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My Alzheimer's Prevention Plan

by Marissa CampbellA Writer's Musings April 2, 2015No Comments

Algid: chill, cold, freezing, frozen, frigid Algidity. Algidness. Today starts a new enterprise, a journey to increase the size of my hippocampi. A recent Prevention Magazine article: How to Beat Alzheimer’s at Its Own Game by Mike Zimmerman, spoke to the ways one can help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Among good advice like …

White Bristles

by Marissa CampbellA Writer's Musings April 17, 2013No Comments

This is a free flow exercise I did recently during a writing retreat. The facilitator led us through a relaxation exercise followed by visualization. The concept was to keep writing, keep the pen moving until time was up. This is the piece that resulted: “Come sit on the bed, love,” she says. I move closer, …