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Don't Face It

Kissed by the sun? It's more like being slapped. For the cancer causing rays I keep my face well--wrapped.

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Panagiota Romios

Date: 9/19/2024 12:57:00 AM

Great advice, Pangie.. PS,,,the sun is not harmful all day, no wayand no how. It depends on many factors… Where you live is key, sites online explain when the sun is to be avoided where you live. I have no wrinkles, and am grateful. I will be 90 in four years, Hilda wowser!

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 9/19/2024 3:47:00 AM

I'll look it up. Thanks.

Jim Slaughter

Date: 8/11/2024 9:01:00 AM

Good advice, Hilda. I have never been able to tan well. And not for lack of trying in my younger days. The closest I ever came was a severe sunburn after spending the day at a mountain lake in Colorado. Not fun...

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 8/12/2024 11:04:00 AM

Sun is brutal. I mind it more now. Since childhood, I've been a winter person. Be careful, And please heed my advice.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 7/30/2024 5:28:00 AM

Our UV is high, so beware. Use sunblock.

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/30/2024 6:20:00 AM

Thank you. I'll take your advice.

Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 7/29/2024 9:09:00 PM

'Too much of anything is bad,' as the saying goes. Cleverly written. :)

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/29/2024 9:14:00 PM

You got it right. Excess can be unhealthful. Thanks for your comment.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 7/29/2024 7:49:00 PM

You've certainly told truth to the fantasy of being 'kissed by the sun.'

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/29/2024 8:19:00 PM

I've been pretty harsh on the sun lately. I'll try to be more supportive. I hope you liked it.

Paige Hind

Date: 7/29/2024 5:02:00 PM

And time for sunscreen, lol. And people still go to tanning beds...

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/29/2024 5:46:00 PM

I never went to a tanning bed. It seems like a waste of money. Nor have I had one of those terrible massages. Too much fiction.

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 7/29/2024 1:03:00 PM

Intense sun here in Texas. The Gulf storms have made it a little more bearable (though quite humid). :)

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/29/2024 5:44:00 PM

Texas always sounds hot from weather reports. I like seasons, including winter snow. It's nice to get the change ever three months

Joseph May

Date: 7/29/2024 7:57:00 AM

Too much exposure can be dangerous, Nicely penned

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/29/2024 10:08:00 AM

It's best to plant some shade trees. Not just cancer, but heat stroke and heat exhaustion takes its toll.

Ink Empress

Date: 7/29/2024 5:36:00 AM

This is how i feel too here, in maldives but ofcourse some don’t understand when i say this, they think im showing off about getting sun but sometimes the heat is too much, i think too much of anything is not good. And your poem made me smile. Love how youv delivered it dear hilda. Sending you light always

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/29/2024 6:18:00 AM

Thank you. As a kid, I'd walk miles in hot sun. It never bothered me. I use sunscreen and avoid the direct sun. Thank you for your comment.

Zyrool Gifford

Date: 7/29/2024 4:08:00 AM

This is so true, Hilda. I find it unbearable at times. Wishing you a fabulous new week ahead, my friend.

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/29/2024 6:19:00 AM

Thanks for reading.

Valsa George

Date: 7/28/2024 10:50:00 PM

Sometimes we feel that the sun sends out piercing needles. Two months back, we had such alarming rise in temperature that we couldn't get out as long as the sun seemed a flaming ball of fire.

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/29/2024 6:22:00 AM

I'm in a desert. There's no where to get relief except to travel to a forest. Trees are our friends.

Karen Jones

Date: 7/28/2024 10:34:00 PM

lol This made me giggle! It’s a reality we face those cancerous rays you are right!

Karen Jones
Date: 7/30/2024 7:10:00 PM

I hope not! I know we humans destroy our Mother Earth. I’m hoping we do better! Hugs a pleasure to read your work!

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/29/2024 6:23:00 AM

I don't hate the sun. We need it, but we had an ozone layer back in the 60's. I've heard it is gone because of aerosols. Thanks for reading.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 7/28/2024 11:42:00 AM

very true, hilda, although my younger self would never have listened...

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/28/2024 11:44:00 AM

The skin changes in time. I've always hated goopy sunscreen, but I wear it for protection.

Panagiota Romios

Date: 7/28/2024 11:33:00 AM

Good one!! I like this~~because it wasn’t a lecture just a powerful tap on the shoulder! I called that artistry in poetry….. Pangie xxxx

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/28/2024 11:42:00 AM

Thank you for your comment.

Eileen Manassian

Date: 7/28/2024 8:32:00 AM

Great advice when the sun is sizzling hot.

Hilda Greenhough
Date: 7/28/2024 8:38:00 AM

Yes it is. Sunscreen, though yucky, is a good idea.