Chinese tea ceremony: turning the cups. Photo by Quinn Norton. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Until I sat down to write this I did not know that the Chinese as well

My title refers to my mother's dementia, with which I live as a caretaker. Some of these stories are funny. I don't mean to be making fun of anyone. I mean no disrespect. And I'm sure some of you will

It's been one of those hectic periods during which all I want to do is get in bed and pull the cover over my head until it's over. Leonard Bernstein did a wonderful video series of Beethoven's nine symphonies,

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Once upon a time in Colombia I had a step-daughter who preferred to eat foods that were mostly white. She drank milk and ate quesito, which is a popular semi-soft cheese in Colombia; vanilla ice cream,