Marlon Roudette - New Age (Musical Monday)

If love was a word

I don't understand

The simplest sound

With four letters

Whatever it was

I'm over it now

With every day

It gets better, it gets better

Are you loving the pain, loving the pain

And with every day, every day

I try to move on

Whatever it was, whatever it was

There's nothing now

You changed

New Age

I'm walking away

From everything I had

I need a room

With new colours

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The Pirate Story - On The Lighter Side Of Life

 A pirate stumped into a bar, and the bartender said, 

“hey, I haven’t seen you in a while. What happened? 

You look terrible.”"What do you mean?” said the pirate, “I feel fine.”

"What about the wooden leg? You didn’t have that before.”

"Well,” said the pirate, “We were in a battle, and I got hit with a cannon ball, but I’m fine now.”

The bartender replied, “Well, OK, but what about that hook? What happened to your hand?”

The pirate explained, “We were in another battle. I boarded a ship and got into a sword fight. My hand was cut off. I got fitted with a hook but I’m fine, really”

“What about that eye patch?”

“Oh,” said the pirate, “One day we were at sea, and a flock of birds flew over. I looked up, and one of them shit in my eye.”

“You’re kidding,” said the bartender. “You couldn’t lose an eye just from bird shit.”

“It was my first day with the hook.”

Fresh Food Corner: Watermelon

Forest Gump might say, Watermelon and Summer go together like "Peas and Carrots" and we have to agree. 

Watermelon is thought to have originated in the Kalahari Desert of Africa. The first recorded watermelon harvest occurred nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt and is depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics. The great missionary-explorer, David Livingstone, found large tracts of watermelons growing wild in central Africa.

Watermelon is 92% water and they were a source of water for thirsty traders, who began to sell the seeds in cities along the ancient Mediterranean trade routes. By the 10th century, watermelon found its way to China, which is now the world's number one producer of watermelons. Watermelon arrived in North America courtesy of European colonists and African slaves. Today, by weight, watermelon is the most consumed melon in the U.S and they are available in many sizes and varieties in supermarkets everywhere.

Eating watermelon is not just fun - it is healthy too! Watermelon is chock full of lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that fights free radicals which are highly reactive molecules that damage cell membranes, attack DNA, and cause disease. Tomatoes are often associated with lycopene, but watermelon contains higher levels than fresh tomatoes.

Watermelon can also help maintain cardiovascular health. Watermelon has amino acids, citrulline and arginine, that help maintain the arteries and blood flow. A 2-cup serving of watermelon is also an excellent source of Vitamins A, B6 and C. These vitamins provide optimal eye health, help the body cope with anxiety and panic, and bolster your immune system's defenses.

Age to introduce: 8-10 months. Small, seeded pieces of watermelon are a terrific finger food - maybe a little messy, but oh so sweet! 

Toddler Treat: WOW Watermelon Soda

Exotic soda flavors are soaring in popularity, but many of them are filled with unhealthy artificial ingredients and high fructose corn syrup. Why not try making a homemade watermelon soda that the whole family will love?
This recipe will take a few minutes to make, but it's quite simple and the fresh watermelon flavor is totally worth it. To make the soda, you'll make watermelon syrup and add sparkling water or club soda to it. Enjoy quick access to watermelon soda all summer by making a batch of the watermelon syrup and freezing it in So Easy Baby Food Trays (or ice cube trays). When thirst heats up, simply drop a cube into soda water. It's an instant refresher!


Ingredients:

• 5 cups of seeded chopped watermelon
• 5-6 Tablespoons superfine sugar
• 2 Tablespoons lime juice
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups of sparkling water or club soda

Directions: Puree the watermelon in a blender or a food processor. Pour the watermelon puree into a fine strainer set over a bowl. Let it stand for 20 minutes until the juice has drained through. Stir the watermelon gently one or twice, but do not press the puree or the syrup will be cloudy. This will yield about 2 cups of watermelon juice.
Stir the superfine sugar, lime juice and salt into the watermelon juice until dissolved.

To serve, pour ¼ - ½ cup watermelon syrup with ½ cup sparkling water in a glass. Top with ice and enjoy!

Makes 5-8 servings.

Michael Bolton - When a Man Loves a Woman

 When a Man Loves a Woman   (Musical Monday)
 
Song Text:

When a man loves a woman can't keep his mind on nothing else
he'd trade the world for the good thing he's found
if she is bad he can't see it she can do no wrong
turn his back on his best friend he puts her down

When a man loves a woman spend his very last dime
trying to hold on to what he needs
he'd give her all his comforts sleep out in the rain
if she said that's the way it oughta be

When a man loves a woman yea
I give you everything I've got oh oh
trying to hold on to your precious love
baby baby please don't treat me bad

When a man loves a woman deep down in his soul
she can bring him such a misery
if she is playing him for a fool he's the last one to know
loving eyes can never see

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Please Forgive Me

How mean can a man be to his wife/partner and the mother of his kids? How many times can a woman forgive a man who has broken her (not only her heart) in so many ways? These and more are the questions I usually ask myself when I hear or read some related stories like what I have here. The story was published in a local newspaper and originally written in German. After reading it, I decided to translate it to English for my readers. This is of course, a real story:

Dear Elisabeth, dear Eva and Max,

Dear Readers, at this point in my life I want to stand up and admit to the world that I am blithering idiot.

I am really such a retard and I am carrying such a great load of guilt on my shoulders. I have done the worst thing a human being can do, I have destroyed a family. I have lost the most valuable thing in a man’s life - -his wife and family.

My wife had all the right reasons to leave me because I have destroyed all the love she had for me. I did not betray her or have affairs with other women, what I did was even worse. I destroyed her heart and all her dreams. I was never able to give her what a wonderful woman like she  deserves to have, love, attention, understanding, harmony and lot’s more. I was never a friend or gave her a shoulder to lean on. I never gave her strength or cared for her well being.

All of those things she had given to me all along, only that I did not recognize it nor appreciate it. It’s only now that I realize what I have done and believe me, dear Readers, I am not proud of what I did, not at all. Dear Readers, if you see Elisabeth (Lilo) please give her a gentle hand shake and a warm smile and believe me, she deserves it. I am begging you, if she knocks open the door for her and if she falls down, help her to get up again. Do all the things that I failed to do for her and you will see the most wonderful person she really is.

And I would like to give all of you men out there some advice, do not make the mistakes I have made. Fight for your wife and for her love every day, because she is the most valuable thing in your life or you will carry a big load of guilt as well.

I hope that one day my wife will be able to forgive me and I will do everything in my power to change and not be that terrible person I was all along.

I want to say thank you to my sister in law and brother in law for taking my wife in when she needed someone to take care of her.

I apologize to all the people I have hurt and done wrong too.

My only hope is to be there for Elisabeth one day and be a friend to her.

Let this be a lesson learned to all of you Readers as well and do not follow  my foot steps because the result is a great burden and lot’s of pains (which I deserve). 

I know that we are not supposed to judge, but what do you think of such man/men and what would you do if you were  Elizabeth.