A sweet, well-written memoir about the author and her dog and their experiences volunteering in a local nursing home. What I liked most about this book was the author's descriptions of and obvious affection for the varied nursing home residents she and pransky visited over the years. I related to...
If I could boil down this entire book into one recommendation, it would be: Exercise. Moderate exercise (cardio rather than stretching and toning) improves memory, triggers production of new brain cells, and reoxygenates the blood. It doesn't cure Alzheimer's, depression, Parkinson's, or dementia...
A few days ago, I watched the TV documentary based on Sue Halpern's book Four Wings and a Prayer. The programme follows the migration of the Monarch butterflies from Canada and the USA into Mexico and back again. The migration of these butterflies is one of the most iconic natural spectacles, spe...
It was late in the day, about eight o’clock, and he had been driving for the past five hours. “What you want to do is make the cut like this,” he said, unfastening his belt buckle and the top button of his jeans. He peeled back the waistband to reveal the smallest of incisions. “Nothing too obvio...