2026-07-18 Nostalgia: Smells, Cars, and Places from the Past
Session Overview Participants shared weekly updates — from job searching and dementia research to a trip to San Diego and welding a backyard grill — before diving into the session’s main theme of nostalgia. Guided by the idiom of the week (‘cup of tea’), the group explored how smells, fermented foods, childhood sweets, and old cars can trigger vivid memories of the past. They also compared notes on revisiting once-beloved places like Guam, San Diego, and Austin, and discovering how much those places had changed. ...