Liza Futerman is a friend and writer who has published a stunning monograph about her mother’s Alzheimer’s. Illustrated with passion and pathos by Evie Tampold, this graphic short story, Keeper of the Clouds, captures the essence of what it means to live with someone suffering from the disease. The message Liza imparts is that moments rooted in the present become gifts of clarity and connectedness, of poetry; and that it is okay to laugh and dance and feel joyful even within

There it is again. That small pause as I try to retrieve a word. Ah, ah, um, think. What letter does it start with? What are its associations? What does it sound like? It’s not there. I can’t get it. Can I create a sentence with an understandable alternative? Wait. Wait. I’ve got it. My whirling brain picks out the exact word I want. Did anyone notice that gap in our conversation? I know I don’t have Alzheimer’s. But I worry that I may one day succumb to it. I read an article