Brain Health and Handwriting —The Benefits of Writing over Typing
When we write, we process more than when we type. Two years before entering World War II, Great Britain began an undertaking...
99-Year-Old Blogger Engages with Aging
In 2017, 95-year-old Doris Carnevali joined the 31.7 million U.S. bloggers in launching Engaging with Aging. Here’s...
Let Me Die—Knowing When it’s Time to Go and Let Go
I had just started my shift at the hospital when I was paged to the intensive care unit. As I stepped out of the elevator...
Citizen Scientists Discover the World and Help it, Too
“You can identify the birds in your backyard on the designated day,” read the email. “And then send me the count...
The Wonders of the Savant Brain
I have long been fascinated by the highly specialized virtuosity of people once called “idiot savants.” The neurological...
Seattle’s Urban Parks are for the Birds; and for Us
“Some keep the Sabbath going to Church I keep it, staying at Home With a Bobolink for a Chorister And an Orchard,...
Mortal Me – Just a Blink in Time
My parents are old. And not just in the way all kids think their parents are old. I myself am old but my parents are practically...
An Amateur Astronomer’s Guide to Wonder in the Sky
“This is a way you can travel right now,” says amateur astronomer and Seattle resident Tim Regier, 62. “Look up. Every...
Return of the Sunday Drive – A Trio of Spring Day Trips
When I was a kid in the 1940s and 1950s, a favorite family pastime was to bundle into our station wagon, pull out the jump...
How to Have a Healthier Relationship with Bedtime
Have you ever watched a small child sleep and envied how easily they do it? The older we get, the more we seem to savor that...
