We make a lifetime of memories only to remember a fraction of them. Even healthy brains can only recall a percentage of what we store. Why can’t we purge unhappy memories, like Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?
According to a recent RadioLab broadcast on Memory and Forgetting…….
Maybe. We. Can.Continue Reading
Natchez Trace stand-keepers were often women. Buffalo River Farm’s Donna Branch is a testament to Trace history. On the Tennessee frontier, the Trace meandered through creeks and soared over rocky crests. The men who made it that far often carried shredded shoes to the next stop, hoping for repairs with their meal and bed. Maybe a few weary wanderers crossed the land of Donna’s ancestors, a couple of miles east of the Trace.
Donna Branch would’ve welcomed them.Continue Reading
Author Lisa A. Kramer never thought a flight from Boston to Nashville would change her life. “I’m going to come and walk with you on the Natchez Trace!” Lisa, a complete stranger, proclaimed by e-mail. I believed I knew her from online correspondence, but would we deplore one another on sight?Continue Reading
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