After 16 months of staying home (and feeling guilty when I didn’t), my feet and the rest of me are restless to leave. And because it’s summer, I feel the urge to resurrect the vacation road trip. It’s in my DNA. Our family vacation was a summer mainstay when I was young. My parents packed four kids into the station wagon and headed off to show us the world — and the world then meant anywhere accessible by interstate.

Are you occasionally annoyed by your forgetfulness? Change starts with awareness; then you can begin to modify habits that no longer work for you. And, as always, play these brain games to stay sharp!

Setting life goals and achieving your dreams involve many elements: talent, ambition, determination and, let’s face it, a good amount of luck. For Parma High grad Neil Giraldo (Class of ‘74), it was a harmonic convergence. From his earliest days playing local bars with his band, Lover’s Lane, to working with the legendary Rick Derringer and then his decades-long personal and professional relationship with his wife, Pat Benatar, Giraldo has achieved goals that few dream of. 

Alzheimer’s Disease research is taking place in Northeast Ohio with The Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (CADRC) funded by National Institute on Aging. It’s one of 31 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRC) in the country. The CADRC helps accelerate research across everything from diagnosis to treatment to basic understanding of what’s happening with the disease, thanks to participating volunteers.

    Okay, I’m going to step in a minefield here. I’ve always been a fan of… Robert Crumb! There, I said it.  He’s better known as R. Crumb, the former American Greetings artist who moved from Cleveland to San Francisco, did the cover for Big Brother and the Holding Company’s “Cheap Thrills” LP and became a pioneer in the underground comics scene.

The only thing better than breezy afternoons and twilight-drenched evenings is throwing a good book into the mix. The staff at the Kirtland Public Library has recommended these picks for your summer reading list.