The art of mending

I learned this Japanese tradition and belief from Read, Love and Learn community on Facebook.

Somnambulism!

Yes! There is such a word: Somnambulism, meaning sleep walking! Made of the two words somn (sleep) and ambul (walking), which just made me realize the word ambulance must has something to do with this ambul(ant) too! :-) It means a moving hospital!

تنخواه گردان

امروز واژه "تنخواه گردان"
را به لطف دوستى كه ما را در فيس بوك سر كار گذاشته بود، آموختم :-)

Aging of the Eye and Health!

As we get old, we have increased risks of facing various health problems such as cancer, heart attack, etc. Often times, researchers blamed various factors like lack of exercise, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, ... as contributing factors to such diseases. A recent article suggests that natural light, and how much of it we receive through our eyes is a huge factor in our health and well-being. In fact, aging of the eye does more than just affecting our eye-sight, it affects our health!

For more information, read the full article here.

If you know Persian, you can listen to an informal translation of this article, here.