Friday the 13th by Joan Donaldson-Yarmey

 

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Friday the Thirteenth

There is only one Friday the Thirteenth in 2021 and it fell in August. Here are some interesting facts about Friday, 13, and Friday the Thirteenth.

The Number Thirteen

     The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia taken from the Greek words tris, for the number '3', kai meaning 'and', deka for the number '10' and phobos which means 'fear'.

     The number 13 has been much maligned over the centuries and maybe with good reason. In the Christian religion there were 13 guests at the Last Supper. Some believe that Judas was the thirteenth one to sit down, although it is not mentioned in the Bible. He betrayed Jesus and later took his own life. This led to the belief that if there are thirteen people at a table, one of them will die within a year.
     There used to be 13 steps up to the gallows.
     At one time a coven had 13 witches.
     In Tarot, the number 13 card is the death card.
Some superstitions around the number 13:
     In Ireland the first two digits on vehicle licence plates represents the year of registration such as 10 for 2010. In 2012, the Society of the Irish Motor Industry thought that for many people the prospect of having '13' on their licence plates might discourage them from buying new cars. The government introduced a system where vehicles bought in 2013 would have '131' on their plates instead of '13'.
     Very few buildings have 13th floor, the elevator going from twelve to fourteen. Strange, because we all know thirteen comes after twelve no matter what name you give it. Is there a thirteenth floor that the elevator passes?
     Most hotels don't have a room 13.
     If you book a table for thirteen people at the Savoy Hotel in London, England, it will be set for fourteen and a sculpture of a black cat called Kasper will occupy the fourteenth chair.
     Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a professional 14th guest.
     In Formula 1 car racing, there is no car with the number 13.
     It is believed that if you have 13 letters in your name you would have Devil's luck. Charles Manson and Theodore (Ted) Bundy are just a few.

Here are some examples in history where the number 13 has led to misadventures.

     Phillip II was king of Macedonia from 359BC to 336BC. He led many wars and eventually ruled over much of Greece. During a procession through a Greek town, Philip II placed his statue beside those of twelve Greek gods making his the thirteenth statue. In 336 he was the leader of the invading army against the Persian Empire. In October of that year his daughter was getting married in the Macedonian capital of Aegae. He was entering the town's theater when he was assassinated by his body guard.
     In Canada, the Seven Years War took place between Britain and France from 1756 and 1763. On September 12, 1759, British troops climbed a steep footpath from the St Lawrence River up to the unfortified Plains of Abraham, named after its original owner, Abraham Martin, who was a ship’s pilot in 1645. The plains were west of Quebec City and the path was guarded by three French militiamen.
     “Who goes there?” one asked.
     “We are a group of French relief soldiers,” an Englishmen answered in French.
     “Pass on by,” the militiaman said.
     And they stood back to let the British troops walk in pairs past them. By morning of September 13th four thousand British troops and their field artillery were assembled on the plains waiting for the French. The French mustered a combination of four thousand regular French militiamen and civilians and faced the British troops. The British had the advantage because their troops were all trained.
     The battle lasted about thirty minutes with the British winning.
     Apollo 13, which was launched from NASA on April 11, 1970 at 13:13 Central time, was halfway to the moon when an explosion disrupted some of its instruments on April 13. It did manage to make it back to earth.
     The Space Shuttle Columbia exploded on the 113th flight of the Space shuttle.
     Princess Diana's accident occurred at the 13th pillar of the Pont de l'Alma tunnel.

 Friday

     In pagan Rome Fridays were execution days. This was later called Hangman's Day in Britain because that was the day that public hangings took place.
     In some marine circles many sailors did not want to set sail on a Friday.
     In Biblical times the Great Flood, the destruction of the Temple of Solomon, and God tongue-tying the builders of the Tower of Babel supposedly happened on a Friday.

 Friday the Thirteenth

     The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia from the Greek word for Friday, or friggatriskaidkaphobia named after the Norse goddess, Frigg, from whom the English got the name Friday.
     Friday the 13th is the most widespread superstition in western countries. About eight percent of the people believe that Friday 13th is unlucky. Again this could goes back to the Bible where Eve ate the apple from the serpent on Friday 13th and Jesus died on the cross on Friday 13th.
     On Friday Oct 13th, 1307, Philip IV of France ordered the arrests and assassinations of the Knights Templar.
     In modern times Friday the 13th is called 'Black Friday'. One of the earliest examples of the name was used to refer to the collapse of the United States gold market on Friday, Sept 24, 1869.

 Some Friday the 13th superstitions are:

     Seeing a black cat on Friday 13th is a bad omen.
     If you leave your house by one door you should make sure you enter by that same door to avoid misfortune.
     Some people won't go to work on that day and others will not dine out.
     Many refuse to purchase a house, fly, or even act on a hot stock tip.
     A study in Britain showed that while many people stayed home on Friday 13th, of those who did go out, more people were hospitalized from accidents on that day than on the previous Friday.

      In the 1800s, in order to dispel the fears of superstitious sailors who would not sail on a Friday 13th, the British Navy commissioned a ship which was baptized the H.M.S. Friday. The crew members were picked on a Friday and it was launched on Friday 13th. Unfortunately, it was never seen or heard from again. Some call this a myth while others say that the navy wiped out all record of the voyage.

 The Flip Side:

     In some cultures Friday is considered a lucky day for sowing seeds and planting potatoes.
     The Jewish Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday.
     In the United States the Friday after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year. It has been given the term Black Friday because that is when retailers begin to see a profit.
     Most workers like Friday because it is the last work day of the week and signals the beginning of the weekend.
     Thirteen is a prime number, which means it cannot be divided by any number other than itself. Hence, it symbolizes qualities of incorruptible nature and purity.
     In ancient Greece, Zeus was considered  the thirteenth and most powerful god. He was associated with totality, completion, and attainment.
     In Hindu mythology, Maha Shivratri was celebrated on the thirteenth night of the Magha month, which is a very sacred and holy night for all Shiva followers.
     The Thai New Year (Songkran Day)  begins on April 13th. It is a time to wash away all the bad omens by splashing water on friends and relatives.
     This one can be taken either way: our children become teenagers on their 13th birthday.
     My name, Joan Donaldson, has 13 letters in it but, unlike Theodore Bundy, I haven't killed anyone except in my mystery novels.

Making It Perfect by Victoria Chatham

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Question: Do you have any character habits or favourite words that always crop up in your writing?

Oh, boy! Do they ever. But – that is why we write first drafts. Once I have started writing, I try to keep going. I say try because I am a Virgo, and if you know anything about astrological signs and their characteristics, you’ll know that Virgos are perfectionists. I like the first sentence, first paragraph, first chapter to be perfect – except there is no such thing as perfection.

I learned by trial and many errors to get on with the story, taking Nora Roberts’ advice to keep writing as you can’t edit a blank page. Quite apart from those niggling fillers like had, was, just, really, very—I could go on but won’t—I find that I have a different ‘crutch’ word with each book I write.

In one of my books, my hero grinned so much I’m not sure that he would ever have straightened his face out if I hadn’t taken myself in hand and did a painstaking search to rewrite practically every instance of where I had him grinning. Another hero groaned—a lot— and a Regency heroine was forever sighing. I’ve had my moments with ‘however,’ ‘especially,’ ‘nevertheless,’ and many more.

Then there are the phrases that crop up everywhere like weeds, the unconscious shorthand if you will, of many Regency novels. A hero’s hair may be ‘slightly longer than fashionable’ (a phrase of which I have been guilty) or ‘curl over his collar,’ and a heroine’s toes may ‘her curl in her boots,’ plus my pet peeve of romances in general ‘she shattered.’ As writers, it behooves us to find the words to create the emotion and the moment to satisfy our readers fully.

But this is where self-editing comes in. Being aware of the nuances of what you’re writing means you can go over your work and search out those offending words, which are often repetitious. The editing process gives authors a chance to weed out those wretched stumbling blocks, and in that process, make their writing more powerful by rewriting sentences and phrases for more of an impact. (this is an example of redundancy. It means much the same as ‘more powerful’ so it has to go.)

Writing a book is not usually a solo effort. It starts with the author’s idea, building on the original concept by brainstorming with writing buddies to create a setting, characters, plot, and conflict. (Wine is frequently involved!) However the book comes into being, the first revision will include (or should) a thorough search for repetitions and redundancies, and those words ending in -ing (gerunds) and -ly (adverbs.)

The next stage will be beta readers who, if they are doing their job, will point out any character or plot holes and often pick up a ‘crutch’ word the author may not have been aware they were using. Early in my efforts to become a published author, a wise writing tutor warned me to ‘learn to love rewriting,’ and she was right.

Getting the idea down in the first draft and then editing and editing some more, and likely more after that, is the grist of learning the craft of writing.

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The DNA swab you submitted to find your heritage is now public information

 

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 A Minnesota man was recently charged in a 1980s murder after DNA evidence linked him to the crime. The breakthrough came when the local sheriff's department contacted Parabon, a company specializing in forensic genealogy, asking them to look at the old DNA evidence. Like the case of the Golden State Killer, Parabon was able to construct a family tree for the unknown suspect using public DNA databases. That tree pointed out three possible suspects. The police collected DNA evidence from the garbage of each suspect, and were able to link one suspect's DNA to the crime scene evidence, leading to his arrest. A judge ruled that Parabon didn't have to divulge their proprietary methods to the defense, stating that Parabon was no different than a confidential informant who points the police in the direction of a suspect, but who's information is not part of the trial evidence. These forensic DNA techniques are going to open a lot of cold cases (and add twists to many new mysteries).

Using Forensic genealogy correctly in a mystery is no small matter. To be credible, a goal we all strive for in our books, you have to do your homework and understand the science and terminology of both forensics and genealogy. While researching a DNA plot twist for a future book, I emailed one of the noted forensic genealogy practitioners and asked for guidance. After two emails it became clear my 20th century college genetics class was no longer state-of-the-art information but also left me woefully unschooled in the language of forensic genealogy.

My resource, a distant cousin who located me through common ancestors listed on a genealogy website, has collaborated with several Canadian police departments. She explained that she uses DNA testing information from numerous resources to build the criminal's genetic family tree.

Whoa! What's the difference between a genetic family tree and a public record family tree? A genetic family tree is constructed using the DNA passed through generations from the biological parents to their children. A traditional family tree lists the parents on birth certificates, family Bibles, and family trees passed from one generation to the next.

 

Isn't that the same? Most often the answer is yes. But people are discovering new cousins when they submit their DNA samples for analysis. Some of those cousins don't show up on their family trees. Through a number of circumstances, including artificial insemination, infidelity, adoption, rape, and more, there are biological parents who aren't reflected in many family trees.

 

I questioned that, and the response I got astounded me. There's a whole category of NPEs considered by genealogists. Those non-parental entities are (usually) men who contributed DNA to the family tree, but aren't listed as parents. According to my resource, a few years ago the genealogical experts thought that number was roughly 0.1% of the families. They now estimate that 10% of families have an NPE within three generations. That being the source of the newfound cousins with often unfamiliar last names.

 

An unnamed friend, gave her two siblings DNA kits for Christmas. Their gift was the knowledge that only one of them carried the DNA of the father listed on their birth certificates. One sibling was told she was the half-sibling of several children fathered by their small-town pharmacist. The oldest child found out the person who'd raised her, had married her mother after she was pregnant. Her mother assumed her husband was the father but was uncertain who her biological father had been.

 

My resource now warns people who hire her to create family trees that there is a good possibility that they'll discover a relative previously unknown, sometimes notorious, and often uninterested in acknowledging them.

My personal surprise was many generations back. A great great (keep adding greats here) grandfather, on my paternal grandmother's side was listed as the bastard child of an English Earl. A little more digging revealed that my ancestor was actually the legitimate heir to the Earldom. But, his mother died and to remarry, the Earl had his first marriage annulled, making my ancestor a child born out of wedlock, in the eyes of the church and British royalty. The oldest son of the Earl's new wife became the Earl. The next son was the Archbishop of Canterbury. The third son became the Steward of Scotland. Where does that leave me? I'm an untitled mystery author with an interesting genealogical tree.

If you decide to submit your DNA sample, be prepared for a surprise. And, be aware that your information is NOT private and may be used in a criminal investigation or future genetic medical research.

Real Events! Ghost Point - murder on the Potomac, a tale of the Oyster Wars by Diane Scott Lewis

 

NEW RELEASE, based on true events. A Marriage in turmoil-their lives in danger. A story from 1956 that took place in Colonial Beach, Virginia. The notorious Oyster Wars where Maryland and Virginia fought over the Potomac River and shot to kill.

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"A tale fraught with intrigue, hardship, murder, and a marriage in turmoil.  The author paints a vivid picture of life on an oyster boat and a fishing village on Virginia's Potomac shore."

*History and Women*

My friend, who lives in Colonial Beach, Virginia, told me about these events. Her boyfriend was a waterman during the 50s, his brother killed during this time, and he gave me vital details.

The 1785 Compact gave control of the Potomac to Maryland but Virginia had fishing rights to use the river. The beach town of Colonial Beach was once a thriving tourist destination for people in Washington D.C. But the Great Depression and WWII finished it off and the town fell into decay.

By the 1950s, watermen struggling to survive, illegally dredged with basket-like scrapers for the ever-popular oyster. The dredgers destroyed the beds, but the amount gathered paid off well. Maryland Marine Police patrolled the Potomac, searching the misty nights for dredging boats. They mounted machine guns on their boats and fired on the Virginians. 

Men were murdered over oyster rights. My story uses fictional characters along with historic ones to convey the dangerous occupation. Plus a love triangle that could destroy a marriage. It's a wild ride through history.

Novel Blurb:

Luke becomes tangled in the fight over the Potomac River rights in 1956 Virginia. He and his wife clash over his illegal dredging of oyster beds. His life is under threat from Maryland’s notorious Oyster Police.
Yelena, the once pretty, popular girl, struggles to rise above her dull existence. She defies Luke and takes a job in a used bookstore. A mysterious older man is interested in her, or is he simply after her husband for his unlawful activities? She's tempted to plunge into intrigue and more. 

Can Luke and Yelena rekindle their love or will both become victims of the sinister acts on the river?

To find out more about me and my books, please visit my website: DianeScottLewis

Diane lives in Western Pennsylvania with her husband and one naughty dachshund.

A Leisurely Tour of Our Vegetable Garden #vegetablegardening #freshvegetables

 

Arranging a Dream: a Memoir by J.Q. Rose

Follow this couple’s inspiring story, filled with the joy and triumphs and the obstacles and failures experienced as they travel the turbulent path of turning dreams into reality.

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Hello and Welcome to our garden! This time of year is when we really enjoy the harvest. Come on along with me and see Gardener Ted's (GT) garden.

My husband, Ted, is a farm boy. He has never lost that love of growing plants. In fact, because he built a small greenhouse on the back of our house way back in the '70s, moved away from our friends and family to purchase a floral shop and greenhouse operation in Michigan. 

My newest release from BWL Publishing, Arranging a Dream: A Memoir, is a feel-good story about the first year we were in the flower business in 1975-1976. What an adventure for us! We knew nothing about the floral industry or how to operate a business. 

Now in our retirement years, we are fortunate to have time to enjoy our passions--Ted's gardening and my writing. 

Garden Gate
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Please come on into our garden in West Michigan. Here, let me open the gate for you so you can step in and discover all the goodies.

Quote by Cicero

Spring garden--We've had a good year this year. I love gardeners. They are such optimists. When the garden does not produce one year, the gardener still plants another garden the next year, believing it will be the best garden ever!

Cabbage

Cucumbers growing vertically to save them from sprawling all over the ground
Easier to pick too!

Weeds-Quote by unknown author

Green pepper hiding in the leaves

Red and ripening tomatoes

Harvest of lettuce, cabbage, green pepper, cucumbers and potatoes

Many varieties of lettuce

Quote by May Sarton

Cantaloupe

Irrigation set up--a timer so Ted does not have to hang onto a hose to water the garden.
The black pipes you see next to the plants are the irrigation tubes.

Black-eyed Susan and zinnias border this part of the garden.
Shasta daisies, now out of season, border the other side.

Green, yellow and purple beans (that turn green in boiling water)
You can see the irrigation tube here and how much water is saved by not watering the entire piece of ground, as well as not watering overhead.

The gardener and family (and sometimes the neighbors') reward. Fresh food from plant to table!

One of our family's favorite meals--beans, onions, potatoes and bacon--

all but the bacon grown in the garden.

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I hope you have enjoyed the tour of Gardener Ted's garden. I take no credit for the garden. I do enjoy the fresh veggies and trying new recipes. Perhaps you would like to grow some fresh vegetables or herbs next year--a bowl of lettuce on your back porch, potted tomatoes or peppers on your patio or a patch of ground out back. I say "Grow for it!" 

Thank you very "mulch" for stopping by.

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GT and me

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Not Fun Anymore by Helen Henderson

 

Windmaster Golem
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A rule often taught to fiction writers is adversity. Depending on the storyline and character, the author's job is to throw roadblocks into their creation's plans and make their life "interesting." While you can be told it is a blessing, "May you live in interesting times" can be a curse. This post covers a few examples of how "interesting" life can be from the mildly annoying to decisions that can change the direction of the someone's life.

The post, Green Plant versus Brown Thumb, discusses my history with gardening and my current attempt to grow tomatoes and onions. None of the onion plants prospered. Since none of my family had any better luck, I didn't feel too bad.

The tomato plants are the reason for the title of today's post. Why? Overnight they went from thriving, fruit-laden plants to defoliated sticks. And the tomatoes that were just about to blush went from food to garbage. The zen aspect of gardening and the pleasure of watching the plants grow vanished. It was not fun anymore. The plants had survived heat indexes of 105 to 110°F to succumb to four-inch long, green, ill-tempered hookworms that teleported in from nowhere. 

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How does this relate to writing? Not every situation has to be life-threatening. Even simple, everyday situations such as a bill arriving after a due date or being late to an appointment can be the setting for tension and "interesting" times.

When Kiansel hears the summons to the council fire in Windmaster Golem, her problem isn't that she will be late for the ceremony. Unlike the nervousness of the younger mages who know their destiny, Kiansel is unsure whether or not she will attend at all. For in doing so she might succumb to the lure of magic

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In Fire and Amulet (coming spring 2022), the environment makes life interesting for dragon slayer Deneas. Ahead of her is an impassible hedge row of poisonous, thorn bushes. Retreat means risking going beneath stone-laden ledges ready to collapse. Her only logical path is to walk the stones of a washout and freestyle climb a cliff face to get past places where the path eroded away.

 

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~Until next month, stay safe and read. Helen

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Helen Henderson lives in western Tennessee with her husband. While she doesn’t have any pets in residence at the moment, she often visits a husky who have adopted her as one the pack. 

Chance's Way Releases in September 2021 by Nancy M Bell

 

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I'm excited to announce that Chance's Way is releasing in September of 2021. This book three of the Alberta Adventures series. This series turned out to be a series about rescues. In book one, Wild Horse Rescue, Laurel and friends rescue some wild horses, in book two, Dead Dogs Talk, Laurel and friends work to rescue some dogs from a dog fighting ring. Book three turned out to be something a bit different. Fans of the series will be familiar with bad boy Chance Cullen. He turned a bit of a corner in Dead Dogs Talk, in book three Chance's Way he is struggling to come to terms with his past choices and see if he can find a better way to go forward. He is still hopelessly in love with Laurel Rowan but knows she won't have anything to do with him unless he can turn his life around. And not to mention that she has a long distance relationship going with Coll Hazel, who lives in Cornwall UK. 

Chance's Way is the story of Chance's search for his truth, learning about who he is and who he wants to become. He is supported by Laurel's dad, Colt Rowan, who has had his own issues with his parents, so he can sympathize with Chance's problems with his n'er do well father and hysterical mother.

This last book in the series wasn't meant to be about Chance's coming of age, but that's how it evolved. 

There's a good mix of rodeo and ranch life mixed into the story and those who live that life will relate to the events that unfold. Concussion and injury are part and parcel of the rodeo way of life. The dangers of concussion and repeated trauma are only starting to be addressed. The tragic loss of Ty Pozzobon in 2017 was a huge wake up call to the rodeo community with regards to the issue of brain related injuries in much the same way as Lane Frost's death at Cheyenne in 1989 brought about the use of flak jackets for bull riders. I touch briefly on these issues in Chance's Way. 

I hope you enjoy Chance's journey. Below are some scenes from life on the Canadian prairies where the Alberta Adventures take place.

Till next month, stay well, stay happy.

Let There Be Dragons - Janet Lane Walters #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Dragons Collection

 

Let There Be Dragons

I have been interested in dragons for many years. Not sure why but probably from stories read as a child. Then I discovered books by Anne McCaffrey and I found myself reading book after book about dragons.

 One day I went to a science fiction convention across the river from my house and I began my collection of dragons. This was about 25 years ago. My first five were cloth. Two large ones in red and blue and three smaller ones blue green and gray. At that time, I had three grandchildren and bought one for each. They gladly years later gave them to Gram for her shelf.

Collecting has been fun and my friends and family got into the act. I have oriental dragons, wingless and also flying ones with rings. Glass, metal and plastic dragons in various colors and sizes. There is one very small jade dragon a friend gave me. There’s a dragon cloch and a dragon light. Some have gems they are guarding. I even have dragon pens and book marks. There is also one on a chain that’s a necklace. My latest one is a scholar dragon with glasses and a book.

Eleven years ago, I found Christmas tree ornaments that were dragons and of course I bought one and have continued the practice every year. I shared my love of dragons with Jane Toombs, a fellow writer and a fellow BWLAuthor. She had at least one of the Christmas dragons, I sent her one year. I miss her very much.

So every day when I set out writing I look at my dragons and think I’m so glad there are dragons even if they are only in my imagination.

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When you swallow a molar, by J.C. Kavanagh

 

The Twisted Climb
Book 1 of the award-winning Twisted Climb series

Home alone and enjoying my favourite 'me-time' snack: a glass of wine accompanied by lightly salted potato chips and homemade dip (Miracle Whip and Cheese Whiz. No, not yucky - yummy). I bite something extra hard and hesitate mid-chew. My tongue snakes around my mouth looking for the rigid intruder... I don't feel anything unusual. So I swallow. And have a few more chips and dip. But something feels odd inside my mouth. I move my tongue across my upper teeth. All normal. I move my tongue across my lower teeth and snag it on something sharp in the back corner. I press my tongue with more force on this area and dang, it sure feels sharp! Off to the mirror I go. Sure enough, there's half a molar missing and only the old metal filling keeping the other half in place.

OH DEAR! I swallowed my molar. Will I be OK? Will my tummy reject the enameled item and spew it back? What to do?

I did what many people do these days: I googled it.

I type: What happens when you swallow your tooth

Well, like many 'answers' from Google, there's good and there's bad.

The good is that the tooth is digestible, providing of course, that it passes through the narrowest portion of your intestines.

Another good is that you don't require a laxative to 'help' the tooth pass your system.

The bad? 

How to explain to the tooth fairy that there is no tooth under the pillow. Hey - I didn't make this up! It's from Google.

Also bad, and I quote:

"Ingestion of dental foreign bodies, while relatively uncommon, may cause serious, and occasionally fatal, injuries to the airways and gastrointestinal tract. Numerous case reports are available describing the clinical course of such ingestions."

I don't want to know the results of any clinical case reports so I go back to examining my tooth in the mirror. There's no pain in my jaw so the root must be covered by the remaining tooth. That's good!

I go back to my comfy couch and take a sip of wine. AAAAGGHHH THERE'S A NEEDLE POKER ELECTRIC SHOCK and my jaw sings a high C note. C C C for COLD COLD COLD.

Oh, the excruciating pain. What to do?

Well, I didn't have to Google my next step. When you really really want to finish your wine... Isn't that what straws are for? 

Stay safe everyone!

P.S. My dentist fixed me up the next day. Straw no longer required :)

J.C. Kavanagh, author of
The Twisted Climb - Darkness Descends (Book 2)
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