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- Joan Aragone: Play games to improve your brain (San Mateo County Times)
As we age, our brains function less efficiently than they did when we were younger.That isn't news to anybody over 50 who knows the experience of forgetting a name immediately on introduction or grasping for words to describe a common object.
- Beaujolais wine enthusiast wants answers (Journal Inquirer)
Q. For many years I have been drinking wonderful Beaujolais wines from France. I have paired the wine with many different dishes and it always was a hit; I suspect it always will be. But for all of my enjoyment of it, I have to admit that I know little about it outside of its wonderful flavor.
- David Biespiel's poetry column addresses variations in Philip ... - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
David Biespiel's poetry column addresses variations in Philip ...The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 2 hours agoWhen June Jordan once cracked that a definition of poetry is "minimum words, maximum impact," she was admitting that, say, Walt Whitman needs all the words ...
- Gardeners find plenty to keep them busy this month (Journal Inquirer)
Renowned landscape designer Maureen Haseley-Jones, known as the “English Lady,” will speak at the St. Joseph College Hoffman Auditorium in West Hartford at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10. Doors open at 6 p.m. Haseley-Jones’ lecture, Garden Earth, includes a discussion on how to create a beautiful garden that flourishes and how to maintain it organically.
- Northern Michigan nautical getaway aboard the Manitou has gourmet ... - MLive.com
MLive.comNorthern Michigan nautical getaway aboard the Manitou has gourmet ...MLive.com, MI - 18 minutes ago5-8 • A storytelling and chocolate tour co-led by Norm Wheeler, a member of the storytelling/poetry troupe "The Beach Bards" and his wife, chocolatier Mimi ...
- Bloomfield Hills teen takes top prize in national video contest (Birmingham Eccentric)
Fame, fortune and a director's chair are just around the corner for Michael Newman.
- How to raise a rock star - Guardian Unlimited
When I was growing up in the 1960s rock music was seen as an undesirable field for one's children to go into. When I was asked to play a gig with a rock band my mother said: "There is no way you're going 90 miles to play a gig with THEM!" My mother ...
- It's sheer poetry as Ian comes to town - Selkirk Today
It's sheer poetry as Ian comes to townSelkirk Today, UK - 1 hour agoAlongside the day job, he has been writing poetry for longer than he cares to remember and was originally inspired by the Mersey Beat poets of the 1960s and ...
- Poetry Above the Clouds - Paste Magazine
Paste MagazinePoetry Above the CloudsPaste Magazine, GA - 1 hour agoImmediately after completing his walk, the symbolically, ethereally minded Petit confronted some good-old-fashioned American materialism. ...Philippe Petit "Man on Wire" Interview with Kam Williams NewsBlazeall 44 news articles
- Author Gowdy wins Trillium Book Award (Toronto Star)
Barbara Gowdy's gripping novel Helpless , which incited controversy in some quarters for its sympathetic portrayal of a man who abducts a young girl, is the winner of the $20,000 English-language Trillium Book Award.
- Tests not so great after all - Delta Democrat Times
Thursday, according to State Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds, was a great day for the children of Mississippi. In theory, Bounds is right. Thursday was the day the Department of Education approved higher standards for scoring state tests ...
- 2008 'Florida Book Awards' competition begins with call for entries (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Book Awards has kicked off its third annual competition with a call for entries in eight categories, including a new one for "Book Design."
- Literary Calendar - Washington Post
Literary CalendarWashington Post, United States - 3 hours ago7:30 PM The 2008 season of the Joaquin Miller Cabin Poetry Series opens with a reading by Barbara Crocker and Anne Higgins at Miller's Cabin, Picnic Grove ...
- Waterfront shanties earn their keep - Barnstable Patriot
Barnstable PatriotWaterfront shanties earn their keepBarnstable Patriot, MA - 1 hour agoRick Paulus, a former White House chief calligrapher, is also a verbal artist presenting prose and poetry that reflects the special qualities of season, ...
- Street Scene, Young Vic, London - Independent
Street Scene, Young Vic, LondonIndependent, UK - 1 hour ago... his Harlem poetry made him a fine choice, especially for such despondent arias as Sam's "Lonely House": "The night for me is not romantic – unhook the ...
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