Posted in Uncategorized on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I thought I’d share a bit about the presentations I’ll be making in the next couple months.
I just got back from giving a talk at Duke University’s Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Conference. Storytelling is a strong tradition in the Carolinas, so I always enjoy giving talks about micro and macro storytelling [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2008 | No Comments »
I think we’re starting to see the push back on aging and memory loss. In Carved in Sand, Catherine Ramin Jakobson provocatively notes that when our eyes begin to change in our 40s and 50s, we reach for reading glasses. But when we start to notice memory loss, we simultaneously panic and joke, [...]
Posted in books, tagged Fresh Air, Martha Weinman Lear, memory loss, normal memory loss on February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Martha Weinman Lear was on Terry Gross’ Fresh Air on Feb. 15th. She has a new book called Where Did I Leave My Glasses? that explores the how and why of normal memory loss. Lear is an accomplished writer and the age in her voice gives her a gravitas that Catherine Ramin Jakobson’s [...]
Posted in cultural phenom, film, tagged dementia, The Savages on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Finally! I went to see The Savages on MLK day. I saw it at Milwaukee’s “Downer” Theatre - named after the street, not the type of movies they show. The Savages isn’t an “upper” for sure. But it’s a sweet tale of a brother and sister who, at [...]
Posted in cultural phenom, film, tagged alzheimer's, Away From Her, dementia, disability films, Julie Christie, Laura Linney, Oscar nominations, sarah polley, The Savages on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Away From Her and The Savages were recognized in the Oscar nominations this week. Sarah Polley was nominated for Best Screenplay Adaptation for the script of Away From Her, and Julie Christie was nominated for Best Actress. Laura Linney was also nominated for Best Actress for her work in The Savages.
Christie seems a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I managed to do it…I sent the book to the publisher on December 31st on schedule. It has evolved quite a bit, and I imagine it will continue to do so with comments from the editor and reader. But for now, it is titled Forget Memory: How to Move Beyond Fear and Make Life Better [...]
Posted in cultural phenom, medicine, public education, science of memory, tagged carved in sand, Catherine Jakobson Ramin, dementia, forgetting, Jane Brody, memory loss on December 11, 2007 | No Comments »
For two weeks in a row now, Jane Brody’s Personal Health column in the Science Times section of the New York Times has focused on aging-related memory loss. In the first, “Cracking the Code to the Memory Vault,” she talks about how it haunts her and her husband, who is older than she is, [...]
Posted in cultural phenom, public education, tagged alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Spoken Here, Christine Bryden, DASNI, dementia, Dementia USA, early on-set, early stage, Jay Smith, memory loss, Richard Bozanich on October 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Thanks to Maureen Matthews for letting me know about the recent conference in L.A. by and for people new to their Alz. diagnosis. The LA Times article tells of two men with early on-set and in early stages, Richard Bozanich and Jay Smith, who met at an early stage support group and dreamed of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged memory, forgetting, Colorado College, college, reunions on October 15, 2007 | No Comments »
I went to my 20th college reunion over the weekend. Colorado College was smaller than my high school. I spent 4 lovely years there with bright, idealistic, warm, outdoorsy fellow youngsters. Still, I barely remember my time in the shadow of Pikes Peak. This weekend, seeing the faces of 20 years [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged forgetting, memory, StoryCorps on September 29, 2007 | No Comments »
I went to the StoryCorps booth at the Milwaukee Public Library today with my dad. He was a little antsy, wondering what kind of questions I’d ask him. When the facilitator held up her hand to signal 5 minutes left in the 40 minute session - we were both surprised. Because Dad’s [...]
