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Lithium and the Periodic table of Death

Lithium and Periodic Table of HEALTH

August 23, 2021 by Carol Potenza

Lithium (Li) is a relatively rare element on Earth, present in virtually all rocks—lithos is Greek for stone, after all. It’s been used by the medical community since around the late 1940s to prevent and treat mental health issues like mania, bipolar disorders, and impulse control problems (1, 2). But its calming effect on the brain has been known since antiquity. Water from Georgia’s Lithia Springs was used medicinally for centuries by Native Americans (3), and did you know the soda pop 7-Up was originally formulated with lithium citrate as an antidepressant (4), which was fortuitous since it was patented …

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Silver and the periodic table of Death

Silver and the Periodic Table of Death

August 23, 2021 by Carol Potenza

Silver (Ag) bullets, French Werewolves, and the Periodic table of Death. That April day in 1764 Gévaudan, France, was one where winds swept mares tail clouds through a powder blue sky. The girl in the field—for she was only 15—hummed and dreamed as she ambled through her milch-cows, oblivious of the beast that stalked her in the dense copse of trees. But the two bulls in the herd knew caught its scent. When the reddish-gray beast leapt for the girl’s throat, they charged it, protecting their harem and the shrieking teen (1). Hysterical, she relayed to the villagers the beast’s …

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Lead and the Periodic table of Death

Lead Poisoning and The Periodic Table of Death

August 16, 2021 by Carol Potenza

The death certificate is hard to read, so let me help. After, Was there anautopsy? yes. Was there an inquest? yes, Section 23 says: If death was due to external causes, fill in also the following:(Check) XXXXXXXXX—Homicide? Date of injury Oct. 6, 1936Where did the injury occur? Santa Rosa, N.M.Manner of injury: Shot with pistolNature of injury: Bullet wound through both lungs Like I said, lead poisoning. Cowboy-style. And I am being deliberately flippant?Yes. Because I know this story, and I don’t care for this man, Jose “Joe”Ramirez.On the death certificate, it says that Ramirez had been in Santa Rosa, …

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Your Words are Important

August 6, 2021 by Carol Potenza

Writers love honest reviews because they help other readers find their books. I’m no exception. The Third Warrior doesn’t have the backing of a team of marketers from a major or even minor publishing house. And Hearts of the Missing is no better off now that it has slipped into the realm of the past with its publisher, something I do understand. But I know I have one great thing going for me and these books–you. You read them and you like or even love them and you ask me for another. So if you enjoyed this book, would you …

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Can You Unravel the Mystery of The Third Warrior?

August 3, 2021 by Carol Potenza

It’s summer in New Mexico and fires are popping up all over. Are they linked to the Fire-Sky god of death and fire that Nicky sees whenever someone is in peril? Yep. Does it also mean Nicky is also in danger? Oh, not just danger. Grave Danger. New characters, settings, and relationships abound in this fast-paced thrilling mystery with a chilling touch of paranormal and a dash of horror. And don’t forget the science woven tightly into the ‘fiction’. All of these elements create a story that’s hard to put down, even as daylight fades and darks creeps up all …

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PreOrder for The Third Warrior. The price INCREASES in August…Tick, tock…

June 18, 2021 by Carol Potenza

The Third Warrior is available for preorder Spirit Daughters–is available exclusively in The Third Warrior you won’t read in the preview. And thanks for your interest in this book. From her home in Bernalillo, Nicky zipped north onto I-25, on her way to work for more Saturday overtime hours. Her commute to the border of the reservation—the freeway crossed through tribal land—took about twenty minutes. An old boundary sign caught her eye: Welcome to the Fire-Sky pueblo Tsiba’ashi D’yini Indian land no wood xauling no xiking no sxooting no fisxing no trespassing except by permission of txe governor of txe …

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