Cognitive Training and ….Cinnamon?

I started ‘brain training’ with Lumosity last fall and usually play five games a day whenever possible.  If you aren’t familiar with Lumosity, they provide cognitive training exercises that teach neuroplasticity, that is training the brain to use new pathways to complete a task.  Cognitive training has blossomed in the past few years and since some of my neural pathways are deteriorating, I thought Lumosity would be an interesting test and might help me build those new paths. The Lumosity training works to improve five areas – memory, flexibility, problem solving, attention and speed – all improvements I can use! …

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Time Flies

May seems to be going  has gone by awfully quickly, here it is Memorial Day June 1 and it seems like we just got home from our West Coast tour last week, not 5 weeks ago.  It’s been a busy time since we returned including Doctor appointments (annual physicals), catching up our volunteer work for Project Linus and getting ready for Spring. Spring did finally arrive (more or less) and we took the pontoon out for the first time not long after we got home and it was great to be able to get back out on the water. We…

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