Dear Addy,
I really enjoyed reading your post. In the chapter about memory, I also learned a lot about strengthening your memory and I can't wait to try it myself. Personally, I really enjoy the idea of chunking it's really helped me with remembering in the past, especially for memorizing phone numbers, bank accounts, social security number, and addresses. In my opinion, your example about nurturing is really good, I think that bedtime stories really do help shape the child into both stronger readers and stronger brainstormers. Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory has been a headscratcher for me but you used it well to define yourself that's awesome.