Blogs about: Diane Ackerman
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Narrative and Memory
We need stories. “Narrative, one of the brain’s key strategies, helps engrave memory,” writes Diane Ackerman in An Alchemy of Mind. She writes about a memory study in which Cornell p… more →
Exile on Ninth Street
on comets that fail to live up to expectations
wrote 1 week ago: English: This color photograph of the comet Kohoutek (C/1973 E1) was taken by members of the lunar a … more →
Time to put away childish things
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wrote 1 week ago: Tigger (Photo credit: drhenkenstein) It’s bouncy, flouncy, trouncy,pouncy … more →
Diane Ackerman
wrote 1 week ago: “I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it, … more →
My Actual Summer Reading List
wrote 1 week ago: This project has been a lot of fun. If you haven’t looked at everyone’s list, I suggest … more →
An Alchemy of Mind
wrote 3 weeks ago: — The Marvels and Mystery of the Brain — As an unnamed reviewer from The Washington Post puts it in … more →
Thought of the day - Diane Ackerman
wrote 3 weeks ago: ”I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of … more →
There are moments when you… – Lead.Learn.Live.
wrote 1 month ago: There are moments when you… – Lead.Learn.Live.. … more →
There are moments when you...
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wrote 1 month ago: “…There are moments on the brink, when you can give yourself to a lover, or not; give in … more →
The Preface.
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wrote 1 month ago: “Big city girl living in a small Albertan town”. What does that mean? 3 posts down and I … more →
A Natural History Of Love
wrote 1 month ago: “Common as child birth, love seems rare nonetheless, always catches one by surprise, and cannot be t … more →
Inner Space and Outer Space: Carl Sagan’s Letters to Timothy Leary (1974)
wrote 1 month ago: Carl Sagan, advocate of space travel and extra-terrestrial communication, visited Timothy Leary in t … more →
Casting Scoop – Jessica Chastain to Star in “The Zookeeper’s Wife” Film Adaptation
wrote 1 month ago: Those following the career of actress Jessica Chastain will know that these past few years have been … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Language provides an abundance of words to keep us company on our travels. But we’re losing wo … more →
On the Brain
wrote 1 month ago: I”m getting a little behind here. What have I been reading lately? I finished up Deep Play by … more →
Mystery
wrote 1 month ago: It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in betwee … more →
Infatuation : The Chemical High
wrote 1 month ago: Source : http://www.divinecaroline.com/love-sex/un-crushing-truth-about-crushes They say laughter is … more →
Website Finally Finished and Online, Also Motel Installation and Senses Book
wrote 2 months ago: So my website is finally online for all to see the link is: www.johannafalzone.com Also I have inclu … more →
Live Life
wrote 2 months ago: “I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. … more →
"A Visit from the Doom Squad" by June Dwyer
wrote 2 months ago: Edward Hicks “The Peaceable Kingdom” (c.1834), National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. … more →
