Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Stars Were Aligned!

August 7th

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Last Wednesday the glorious sunset as I looked west from a friend’s house, coupled with the full moon looming wonderfully large and low over the trees to the east when I returned home, got me thinking about this time of year, particularly as it relates to the last 10 years of my life.
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Music Matters!

August 6th

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One of my bedside books for the past few months has been:
Musicophilia, Tales of Music and The Brain by Oliver Sacks. I think I’ve mentioned before that I rarely read a new book from front to back at first opening!
According to his bio Oliver Sacks is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University […]

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A Clean Baby Is a Happy Baby and Other Trivia

August 5th

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When you work in institutional childcare (can I call them ‘day orphanages’?) there are many things that contribute to a child’s well being – or otherwise.
Of course, the manners and attitudes of the staff play a big part in how a child behaves. It also matters if staff portrays an overly upbeat and cheerful approach to […]

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