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Where did democracy come from?

By NattyB Posted on December 1, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments
Where did democracy come from?

Hello My Flames Have you ever wondered about democracy? I do. Especially these days as we deal with a brutal two-party system in this country. The word democracy comes from two Greek words. Demos, people and kratos, rule or power. …

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Tagged with: #nattyburns8, Andrew Jackson, Democracy, Nat Burns, natburns.com, Novelist, TheNattyBits.com, writing

Conquering the Inflammation Monster

By NattyB Posted on October 20, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

I have a tale of blood. Blood stolen from me, preparatory to tomorrow’s doctor visit…the third or fourth visit in as many weeks. In twenty fifteen, or thereabouts, I had a pretty serious strep infection that had me in bed …

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Tagged with: Inflammation

Warm Pie

By NattyB Posted on June 26, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

This is from a short piece published back in the eighties. I’m working on a horror anthology and stumbled across this in my story folder. Enjoy!   Warm Pie Keyboard wears a cloak of innocence, fooling outsiders into believing it …

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Such a shame. I love cheese!

By NattyB Posted on February 7, 2022 Posted in Health and All that Jazz, Uncategorized No Comments

Bummer! I came across this article which, actually, was something I knew but refused to think about. Now that I am working on my health a little more, it has become evident that I have to do away with cheese. …

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Tagged with: cheese, Health, Rennet, veganism, Vegetarianism

Rosemary, sequel to The Liaison, is coming right along

By NattyB Posted on January 25, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Well, I seem to be averaging 2500 words a day on Rosemary. This is the sequel (finally!) to The Liaison, my SF novel set in New Mexico. Now my characters have travelled to Bayou Lisse, Alabama and all kinds of …

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Tagged with: Nat Burns, Rosemary, SciFi, TheLiaison book

Happy Yuletide and Merry Christmas!

By NattyB Posted on December 29, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

I’ve posted a new video, well, two actually. One is an introduction to my short story, JaneBishop’s Eyes, included in the Spinster’s Ink anthology, All in the Seasoning and the other is me reading the story. I hope you all …

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Tagged with: NatBurns, Short story, writing

A reading to cheer us all up a little. This too shall pass.

By NattyB Posted on October 30, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

    https://tinyurl.com/y76q9by7  

A Little Wednesday Navel Gazing

By NattyB Posted on April 29, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized 2 Comments

From the News: According to my CNN news feed, the country of India has a mysteriously low death rate from Covid-19, like 800 out of more than a billion, whereas the US has more than 59,000 deaths out of only …

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Tagged with: Body, Cold, Corinavirus, Covid-19, Flu, NatBurns, Novelist, Protein, Soul, Spirit, Vegan, Vegetarianism, Writer

Are we our own aliens?

By NattyB Posted on April 14, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Interesting article today on my news feed. NASA has discovered, after much testing, that the brains of astronauts who spend long periods of time in space can increase in volume (white matter) including more cerebrospinal fluid. Also, that their eyesight …

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Tagged with: Aliens, Nat Burns, Novelist, writing

Happy and Healthy New Year

By NattyB Posted on December 31, 2018 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Let’s talk food, one of my favorite topics. After polishing off a large bowl of rice and beans, I started thinking about the health ramifications of eating this way, so I did a little online research. I’m a follower/supporter of …

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