Author: Stephen Macintyre

I've been writing since 2008 about a wide range of topics. I also love making furniture in my spare time, and birdwatching with my wife near our home in southern England.

There is a special relationship between humans and flowers that goes back for a millennia. We appreciate their beauty and are attracted by their scent and fragile texture even if most of them don’t provide physical sustenance and don’t have any other type of value. We invest physical effort to grow and cultivate flowers, we decorate our homes with them, and we use them to express affection and gratitude.

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Do you or someone you know love golfing? Maybe you are looking for more opportunities to have fun with friends and family, while also maintaining social distancing? If any of this sounds familiar, then golfing might be a fun pastime to consider pursuing. There are a few things which you need to know as a golfer, such as the rules and etiquette of the game.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it. Globally, it has affected more than 65 million people with nearly 1.5 million deaths. As the novel coronavirus continues to ravage the world, people are being forced to retreat into their homes and embrace social distancing as a way of life. Even something as simple as going for a routine eye checkup has become potentially life-threatening. In addition to transforming people’s lives, the pandemic has also revolutionized the way businesses operate. From restaurants and shopping malls to hospitals and private clinics – every business has had to devise new ways…

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For many people, 2020 will have been the least mentally stimulating year of their lives. Instead of visiting museums and theatres, the furthest many of us got was to visit the grocery store. Just because we’re limited by where we can go, it doesn’t mean our brains have to be limited to what we can achieve. Here are some ways you can remain mentally stimulated as we head towards the end of 2020. 

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While dental implants are an incredibly popular and effective way to replace lost or damaged teeth, boasting many great advantages such as restoring a smile, restoring bite and function, being a long-term cost effective option, and preventing a drifting lower jaw, getting a dental implant is not necessarily without faults here and there. As with anything, there are a number of small downsides associated with the treatment, and it’s always important to have a good understanding of the most common examples of these before you commit to your dental implant procedure. On the whole the downsides are fairly negligible, and…

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