I’m now dealing with the seemingly daily challenges of getting to understand my 80+ year old brain. It often forgets where I’ve heard what. For example, I can’t recall if when I woke up the other morning and I thought of the phrase “growth through discovery” or if it was the title of
Oh, to be young again…Really? Recently, a friend sent me letters I had written to her during our first year in college. In one letter, I wrote: “I went to a meeting last night that will change my life forever. I learned about institutional racism: we are all racists.” The
Let’s examine the claim that ice reduces inflammation. This is a critical point for everyone to understand – so much so that I have dedicated nearly all of chapter five of my book “Iced” to explaining it – but, for now, I will just make a quick point to get
Good design helps us age gracefully. I use drug store reading glasses when the light is low, the type is small or the print to paper contrast poor. When the light is good I do not need the glasses. My ability to read has to do with my eyes but
I love this quote from Eleanor Roosevelt, and decided to make it my approach to life. Although doing something out of my comfort zone every day is too ambitious for me, I am trying to incorporate that philosophy in little ways. For example: Shooting a gun. I’ve never shot a gun in
Is Diabetes linked to Alzheimer’s disease? The number of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes are both increasing in the United States (US). Currently, it is estimated that over 5.4 million Americans, 5.2 million among those who are over 65 years of age, have Alzheimer’s disease. The number of
The report MetLife Report on American Grandparents revealed that 1 in 10 households is headed by a grandparent with at least one grandchild living there. The study reports that part of the reason for this is high rates of unemployment among the children’s parents. Interestingly, in 1980 there were only 28 million
I had the opportunity while taking some time off to visit our two grandchildren in Colorado to read one of the books that our youngest daughter, Jessica, gave me for Christmas. The book is “Still Foolin’ ‘Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys”
Isamu Noguchi, Archaic/Modern is now open, a celebration of the renowned sculptor who often found inspiration in ancient art and architecture, including Egyptian pyramids and Buddhist temples, Zen gardens and American Indian burial mounds. The nearly seventy-five objects in the show span the artist’s six-decade career and show his love of
This is the story of how 82 masterpiece quilts, made about 100 years ago by Amish women in Lancaster County, left Pennsylvania … and came home again. In the early 1970s, antique American quilts began to be appreciated for their graphic qualities. Until then quilts were generally understood as simply
