December 2, 2008 – 8:21 pm
I feel better already. Happy with the knowledge that reading book-like text on my computer screen and surfing the web for story ideas is like taking my brain for a walk. The study was done on middle age volunteers ages 55 to 76. Online reading stimulates regions of the brain controlling language, reading, memory and [...]
November 21, 2008 – 6:58 pm
I will wind this week up by recommending another book that reads like a medical thriller but is all too true. Atul Gawnde’s “COMPLICATIONS, A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science” is a collection of eye opening essays written for the New Yorker about patients and their doctors and how deadly mistakes happen. This book [...]
November 19, 2008 – 6:52 pm
This week I seem to have all things medical on my mind. Maybe it’s because I scheduled myself for a dentist and doctor’s appointment plus a vet visit for my dog that my ears perked up when NPR aired a great interview with Dr. William Hanson, author of “The Edge of Medicine”. Hanson’s book introduces [...]
September 25, 2008 – 3:41 pm
This is the third in my series of covering Barbara Kingsolver’s wonderful book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, A Year of Food Life”. Weary of Election coverage and Economic woes, I fled to my local farmer’s market to focus on another big E in my life…eating. The stalls were full of pumpkins, squashes, beans, garlic, onions, carrots, [...]
August 18, 2008 – 2:02 pm
It’s August and we are in what Barbara Kingsolver writes as “the berry stained days of summer”. This past spring, when I first reviewed the book, I suggested that readers should experience this wonderful book season by season. Since we are smack dab in the middle of summer, I want to share with you my [...]
My book club is currently reading “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver. The nuts and bolts of the book is that Barbara, her husband Steven and their two daughters, Camille and Lily, uproot themselves from Tucson, AZ in order to move permanently to the southern Appalachia farm where the family summers each year. As a [...]
“A new demographic is hitting the tattoo parlors….baby boomers. Like their younger counterparts, seniors are donning tattoos to project a cool image, express their passion for a person, place or pastime, celebrate a milestone event or mourn the death of a beloved friend or family member.” Newsday Inc 2008 So what are boomers choosing to [...]
March 20, 2008 – 12:01 pm
If you or a friend are one of the 5 million people who are turning 50 this year, then Heads Up. There’s a nifty little book just out that will help ease the pain. “50 Ways to Leave Your 40′s” by Sheila Key & Peggy Spencer, MD (New World Library, $14.95) is chock full of [...]
January 4, 2008 – 7:37 pm
I’m not sure why Charla Krupp‘s new book “HOW NOT TO LOOK OLD: Fast and Effortless Ways To Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better” has hit a nerve with me. The book is being promoted as a way to look fabulous after 40. I’m all for that. There are make up [...]
January 2, 2008 – 11:54 pm
What is America’s number one New Year’s resolution? Losing weight of course. I’m hoping to shed a few pounds before an upcoming cruise in May so I am definitely on that band wagon. So what are the best diet books out there? Consumer Reports’, June 2006 issue, ranked THE BEST LIFE DIET by Bob Greene [...]
