Tag Archives: intellectual stimulation
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Learning a New Language in My Seventies
5August 20, 2019 by Jean
I’ve never considered myself very good at learning languages. I learned Quebecois French in elementary school, but when I tried …
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Becoming
13April 24, 2019 by Jean
When my book group decided to read Michelle Obama’s autobiography Becoming (Crown, 2018) this month, I was willing but not …
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Going to School Forever
14January 28, 2019 by Jean
During my college teaching career, I sometimes joked to students that college professors were people who were better at going …
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Winter Reading
8January 13, 2019 by Jean
I am a voracious reader and have been for pretty much all my life. I remember my weekly dilemma when …
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Reframing Aging
15May 1, 2018 by Jean
Last week, I attended a Symposium on Aging put on by the interdisciplinary Aging Initiative at the University of Southern …
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Old Dogs and New Tricks
9July 4, 2017 by Jean
For most of my life, I assumed that our ability to learn new things declines dramatically as we age, as …
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Not What I Expected
10March 27, 2017 by Jean
Regular readers may have noticed that I’ve been A.W.O.L. from this blog in recent weeks. The reason is that all …
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New Year’s Check-Up: Wellbeing
8January 16, 2017 by Jean
In my last post, I focused on evaluating my use of time and money as I begin my third year …
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New Year’s Check-Up: Money and Time
10January 3, 2017 by Jean
When I retired in 2014, I didn’t have any doubts about doing so. I did have some anxieties, however, about …
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American Nations
6November 7, 2016 by Jean
I recently finished reading Colin Woodard’s American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (Penguin …
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