Age and Beauty from The Wandering Place While I keep working on learning the art of storytelling and revising “The Wandering Place,” I thought I would give you a small piece of it. Here’s one story about age and beauty from the book. If you get to the
Author: debric5
As a teacher for 26 years, I’ve seen a lot of changes in public education. Every day, the students sit in my classroom staring at their iPads. There are some real benefits to these devices. I can send them into the world to find answers, spell words, or create
The characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease and early symptoms can appear similar to the typical growing older behaviors faced by many adults in their sixties, seventies, and eighties. Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, is known for its impact on memory, thinking, and behavior. Recognizing the early symptoms of
My earliest memories include climbing onto my Pap Wert’s lap and listening to him read “Chicken Little.” Pap and Grandma didn’t have many children’s books, so it was just me and Henny Penny, Lucy Goosey, and Lucky Ducky for many years. As an adult, I sometimes visit the county library
Not much of a schoolboy July 11 – Since today is my dad’s 83rd birthday, and he’s on a mystery tour with his new bride, I’m going to be a tattle-tale and tell some stories of his life as a schoolboy. I consider my dad to
What I didn’t get done this summer… Why do I always think I will have more time in the summer after school is over? Time to read books, visit friends I only see on Facebook, time to figure out how to hang all those framed pieces of art hiding behind
In recent years, research is showing a relationship between insulin resistance and the breakdown of neuron functionality in the brain. This brain/insulin connection has created the clinical research term “Type 3 Diabetes,” the newest name for Alzheimer’s Disease. I wondered how we got the name Alzheimer’s for this malady. Who
What is Alzheimer’s Disease? Alzheimer’s Disease is a brain disorder that wreaks havoc with stored memories, hinders new learning, and tampers with cognitive skills. While getting older is a natural event, Alzheimer’s Disease is not. The communication network in the brain is composed of a maddeningly complex system of
The Truth About Writers The truth about writers surprised me. I used to dream of writing a novel everyone would love (I still do), having it sell enough copies to give up my day job and buy a big house in the woods where I could sit
Have Professional Writers Become Obsolete? by Deb Richmond As an aspiring writer – or rather, a writer who still needs a non-writing source of income – I feel a