Steady Recall

Memory after sixty, from a retired hospital pharmacist

Forgetting

An overview of what day-to-day forgetting typically looks like in the sixties and seventies, and how to separate it from changes that deserve a closer look.

  • Ordinary forgetting at sixty

    Last Tuesday I stood in the hallway with my reading glasses in my hand, looking for my reading glasses. Walt found them. He said nothing, which is worse than saying something. He just handed me a grape from the bowl on the counter and went back to his chair. Why memory slips after sixtyThe video…