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| Photo by Michael Reuter via Creative Commons |
A few months after I moved from Indiana to Utah, I started carrying a clear, plastic stadium purse? Why? I kept losing my phone and my keys. I am in my early 60s, so some might assume that I am showing signs of dementia. However, I have another hypothesis.
I have been experiencing cognitive overload.
I was trying to manage too many new situations at once, and my brain could not process all of the demands:
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| Published 1 Aug 2023 |
Oh, Tom Lake was a quiet yet powerful narrative. I am crying softly because Ann Patchett did such a good job weaving together characters, images, setting, and themes.
I am a middle aged woman, and this is a book about Lara, a middle aged woman, taking an inventory of her life by doing an oral life review for her three daughters. It's about the choices we make in life--particularly when we are in our 20s--and how those choices set us on a path for the decades to come.
