I was struck by neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki's story on the Moth Radio Hour today, Saying I Love You [http://themoth.org/posts/stories/saying-i-love-you]. A key moment in her story is remembering her father tell her "All we really have is our memories." The beauty and…
In Healthy Body, Unhealthy Mind [http://nyti.ms/1vIQFsU], an op-ed at The New York Times, Pico Iyer tells how regular doctor visits prompted him to undertake an exercise program as he aged. He recounts a friend's reaction to his news with this brilliant image > I proudly…
Well, this really reads as if she never even plugged in— > If the weather is good, a run is in order. I feel energized and invigorated and ready to face the day. I usually run for about 25 minutes. I go about two and a half miles, around 10:…
Way before his time... > 'Have patience and endure.' Shakespeare MA IV.i. Wise words for 2015... — Shakespeare Today (@Shakes_Today) December 31, 2014 [https://twitter.com/Shakes_Today/status/550405850620506113]…
> That a university is paying a football coach $5m a year is another reminder of absurdity of higher education. May the system soon collapse. — Paul Kedrosky (@pkedrosky) December 30, 2014 [https://twitter.com/pkedrosky/status/549978668903059457] via @jcufaude You've got to ask what most professors and lectures…
Fast Company reports on a device designed to help trigger memories for aging patients with sound [http://www.fastcoexist.com/3040245/this-device-triggers-memories-in-alzheimers-patients-by-playing-music-they-remember#1] . It's another testimony to the power and the usefulness of listening to music, and it shows the good sense Nir Barzilai displayed in a recent…
Loaves 23 and 24—Mother's Christmas Bread—came out of the oven yesterday. This is a recipe Bernard Clayton traces back to Indiana in the 1870s, and it is easily my favorite among the holiday loaves I bake. I'd like to say my holiday kitchen has…
> National Geographic's 2014 Photo of the Year award goes to....a picture about tech addiction: http://t.co/VzGora2d2r #signofthetimes [https://twitter.com/hashtag/signofthetimes?src=hash] — carlhonore (@carlhonore) December 21, 2014 [https://twitter.com/carlhonore/status/546607285355950080] Carl Honore points the way to the National Geographic…