When Sarah McKay, Ph.D began blogging, it soon became one of her great passions. Her blog became her “north star.” Her blog keeps her brain healthy. How? She explains in Why Finding Your Passion Is Essential to Maintaining Brain Health.

If you’re one of those people who still love to read books (I do!), take note:Science Has Great News for People Who Read Actual Books.

Last week, I featured some quotes from Eudora Welty. Here is her full treatise on The Making of a Writer: Listening in the Dark.

 Writers’ notebooks: ‘A junkyard of the mind’ will give you a peek at some writers’ notebooks.

Happy Friday!

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