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Memoir writing is good for the brain, and the heart

January 25, 20189 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, teaching memoir, writing prompts

In the dozen or so years I’ve been leading memoir-writing classes, I always pretty much assumed that getting life episodes down on paper is good for your brain. Now studies are starting to prove it. A Creativity and Aging Study by the National Endowment for the Arts shows that writing memoir can result in the […]

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Attention last-minute shoppers: here’s how to send an e- book as a gift

December 21, 2017CommentsPosted in Flo, memoir writing, Mike Knezovich, parenting a child with special needs, Seeing Eye dogs, teaching memoir, travel

Mike, Seeing-Eye dog Whitney and I are taking a train to Wisconsin tomorrow to visit our son Gus for the weekend, and while we’re away our niece Janet and her kids are staying at our place to enjoy Christmassy Chicago. So, like so many others, Mike and I are running around packing, shopping and cleaning. […]

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