News

[poliphilo]

Jo arrives to get my mother washed and dressed and- as always- finds her going through the morning paper. "Is there anything interesting in the news?" she asks- as always- and my mother- as always- having no memory of what she's been reading- says, "Nothing in particular..."

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Heh. I don't actually have any dementia or particular memory problems or anything ... but I still kind of do that when reading the newspaper or listening to the radio news. Nothing actually goes into my head; I'm just going through the motions because they're comfortable.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I can see that.

I expect some of it registers at a subconscious level.