For the past two summers I have driven to Ithaca, New York, to take a five-day course at Cornell Adult University. Ithaca is at its best during the summer when the fog and weather do not interfere with the beautiful campus. Last year, I took a Jane Austen literature course. This year, due to the absence of British literature offerings, I took a seminar on "Memory and the Brain." It was taught by a PhD psychologist directed a group of 18 adults through the mazes of memory. Although his subjects...