Category Archives: reading brain
-
Puppies, Spies, and Brains
Leave a commentOctober 11, 2018 by libroshombre
Last week two fellow Osher Lifelong Learning students passed along some library-related amusements. One item, a Peanuts strip showing Charlie …
Continue reading -
Books, Books, More Books!
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2017 by libroshombre
Long ago I took up the banner of bibliophile Winston Churchill: “If you cannot read all your books, at …
Continue reading -
Yogi, Gene, and Norman
Leave a commentJanuary 9, 2016 by libroshombre
Once Yogi Berra was asked to explain a particularly awful Yankees outing. “We made too many wrong mistakes,” he …
Continue reading -
Swapping Spit, Being Cold, and Getting Smart
Leave a commentJanuary 27, 2015 by libroshombre
Vladimir Nabokov’s opinion that, “revelation can be more dangerous than revolution,” resonated after reading about several new scientific discoveries. The …
Continue reading -
Old Water, Tear Topography, and Why Geezers Grin
Leave a commentDecember 25, 2014 by libroshombre
“Water is the driving force of all nature,” observed Leonardo da Vinci, and earth’s water predates the sun, according to …
Continue reading -
Loving Countries and Re-wiring the Brain with Books
Leave a commentFebruary 20, 2014 by libroshombre
If the Gallup pollsters survey of the world’s “most loved countries” is to be believed, it’s time to move to …
Continue reading
