Like all reading fiction entertains, relaxes and stimulates us. But fiction does more: it educates and is good for us.
Human brains crave novelty, and fiction provides novelty in abundance.
Category Archives: Lifelong learning
Learning journey – how to write a novel
My learning journey – a new adventure, how to write a novel – continues. I write regularly but, as I explained in a previous post, which you can read if you click here, writing fiction doesn’t yet feature among my skills. I hope that will soon change.
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Read a book every day – ten reasons why you should
Reading, and especially reading every day, provides us with numerous benefits, from simple entertainment to creating new synapses in our brains and helping with communication.
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Brains need novelty to thrive and grow
Novelty is good for us. It excites our brains and helps them grow stronger and more resilient.
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Tranquillity – first aid when stressed
Tranquillity and calm by the end of this year. What an aim! These states are implied in the word ‘serenity’, my catchword for 2019.
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Grandmother blogger and proud
I’m a grandmother blogger, and love the title. There’s a growing band of women who are happy to claim the status of grandmother blogger.
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Social media and life-long-learning
Social media, and my participation, challenges me in positive ways, as many readers of this blog already know.
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Serenity, a state of calm peacefulness and poise
The practice of naming a word for the year appeals to me, rather than making resolutions that are too easy to break.
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Aches pains and illnesses make lousy conversation
Aches pains and illnesses are number one topics of discussion for some older people. We have a responsibility to get over ourselves.
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Blogging for fun – novice to mastermind?
My idea of blogging for fun worked wonderfully for a while. But at the beginning of this year it met an extreme challenge . Hoping to improve my blogging skills and also to build a bigger audience, I joined one of Amanda Kendle’s Blogging Mastermind groups. Mastermind? Me? I don’t think so!
