Common

Not the musician, though I should write about him someday, because I don’t know anything about him. For this post, rather, I’m talking about the word that indicates ordinary, regular, hmm...maybe accustom. As in, accustom to something. Common, like nothing extraordinary. It’s a common theme in life, the concept of change. Change, adjusting, accommodating. Maybe …

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Sleep and Your Brain

The linkage between sleep and brain disease (think Alzheimer's and other degenerative conditions). Growing evidence. Your body has processes established to help your brain stay health. Our relatively modern human practices sometimes get in the way: think electricity and light at night, which allows us to do more after dark; think personal and professional demands …

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