08/30/2025
A big shout-out and thanks to Karcy Bowles, Celia Avila de Santiago, Krystal Messer, and all the great librarians and staff at the Los Angeles Public Library branches for a fantastic five months of Gymnasium For The Mind workshops through the Active Studio program.
It's been a joyful and rewarding experience to share Gymnasium For The Mind's games, techniques, and philosophy of maintaining brain health to maximize our quality of life with such a welcoming, caring, and conscientious group of people. I look forward to working (and playing) with them again.
It's also a reminder of what a precious resource our public libraries are, and the importance of giving them our support and protection.
"The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance." – Libba Bray