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PRESERVING YOUR MEMORY NOW

Monday, May 27, 2024

In today’s Memorial Day newsletter, we outline how to improve our memory, get advice and wisdom from Rosie the Riveters, batten down the hatches ahead of a potentially brutal hurricane season ... and look at putt-putt through the subversive history of mini golf. Plus, what’s it like to write with an 18th century quill?

People are silhouetted on a back, a person swings from rings and others use various equipment in the distance.

PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID GUTTENFELDER, NAT GEO IMAGES

Just because we experience normal, age-related memory issues doesn’t mean we can’t do something about it.

Researchers say lifestyle choices play a role in tweaking our recall abilities. What are these activities and factors?

Free article: The secret to remembering travel

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STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

Hurricane Florence churns over the Atlantic Ocean as seen from the International Space Station in 2019

PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEXANDER GERST, NASA

Batten down the hatches! NOAA predicts rough Atlantic hurricane season. (Above, Hurricane Florence in 2018.)

Memorial Day: Why do we even celebrate it?

Get moving: How running helps your body

These women won World War II. What’s their advice for us today?

This U.S. war never technically ended. Here’s why.

Do certain roots or herbs like ginseng actually combat stress?

How a flood-prone Dutch port is becoming a floating city

Inside the 18th-century contest to build this keystone of American monuments

Vanished: What is happening to the world’s biggest fish?

See: The best bird feeders for hummingbirds, cardinals, and more

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Woman in nice dress and hat playing golf at the course with replicas for Washington DC's famous buildings.

PHOTOGRAPH BY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC

Ringing in golfing weather … with mini golf! No sport is perhaps as whimsical as the popular variation on a classic sport. But why mini golf? Why not regular golf? Turns out, the origins of mini golf are far more subversive than you may think. For extra points, what did one pioneering mini course have?

A. A bridge and stream
B. A windmill
C. A hole with a giant clown’s mouth
D. A huge incline with a green on top

CLICK FOR THE ANSWER

In other summer sports: A short history of tennis skirts

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

A piece of paper with calligraphy on it and a pointy good feather pen.

PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK THIESSEN

Official U.S. documents weren’t always typed. When writing his new book, A.J. Jacobs takes on the practice of writing with a quill. Did writing in the manner of America’s Founders lend any insight into their writing? Should we all ditch the keyboard?

Today’s soundtrack: Nantes, Beirut

Tomorrow: What you don’t know about an epidural

Today’s newsletter was curated and edited by Nishita Naga, Nancy San Martín, and David Beard. Let us know if you have any suggestions for us.

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