Three Lessons from My Husband’s Descent into Dementia

For at least six years before his death, my husband suffered from dementia. Dementia, as I am sure you know, is the the general term for the many forms of…

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The Time of the Rains: A Mexican Prose Poem

The Time of the Rains: A Mexican Prose Poem

Don Bruno in his milpa (corn, beans and squash) On the August 20, 2002, Don Bruno stood in my garden in Guanajuato, Mexico and delivered this wonderful prose poem.  Rushing…

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How to Understand Flavor and Smell

Last week 18th May 2024, I was lucky enough to attend a meeting of the International Society of Neurogastronomy at the University of Kentucky, here in Lexington. It sounds very…

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