Memories

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This is Your Brain on Poetry

Travis Nichols | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Contemporary Poetry, Poets, Experimental Poetry, Memories, Poems, Poetry, Gertrude Stein, Books, Memory, Brains, Coleridge, Books News

Memory has generated great poems from Simonides, famous for eulogizing ancient Greek nobility, to Coleridge, to the contemporary poets writing an "experiment in collective autobiography," The Grand Piano.

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Why I Stopped Idealizing Thanksgivings Past

Mark C. Miller | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Thanksgiving, Nostalgia, Memories, Regret, Family, Californians, Living News

Too many people with too little to be thankful for, need to be fed and wished a happy Thanksgiving.

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Fear And Faith: The Art Of Rebecca Campbell

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe Gallery, La-Louver-Gallery, Kimberly Brooks, Ghosts, Rebecca Campbell, Said the Lady to the Man, Painting, The Inner Life, LA Louver Gallery, Poltergeist, Memories, Living News

There is a passage in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables that makes me think of Rebecca Campbell's installations and paintings -- both are at once familiar and menacing.

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Can Memories Be Erased?

Joseph LeDoux | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Emotions, Fear, Trauma, How to Control Emotions, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Memories, New York News

Remember Jim Carrey's character in Eternal Sunshine? He wanted the memory of Clementine extracted, traces of her wiped clean. Surely this was a film fantasy and impossible in real life. Or is it?

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Memoirs and Memory

Frank Bruni | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Memoir, Frank Bruni, Frank Bruni Born Round, Born Round: The History of a Full Time Eater, Memoirs, Memories, The Inner Life, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

With person after person I met on my book tour, I came to see that our memories aren't really patchy; they're patchworks, randomly retrieved bits and scraps that we weave together into something different.

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#Whereiwas: Twitter Users Share 9/11 Memories

Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Twitter, 9/11, Whereiwas, Twitter Trends, #Whereiwas, September 11th, Tweets, Memories, New York News

Twitter users are taking to the Internet today to share memories of where they were on September 11th, 2001. Scroll down to see a real-time feed of...

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Why Do We Hate Good-Byes?

Robert Fuller | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Moby Dick, Good-Bye, Indignity, Self, Dignity, Farewell, Recognition, Death, Keats, Answers, Malrecognition, Columbine, Goodbye, Questions, Identity, Why Do We Hate Good-Byes?, Emily Dickinson, Elderly, Companionship, Childhood Memories, Emotional Wellness, Memories, Friendship, Emerson, Emotions, Living News

Our distaste for good-byes is a reminder of our unfathomable mutual dependence. An individual self cannot come into being, let alone endure, absent the recognition of others.

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A Toast to NYC (Or, what Yoko Ono Taught Me About New York)

Marissa Moss | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, New York City, Memories, Yoko Ono, New York News

A salute to New York City

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Reflections of Dad

Cheryl Saban | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Father's Day, Gratitude, Memories, Fathers, Fatherhood, Parenting, Parenthood, Living News

We shouldn't wait until Father's Day to ponder the impact our dads have on our lives, but time slips by, doesn't it? We don't always reserve much of it to appreciate the contributions our loved ones make.

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How To Be Happier: Stay Connected To Your Past

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Your Happiness Project, Past, Memories, Living News

I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. ...

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Al Meyerhoff and the Chemistry of Life and Death

Diane Dulken | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

This environmental lawyer reminded us that the vast majority of commercial and industrial chemicals in circulation today are not tested for longterm health effects before being put on the market.

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What Would Molly Think?

Betsy Moon | Posted 03.03.2009 | Living

Molly Ivins made us want to be our better selves and stand up and use our power. Two years after her death, she would be so proud that we finally woke up and worked to make this happen.

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I Almost Forgot, I Hate Politics

Leighann Lord | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Childhood Memories, Obama Inauguration, Self-Esteem, Barack Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, Junior High School, Memories, Teenagers, Politics, Elections, Self Esteem, Adolescence, Seventh Grade, Inauguration, High School, Middle School, Student Council, Politics News

In seventh grade, we set up my school's first student council. Being a shoe-in for valedictorian I naturally planned to run for president, until I found out that my best friend, Jennifer, was running too.

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You Know, Drinking Ain't So Bad for Most

Stanton Peele | Posted 01.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Drinks, Mixed Drinks, Growing Up, Bacardi, Manischiewitz, First Drink, Birthday Parties, Drinking Age, Drinking, Memories, Social Drinking, Celebratory Drinking, Moderate Drinking, Style News

At my neighbor's 87th birthday, we practiced harm reduction. None of us got stinking drunk. Furthermore, the birthday boy and I each only had to stagger back out across the hallway-no steps!

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