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Please click on the *Contact* button (at the top-right) and fill in the form.BLOG: Card Games to Fight Friggatriskaidekaphobia
Today (… and Happy Friday the 13th to us all!) I was thinking how when my kids were young I used playing cards to help them practice their number skills. Several games revolved around the number “13” and even today...
BLOG: My “Mall Walk, Talk ‘n Gawk” Talk
This morning I spoke at the "Sunstrider's" meeting which the Galleria Mall sponsors monthly for mall walkers. I had highlighted them in my July “A Thinkin’ Minute” column in the Vegas Voice (www.TheVegasVoice.net) These folks said they walked because it was good...
Pointillism Thoughts: Seurat, Son & Space
This morning I was pleasantly surprised by a text from my son. It read, “Looking @ Seurat “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” that print you had. HUGE.” (Eric’s on a business trip to Chicago and went early so he could take in The Art Institute. He had promised to send...
Counting Games for Planes, Trains and OtherMobiles
[Ages 2 to 102.] Are you at the airport, train station, bus depot and other locations full of people? These brain games will help wile away the waiting time. Do them alone or with your traveling companions of any age. Look around … and start counting. How many...
Juggling Builds Brain Power
In my Vegas Voice column, “A Thinkin’ Minute”, I’ve suggested a variety of activities to improve your brain and talked about the latest brain research. One brain-building activity I’ll be addressing in a future column is 'juggling', but since the World Juggling...