> We all, at some point, grow old and acquire other qualities, and these can always be turned to good advantage. I found this when I decided to visit the Chipotle site [http://cultivatingthought.com] to see what was up with the Cultivating Thought series. There's a lovely…
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> Watching the hands of my son kneading challah dough on the maple cutting board in my kitchen, a memory > rises of my mother bending over our kitchen table in Flatbush, pressing, stretching, folding flour, water, eggs > into a living elastic. Sometimes in my dreams, Mom appears, whispers…
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The Lament of the Old Woman of Beare [http://youtu.be/65CWjdVcBmg] takes a look at aging from the tenth century.…
> Do not deprive me of my age. I have earned it. May Sarton — Generation Above Me (@TheGenAboveMe) January 14, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheGenAboveMe/status/555469936106414083] This ought to make me get serious about reading some May Sarton. Right after Whitman, Dickinson, and the essayists I want to spend…
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…
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…