Good News Wednesdays

Every day the media focuses on the most sensational stories of the day. Unfortunately, most of these are tales of the worst traits of humanity, violence, avarice, depravity. I’ve decided to take every Wednesday, it is after all hump day, to highlight the good news.

Today, Wednesday October 28, one headline reads, “Many Babies Born This Century Will Live to be 100.” There is a caveat to this caption is many babies born in rich countries will live to be a hundred. Since the 20th century, people living in developed countries are living three decades longer than they have in past centuries. Wow!

Japan has one of the longest life expectancies in the world and a new study finds that most women now aged 80 will live to be 90. According to experts, we are less than 10 years away from the day when there will be more people on the planet who are over 65 than there are under the age of 5.

Yet another study finds that the brains of older people who’ve never used the internet are actively stimulated and changed when they begin to use the web on a daily basis. Simple internet searches, according to the UCLA study, form a simple brain exercise that may be used to enhance cognition in older people.

That’s good news all around as far as I’m concerned, we’re getting older, and we’re getting smarter.

Hooray for humanity!

Just as an FYI, I recently received a wonderful review for White Wolf. Here it is:


FANTASTIC! I enjoyed Gray and Sorcha’s story immensely. The pages absolutely drip with suspense, mystery, action, and best of all great sex. There are plenty of charismatic secondary characters as well. In fact, I’m sorry Jianne Carlo didn’t write White Wolf as the final book in a series about the entire White clan. Presented as it was, the Black Wolf mystery and unsolved serial murders could have easily been incorporated into an entire series, not to mention that I would have loved to have read Joe and Susie’s, Chad and Lizzie’s, and Mike and Melanie’s stories from the very beginning. I will definitely be watching for more great work from this talented author. White Wolf is a must read! Merrylee.

Have a great hump day,

Jianne Carlo