An Album of Eats for Your Eyes… Santa Fe food is one of the reasons we (and many others) visit Santa Fe, New Mexico. And for some visitors, food is the main attraction. Why? Because New Mexico has a distinctive … Continue reading
Recent photos for your enjoyment… Santa Fe art in 2024 is as much fun as it was in 2016, the last time I blogged about it. We visit almost every summer, and once in a while we want to share … Continue reading
(Sleep #3 of 3) Test Driving an Option to Improve Sleep… SleepScore app is the focus of today’s blog. The previous two blogs described sleeping sensing devices and apps, then how healthy sleep relates to risk of dementia. This, the third … Continue reading
(Sleep #2 of 3) How Sleep Affects Brain Health… Sleep apps are the easy way to gain insight into our sleep, and improve its health. The previous blog described many ways to track our sleep. This app discusses the function … Continue reading
(Sleep #1 of 3) For Present and Future Health… Sleep sensing devices and apps are being heavily marketed. The target audience appears to be people who are dissatisfied with their sleep, plus people who want to improve their present and … Continue reading
Maui after its fires is shaking, staggered by its pain and its loss. It will never be quite the same. Yet the people of Maui have determination to recover and rebuild. And part of that rebuilding is welcoming the travelers … Continue reading
Revised! How Words Manipulate Us… Deceptive language surrounds us! We continually receive words and images that mislead, misinform and try to manipulate an audience. Revision on 3/29/2023: I added Deceptive Statement number 8, and the section “Lying by Omission and … Continue reading
Your Phone Needs A Second Passcode… Screen Time – a setting on your iPhone – is about to become your best friend! Why? Because it will protect you and your finances from some really bad stuff. Read on… Update Added … Continue reading
A Critical Review, and Practical Tips – ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot developed by OpenAI. They have made this artificial intelligence (AI) tool available for public sampling and it has captured many headlines. Fortune calls it possibly … Continue reading
Ten New Word Lists! The Scrabble 7th Edition dictionary has arrived, and here is your update of useful word lists! These update my 6th Edition lists in a previous blog. Note added 6/17/2023: I corrected a typo in List 1, … Continue reading
Starting Words & Strategies… Wordle Cousins are enjoyable games in their own right. And my Wordle blog was so well received that I can’t help offering you tips for playing what I call Wordle Cousins. These are games inspired by … Continue reading
Plus, Starting Words for Quordle and Squareword… Wordle hit the media just as we needed some post-pandemic therapy. Today’s blog is an ode to Josh Wardle’s brilliant game, with trivia, tips and especially, tactics to enhance your fun. Distinctive Features … Continue reading
Understanding Is Sketchy, Prevention Largely Guesswork… Dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), is the most serious health threat facing seniors. Today’s blog will use the terms dementia and Alzheimer’s interchangeably, because AD accounts for 60 to 80% of all dementia. Dementia … Continue reading
A Psychological Perspective… No-Vax reasons puzzle everyone I know. We understand misinformation. We understand making decisions that harmonize with friends and family. And we understand saying “no” to vaccines as a protest against many other things that cause us despair … Continue reading
Frequency Lowering versus Speech Synthesis… The ideal hearing aid is the goal of today’s blog. It’s a follow-on to the previous blog, in which we explained why most hearing aids are so inadequate. Here are the major sections: – The … Continue reading
The Shaky State of Available Options… A hearing aid is probably in your future, if you live long enough. And perhaps, even in your present! This blog shares my misadventures with a hearing aid and explains why the need is … Continue reading
Our Words Can Heal Others… “Person First” is shorthand for a special way to talk about chronic disease. In fact, about anything that makes another person’s life more difficult, day by day or year by year. The idea is, when … Continue reading
Vaccines Reduce All Causes of Death… Yes, we need a magic shield! Coronavirus is evil in its own right: it wants to clog your lungs and kill you. However, it brings many more symptoms with it, such as fever, cough, … Continue reading
Our New Normal… COVID-19 national immunity is beginning to emerge, which will lead the US to a new post-COVID normal. The “lessons learned” in the previous blog provide the necessary ingredients. The path we take will not totally satisfy anyone. However, … Continue reading
What’s Lost, What’s Gained… COVID-19 lessons learned are changing our lives and our relationships. Yes, we don’t know all the lessons yet. But let’s snap a panorama of the landscape whizzing by and see what we can begin to discern. … Continue reading