Holly Lawrence

Writer. Always learning. Exploring the latest issues in healthcare, work, & aging. Admirer of nature, gardens, cats, & calm.

[Holly Lawrence @HollyJLawrence]

Autumn is here!

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

Just after agreeing to buy Joseph-Beth Booksellers last week, Barnes & Noble has acquired stationery and lifestyle brand Levenger, which has been privately held since 1987, and plans to make an “assortment” of its products available in its bookstores and outposts of its other stationery subsidiary, Paper Source. https://t.co/kSXjtsLS1I

[Holly Lawrence @HollyJLawrence]

Masterpiece 'Take Five' is timeless. Dave Brubeck Quartet rocked! The drummer solo was incredible!

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

67 years ago today, ‘Take Five’ by Dave Brubeck Quartet was released as a single.

It went on to become the best-selling jazz single of the 20th century.

[Holly Lawrence @HollyJLawrence]

@SVG__Collection This was genius. I've watched the video countless times.

[Holly Lawrence @HollyJLawrence]

Read-ing, wi-l.l lo!o!k like--'this!.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Commas, dashes, semicolons, and spaces have shaped how we read for centuries. What happens when machines start crafting the sentences? https://t.co/oVMZJk3x25

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Commas, dashes, semicolons, and spaces have shaped how we read for centuries. What happens when machines start crafting the sentences? https://t.co/oVMZJk3x25

[Holly Lawrence @HollyJLawrence]

@NewYorker Read-ing, wi-l.l lo!o!k like--'this!.

[Holly Lawrence @HollyJLawrence]

Landlord who gaslights tenant. Not good.

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

How far would you go to get rid of an awful stench in your $5,850-a-month apartment that your landlord says doesn’t exist?

The answer, according to David Gobaud, is pretty far. His insistence of a lingering smell in his unit has led to an unusual legal standoff with his landlord, who has done extensive work in the apartment and says there is no such odor.

Neither side is budging, turning the situation into a “he says it smells, he says it doesn’t smell” dispute.

https://t.co/IJE2VmnxrF

[Holly Lawrence @HollyJLawrence]

Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN https://t.co/hM7MGCVrSm

[ABC News @ABC]

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art officially opens its doors to the public this week.

The museum is a 13-acre campus that explores the universal art of storytelling.

Read more: https://t.co/NCOxZBaVUX

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Whatever book you pick up, it’s likely to make you feel better—maybe even a whole lot better. “In a secular age, I suspect that reading fiction is one of the few remaining paths to transcendence, that elusive state in which the distance between the self and the universe shrinks,” Ceridwen Dovey writes, in “Can Reading Make You Happier?,” which was published in 2015. Dive into the research behind the therapeutic effect of books: https://t.co/H94aQp3jtK

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination”

Hear Mary Oliver, in her lovely time-rasped voice, read one of the greatest poems ever written: https://t.co/czFYmzZHWv

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Veterinary care is becoming increasingly expensive for American pet owners.

As prices rise, attention is turning to a major shift in the industry: private equity firms and large corporations buying up veterinary practices across the country. https://t.co/Y6UL12j5Ak

[Holly Lawrence @HollyJLawrence]

@nxthompson @jerallaire On a smaller scale, the AgeTech industry reflects this imbalance of access. AgeTech products and services--gadgets for the home, wearable devices, medical monitoring--are out of reach for millions of low income seniors and caregivers. Only the wealthy will benefit from tech

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

It’s not uncommon for lawyers to work well into their 80s. Firms are finding ways to get them to exit and make way for the next generation. https://t.co/Y6H3GuVtRJ

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

If you take multiple medications, you might be unknowingly taking one drug to treat the side effects of another. https://t.co/9ZY4tuEdQN

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

#MedNews: As more adults seek #ADHD evaluations, primary care clinicians face growing pressure to accurately diagnose and manage the condition.

Find out more about the challenges of distinguishing ADHD from other conditions and how new clinical guidelines may help improve care.

https://t.co/UYy3xAa2PZ

[Holly Lawrence @HollyJLawrence]

Great advice from Warren Buffett, from 2017.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Warren Buffett to Judy Woodruff in 2017:

"I tell the students, look for the job that you would take if you didn't need a job. ... The second thing is to have people around you that make you feel good every day, and make you a better person than you otherwise would be." https://t.co/RI09DnlDxY

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

Research from Massachusetts and North Carolina suggests investing in food improves health and lowers costs for Medicaid patients. But federal budget cuts could make it harder for states to provide healthy meals.
https://t.co/c2LJBwKy2m

[KFF @KFF]

Among uninsured adults, about 4 in 10 w/ multi. conditions (43%) and about 1/2 w/ a mental health condition (47%) say their health got worse after skipping or delaying care — making them about 1.5x as likely as their insured counterparts to experience a decline in health: https://t.co/KMFAUCaRuI