Good to have you back on the blog. Memory is a subject I am quite interested in. You write about memory: One way to abbreviate her point would be to argue that they saw recollection, or memory, as something done by humans in human ways – as something personal. Currently my Mom is in the process of losing her memory (hence one of the reasons for my interest) due to a disease. Memory is indeed personal, not private but communal. Her lack of memory (she currently has no short-term memory) and continued decrease in such does not mean she is not a human but it certainly does affect her ability to be current in her community. Her long-term (trained memory) is still quite good and with old friends and family she still has community. Perhaps exploring the issue of memory will teach all of us how to be better persons in the communal sense. Maybe then we might understand “that’s personal” in a human way.

Congratulations on the 25th anniversary!