 duty to allow votes during the forthcoming elections to count rather that its Chairman openly taking sides by attending suspicious meetings with PMB and wearing APC’s campaign symbols.
“Let Mahmood Yakubu prove to Nigerians that he is not pro-APC by allowing for transparency and impartiality of his staff during the presidential and National Assembly Elections on Saturday 16th February and the Governorship and State Assembly elections on March 2nd.
“Let the Chief of Army Staff prove to Nigerians that the military has no role in the forthcoming elections by stoping in order to pave the way for the APC to unduly win as they did during the Ekiti and Osun states gubernatorial elections.
“I stand by my statement on the highly suspicious midnight meeting with PMB and his top aides. No amount of threat or intimidation will stop me from raising the alarm when actions inimical to the peaceful and successful conduct of the forthcoming elections come to play.
“Let me once again call on INEC to conduct a free, fair and credible elections in February 16 and March 2, 2019. I also urge the military to stir clear of politics by concentrating on their core constitutional mandate before, during and after the 2019 elections.”Honestly, I don't know in terms of miles. I rarely keep track of the distance I cover on a ride. I ride based on time available rather than distance. I'm also in Florida, so it's flat, but very sandy (which sucks up more energy). I can ride for around 2 hours before the battery gets down to 25%. At that point I'm pretty worn out, so I end up riding home.

I would say that if you can get an extra battery, do it. As I understand, spare X-1 batteries are hard to get due to supply constraints right now. Ebike demand is up, and supply is down due to COVID-19 production impact.Can you see me through all this dust? Poor blog, it’s been sitting around since June and has felt no love by its owner. Today, as painful as it may be, I’m going to attempt to write a response to a picture prompt from over on Our Write Side. But, really quickly, I’m going to fill you in on why I haven’t been writing here. I found myself in a job where I write all day. I’m creating SEO content for a digital marketing agency that connects students to schools. Luckily, I absolutely adore it. But, it doesn’t leave much time for me to write creatively, not until I figure out how to balance work writing with creative writing with life in general. I’m a bad balancer.
Welp, that sums it up in a nutshell. So, without any further ado…the image to which I’m responding. It’s been a LONG WHILE since I wrote anything other than SEO stuff so this could be quite uncomfortable.
It was a relief to be alone, no external stimulus from unwanted sources. Just me and the water as I tried to wrap my brain around the news my father threw on me after school. I would’ve preferred the ocean but, instead, I’d settle for the little lake hidden in the woods. My father told me I was always drawn to the water. I guess, when I was young, I would cry inconsolably when we would leave the little Cape Cod cottage we used to own, back before money became scarce and mom left for ‘a better life’.
The makeshift dock my dad had pieced together with recycled garbage had made it through its third rough winter. To an outsider, it might look like a floating garbage dump but, to me, it was my private oasis, a paradise in a sea of turmoil. The dock moaned as I dragged my wet body onto its rough surface. The familiarity of my surroundings bringing with it a sense of peace. I settled myself, cross-legged, in the center and allowed my dad’s recent words the necessary brain space.
He wasn’t really my dad. She wasn’t really my mom. They had found me, a toddler, washed up on an abandoned stretch of beach, half dead and sticky with salt water and seaweed. My real parents were a giant question mark, no one even reported a missing child those 16 years ago. They gave me a name, and their name, and raised me as their own. Not that I’m complaining, I basically had a good life, despite my mom leaving, and the whole falling from riches to rags thing a few years back.
Suddenly I wasn’t really Mila Taylor, 18-year-old community college freshman anymore. I still had the same stick straight, white-blonde hair, and cat-like green eyes. But, my name, even though I wore it proudly for as long as I can remember, it wasn’t really who I was anymore. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I appreciate it and everything but it wasn’t how I started my life. I was someone else. I had a different birthday. I lived in a different city. Everything about me was probably once very different. I belonged to other people. Even though my real family never seemed to try and find me, they are out there. Maybe they don’t want to be found, but I am thinking I need to find them, to truly understand who I am. Maybe they would be able to explain some of the unusual things that are happening to me the way doctors and therapists haven’t.
The dreams were the most prominent of all the “issues” I had been having since I turned 16. The hypnotherapist my dad recently took me took to was sure I was having memories of my past life because the dreams always take place in the same location. It’s so beautiful there, everything shining and white. And the land, so green and fertile. But the ocean, it always sings to me, lulling me, luring me. The ocean’s cries are getting louder in my dreams, more demanding, more insistent. It’s getting harder to resist.
Then there’s the man. Always there. Searching. Waiting. His gentle, crystal eyes staring out at the horizon. His wavy brown hair blowing in the ocean breeze. Every muscle in his body, taut in anticipation of my arrival, and releasing as disappointment sets in.
Even though it’s all happening my dreams, all my senses and emotions are alert like it’s real.
That island.
The ocean.
Him.
They are my home.
Every fiber of my being senses it, despite what the doctors say.
A past life? Maybe.
But, I’m supposed to be there.
I was supposed to have been there already.
The key to finding that place is finding out who I really am.
And, I have no idea how to begin.
I only know where I want to end up.I wasn’t always a tea drinker. In fact, I didn’t start drinking tea until my mid 20’s when I put on some unwanted pounds after graduating college and had read that Green Tea is great for boosting metabolism and actually aiding in weight loss. And that’s just one of the amazing perks and health benefits of drinking tea!
The truth is, drinking tea has MANY health benefits!
People have always known that though, that’s why tea has existed for so long and has been used regularly for hundreds of years all over the world for many health and medicinal purposes.
I was, however, surprised to learn just how many major health benefits of drinking tea does have when consuming it regularly!
1.Tea can help reduce the risk of both heart attack and stroke. Honestly, If I wasn’t a tea drinker already, that would be reason enough for me to start! My grandma recently suffered a second stroke. Those things are awful and I can’t help but wonder if my grandma had drunk tea if that could have been avoided (she neve drank it at all).
Of course, it’s important to keep a healthy diet, eat whole (unprocessed) foods, vegetarian when you can, and exercise regularly, in order to stay healthy and at your best, but adding in some tea to your daily routine certainly couldn’t hurt, right?!
2. Drinking tea regularly can improve energy and exercise endurance. I had also read this about green tea before starting my daily habit of drinking it in my 20’s to help lose weight. I started working out regularly each morning and started adding a cup of green tea to my healthy morning routine in order to get more of a boost in my workout and hopefully burn some more calories!
Now that I’m a little older, I like to drink green tea for the extra kick of energy to help me power through my day!
3. The Antioxidants in Tea can help protect against cancer and mental health issues. Again, two very important reasons to drink tea regularly! It’s been shown over and over how effective antioxidants are for keeping the body and brain both healthy and strong. Our bodies and mind need antioxidants and tea is chock full of them!
4. Tea has been found to improve bone strength and density. As we age, we could all use stronger, healthier bones! Personally, I think as we age, maybe upping a cup of tea per day isn’t a bad thing either! What do you think?
5. Tea is soothing for the digestive system. I can attest to this one personally, as embarrassing as it is to say. I’ve suffered my whole life with… eh, slower-moving bowels. When I started drinking tea more regularly, I noticed a ton of improvement in this area, almost immediately! Plus the extra