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1 week ago | 
nextavenue.org | Patricia Corrigan
If you want to change any aspects of your personality so you'll be more popular, "Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change," is not the book for you. However, if you're looking to improve your life, you may want to read what author Olga Khazan has to say. "A personality change may get other people to like you, but this is not about other people," Khazan told Next Avenue.
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1 month ago | 
nextavenue.org | Patricia Corrigan
Five independent booksellers give us their suggestions, some based on past recommendationsHere comes summer! At the pool, the lake or the seashore — or in your own backyard — do spend part of the season immersed in books. Wondering what's worthy? Read on.
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2 months ago | 
nextavenue.org | Patricia Corrigan
‘Research shows that the capacity to change is retained regardless of age'"You dance like a flamingo in heat," called out the D.J. on a Caribbean cruise. Then he asked me to help him judge the dance contest later in the evening. This was during the decade when I left my job as a newspaper reporter for two weeks each year to tap dance in a parody of "The Nutcracker" presented by a professional modern dance company.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
nextavenue.org | Patricia Corrigan
Whether "the holidays" in your house means Christmas (Dec. 25), Hannukah (Dec. 25-Jan. 2) or Kwanzaa (Dec. 26-Jan. 1), one question always arises: What to buy for gifts? A smart, one-size-fits-all option is books. Many shops lure in customers this time of year with lights or themed displays, but bookstores fill expansive tables and towering shelves with gift options for every age, on a variety of topics and in a range of prices.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
nextavenue.org | Patricia Corrigan
After a friend's fitness tracker alerted her to a rapid heartbeat, she learned at the hospital that she'd had a small heart attack and required a stent. The same day, after a warning from a smart watch about an abnormal heartbeat, another friend's sister-in-law had a pacemaker put in. And so the campaign accelerated — pressure from friends and family members for me to get some sort of smart device to monitor my health, as I live alone. "I don't want to," I replied to one and all.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
nextavenue.org | Patricia Corrigan
The recipes in 'Italian American Forever' represent an exploration of the celebrated chef’s heritage Maybe you've admired her for her laser-like focus as she cooks against the clock along with gifted competitors on "Alex vs. America," or for her incisive assessments of dishes prepared on "Ciao House." Maybe you've glimpsed her lighter side as she cheers on contestants cooking in parking lots on "Supermarket Stakeout," or on "Beat Bobby Flay" as she mocks her dear friend.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
nextavenue.org | Patricia Corrigan
In "Funny Girl," Barbra Streisand sings, "Don't tell me not to live, just sit and putter," and then she orders bystanders not to bring around a cloud to rain on her parade.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
nextavenue.org | Patricia Corrigan
Richard Osman talks about 'We Solve Murders' and a new Netflix film Elizabeth, Ron, Ibrahim and Joyce — the so-called "harmless pensioners" who are members of the Thursday Murder Club in Richard Osman's best-selling series of the same name — are on hiatus, making way for a new team of crime solvers in Osman's new book "We Solve Murders." (Don't dismay! Osman promises the old gang will be back together in a new mystery a year from now, plus Chris Columbus, the director of the first two Harry...
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
nextavenue.org | Patricia Corrigan
Dr. Marty Makary also praises innovators in medicine who reject ‘the standard path’|September 10, 2024|Warning: A doctor known as "an advocate for disruptive innovation in medicine" calls out widespread "groupthink" and an epidemic of medical dogma in his new book, "Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health." That may make some readers momentarily feel sick at heart. Author Dr. Marty Makary shares that reaction.
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Jun 16, 2024 | 
nextavenue.org | Patricia Corrigan
Professional circus artists perform across the countryWho doesn't love a circus on a summer day? Aerialists, contortionists, tightrope walkers, two-legged acrobats, hoop divers, four-legged acrobats (think doggies or horses), clowns and jugglers give their all, often accompanied by live music that elevates the festive nature of the shows. Some of us wait for a circus to come to town; some are lucky enough to live in or near communities that are home to circuses.
