How long have you got?

The idea of a “SuperAger” is new to me but, apparently, these people are of interest to scientists researching cognitive decline with age. SuperAgers buck the trend, living long and active lives and remain in possession of their faculties; some, it is said, have the brains of thirty year olds while in their eighties! I…

Mind Games

The word is that we ought to “train our brains” in the battles against cognitive degeneration, something which happens to us all to some degree after the age of about twenty-five. I’m very mindful of this and try my best. Wordle is a very popular game. Who knew? It only came to my attention when…

The Venn of ikigai

A video came up on Youtube the other day on the peculiarity of residents on the island of Okinawa in Japan. This place boasts the highest proportion of centenarians in the world and what’s more, they are mostly happy, active and dementia free. Their “secret” is said to derive from a deep sense of community…