Do you ever wonder? Are you ever curious, about much of anything? Like, for instance, the origins of curiosity? Then you arguably either have too much spare time or I suppose just enough like me to read the new book,…
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Words are funny, of course some more than others. For example, “bebop” and “waddle” and “egghead” are hilarious, at least according to a study recently published in the journal Behavior Research Methods and reported online by Science of Us. Perhaps…
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Guest essay by Kirsten Jacobs, associate director of dementia and wellness education at LeadingAge This past month I attended my 20-year high school reunion (go Generals!). I have come and gone a few times, but I now live in my…
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The Colosseum, Michelangelo’s David, Tower of Pisa, the Vatican, Tuscany, beautiful coastal towns – Italy boasts a resplendent array of remarkable imagery. Three weeks crisscrossing the country, taking hundreds of photographs and only two things kept me from maxing out…
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“So, what have you been up to?” Simple enough question, right? Not likely, apparently. The thing is, most people spend the majority of time in conversations sharing their own views and stories rather than asking about the other person. It’s…
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The couple dozen books I’ve read in the past few decades are displayed like trophies on my bookshelf. Knowing I would never have the patience to reread any of them, I consider it a favor to my future self to…
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Labels rub us wrong. They scratch our collars on shirts and waists on pants. Men’s and women’s, all patterns and colors, whether cheap or fancy. A real scourge. The only thing more uncomfortable is when labels are attached to people,…
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The problem is too complex for many people to understand. The concern is distant. And the whole thing may not even be real. From a behavioral science perspective, the cards are stacked against making changes to control our climate. Public…
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By Stuart Greenbaum Scattered amongst the weirdly disordered seating chart between those who eat too much and those who don’t eat enough, there’s a loosely identified bunch of misfits -- so-called picky eaters. The myriad varieties and curious manifestations of…
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We readers -- and all the journalists, novelists, screenwriters, lyricists, poets, speechwriters, jurists and other skilled wordsmiths whose writing captivates us -- know this: The clarity and eloquence with which something is stated can make a common thought seem profound.…
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