Passion, carminative as wine

On the label ... it was described as being in the highest sense carminative ... It seemed so wonderfully to describe that sensation of internal warmth ... which followed the drinking of cinnamon ... "And passion carminative as wine" was what I wrote ... And then suddenly it occurred to me that I had never … Continue reading Passion, carminative as wine →

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Two years ago I contracted acute epiglottitis. This isn't something you see very much these days because it's usually caused by Haemophilus influenzae, and babies are vaccinated against this at birth. I'm too old to have been vaccinated, and in any case I am significantly immunosuppressed by my cancer and its treatment, so there is … Continue reading DNAR →