With all the dreary, gloomy news about these days, one bad thing after another it seems, (including, but not limited to, the perils of growing older – that is, for anyone over 30 – ), how wonderful it is to hear, at long last, some glorious news.
New research has discovered that a compound found in Champagne has been shown to improve short-term memory (and possibly ward off dementia). Therefore, it has now been recommended that those of us over 40 should drink at least 3 glasses of bubbly a week in order to achieve this benefit. Well, twist my arm why don’t you?
If this isn’t good news and cause for celebration then I don’t know what is! Drink up my over 40 and fabulous friends!
Celebrate!
(c) copyright Sherri Matthews 2013
I need good news like this. A vague kind of melancholia afflicts me today, lingering like a bad aftertaste from eating something bitter. This is not unusual, a common thing for me and more than likely the result of a week filled with misplaced expectations and the inevitable disappointments.
One’s short-term memory is not be taken for granted, since a lack of it can create such confusion and frustration, and not just for the person trying so desperately to remember what was said only a few minutes before but for the person trying to understand.
Or, as in my Dad’s case, he had forgotten to ‘mention’ that he had an operation 2 weeks ago but was positive that he had told me about it. He hadn’t.
Champagne it is then! A cure for what ails me and a memory booster all at the same time. What could be better?
A certain lady said it best:
‘I drink champagne when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty.’ ~ Madame Lilly Bollinger
So pop the cork, pour that fizz and raise a glass of bubbly and I shall remember what it was like not so many days ago to dance in the wind and watch the sun set over the Pacific Ocean.
How shall I tell you what it was like? It was like this:
(c) copyright Sherri Matthews 2013
Remember the good times & thanks for the memory…I’ll drink to that 🙂
A View From My Summerhouse 
Leave the melancholia behind you – and look forward to the fizz of your gifts and your future!!
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🙂 xxx
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Ching, ching – I’m going to double up the recommended amount to really improve my memory…….
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Thought you might…ching ching!! Notice it has to be chilled…x
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That effervescence really IS stimulating, then, isn’t it!? Fabulous – and delicious – news!
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Never a truer word spoken by one Champagne lover to another 🙂
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What a lovely and beautifully written post, Sherri. You’re doing some nice work here.
See, I can like things that aren’t about cats!. 🙂
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Thank you so much Beverly…I take that as a huge compliment especially since there is not one thing in this post about my cats 🙂
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Cheers Sherri, I’ll drink to that! x
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A toast it is then, cheers Sue! 🙂 x
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Does that mean no more G an T’s!!!? : ) xoxo
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No way…remember, the quinine in the tonic is very good for treating Malaria and also the lemon in the G&T counts as one of your ‘Five-A-Day’ fruits! Perhaps I should blog about that too 🙂 xo
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I need to go get some bubbly to add to my health regimen and to help with the feeling of dancing on the coastline once again! 🙂
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Hi Jess, and yes, absolutely…we could all do with that sparkle in our lives 🙂 x
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Well could not resist, have just drunk a bottle and a half of it….and hmm not wise, but very nice. very nice. No reason at all really!
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Nothing like proving a point! Thanks for visiting 🙂
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Yes it was very nice,….:)
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