Dear Smart Readers, This is an ad in today’s Burlington Free Press. Whomever is behind this news-like advertisement has no authority to make such a claim. Their “research” is not peer-reviewed, not in any leading journal let alone in any journal whatsoever. Their only goal is to profit from your fear. Don’t fall for it,…
Category: Alzheimer’s
It’s not Alzheimer’s, it’s pop culture overload
Dear Everyone, I find this comforting. Maybe much of my memory is wrapped up in song lyrics. My hard-drive is just full. Love, Muskrat Susie (and with lyrics like those taking up space in my head, no wonder it’s hard to remember where I put the car keys.)
Speaking Swahili with Beezlebub
Dear Readers, Many years ago (25 to be exact), when I was studying Swahili in Kenya as a Peace Corps Volunteer, I had a recurring dream in which I would call my father and only be able to speak in that language. I understood his English, but I could only answer in Swahili. I think…