the things you have done. I should have fed you with kindness.

I know, I was kind but I think I was too fed up with anger for all the things you have done wrong.

You were wrong, and so do I.

I learned my lesson. Added to my new year's resolution.

[artofalexithymia]

Some Parts of Me Died

Some parts of me died after I graduate.

I don’t know how to put it in comprehensible words, but some parts of me died.

I was once a being full of idealism. Probably, I suck too much knowledge I learned from the academe or believed too much on what my professors said. It can also be I have come to fill myself with too much theories from the world I am currently taking in.

It was beautiful- full of life. It feels like I was a sponge sucking all the energy as I prepare myself to become one of the professionals in the world.

I believe that time was the best time to brew myself with possitivity, optimism and something I look forward to the profession I have chosen.

I was eager. I was thristy with knowledge. I was a believer. I was a doer. I was inspired. I was inspiring others…

and I believe that I was at the most wonderful time of my life as a student.

And because of this, I became courageous.

I admit, I got scared of graduation. I was not scared of entering work… but I am certainly sure of I am scared of something in the future.

But then, I was still the being full of idealism that time, and it made me somehow invincible of fears.

I conquered every job interview I got in. I got hired in any place I wanted to work in. I felt I was as good as I imagined myself to be.

Then, something happened along the way. When I started to work, I felt reality was kicking in.

I see that not all theories I studied truly works. I see plans no matter how much I perfectly prepared for it… they fail. I learned that not all things I learned from the academe will be appplicable no matter how appropriate it is. I didn’t understand why time was never enough. I have wasted so many posts its, memo pads for the bountless deadlines and paperworks.

These things happened in a cycle. And every time, I feel reality kicks in, and the idealism in me dies little by little.

The idealism in me dies little by little unknowingly. Until one day, I realized that a great part of it was already gone. I didn’t even feel it was dying time by time as I cry. As I try to conquer every battle I believed I was courageous enough to face.

I thought it made me invincible. It did, indeed. I guess, it was just…in every battle I counquer, it takes a little idealism away and it never comes back- it stays there.

I do not know if its a good or bad thing.

But I feel and wish that somehow I can still be the being fueled with idealism. The one that can maintain the idealism even if reality tries to snatch it in or rub it off.

I wish some parts of me didn’t die along the way.

But it did.