A garden in Wales

Linda Clare and I toured this gorgeous colorful garden yesterday while talking passionately about dementia... and gardens. She was a most gracious host, buying me dinner on Wednesday and Thursday nights, as well as lunch on Thursday. She would only let me buy her a cup of tea and a scone at the garden. She also gave me a new handbook of the clinical psychology of aging that she edited. I met a number of her research assistants and we shared several meals with them -- what intense and intriguing conversations. They are doing amazing work, including using a Microsoft gizmo that people with dementia wear around their necks; it takes consecutive pictures of where they are and helps orient them to what they've done that day. I'm sorry I couldn't post yesterday from the hotel in Wales -- the wireless system couldn't seem to connect to the Internet. I left Wales this morning, taking the train to Stafford. I'll say more about that in another post.