The Old Gray Matter Ain’t What She Used to Be

The Old Gray Matter Ain’t What She Used to Be
I believe another reason other than aging exists for our forgetfulness: brain overload. WAYHOME studio/Shutterstock
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Recently, my friend Allen and I were discussing books and literature beside the fireplace in his home in the mountains.
I started to tell him about a novel I’d read and enjoyed, but both the author’s name and the title had slipped away.
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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