by Joan Rose LW contributor During this pandemic and lockdown, I’ve had time to think of many things, and one of the things I think about is my memory. The brain is an organ that scientists are still learning about, and the mind is one of the most amazing computers ever designed. However, I don’t think of the mind as a computerized machine, but rather a memory keeper. In my mind, the memory

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MEMBER COLUMN “This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” —Theodore Roosevelt by Beverley Bender LW contributor David Hamilton, Ph.D, author of “The Five Side Effects of Kindness,” says that we’re genetically wired to be kind. When we’re not being kind, it’s unhealthy. We feel separate, disconnected

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