Category Archives: memories

Sound Memories

Posted on December 21, 2008 by moonbridgebooks

While certain scents can cause a stream of memories to flow, sound can also do the same. Blue jays and mourning doves calling remind me of waking up in a camping trailer, lying in that pull-out bed of the Coleman … Continue reading →

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I Smell Holidays Coming!

Posted on December 13, 2008 by moonbridgebooks

“Our experience of the holidays just wouldn’t be the same without our noses.” So begins the article “Making Scents of the Holidays,” a Psychology Today, December 5 post. Dr. Rachel Herz goes on to explain the science of scent and … Continue reading →

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An Experience in Perspectives

Posted on October 17, 2008 by moonbridgebooks

Yesterday I was a panelist at a social justice/civil rights forum at my daughter’s school. There were five of us: an African-American man, a Caucasian-American man, a Puerto Rican woman whose family moved to Miami in the middle of her … Continue reading →

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