February 6

There was a review of a book, Connectome by Sebastian Seung, in this weekend's Wall Street Journal.  The reviewer, Daniel Levitin of McGill University, described the book as "the best lay book on brain science I've ever read."  Since I'm a lay person working with neuroscientists all day long, I figured it might be a good read so I ordered it from Amazon.  (The library doesn't have it.)  I came across a cool electron microscope image of a myelinated neuron on Google, so it inspired today's circle.

Eileen brought this lovely glass piece (1.25" x .75") from the oldest voodoo shop in the French Quarter.  A local New Orleans' woman artist makes these tiny pieces.  It has a lovely feel in the hand, cool and smooth.  Like all glass, it is slightly heavier than you would expect for its size.  The weight of my beaded pieces always surprise me.  All those tiny seed beads add up....  Mary