A Bloggy Day
There’s a raft of Parkinson’s disease blogs right here. Turns out the World Parkinson Coalition, whose upcoming Congress I recently blogged about, maintains an official list of blog partner sites. […]
Throwback Thursdays Art
Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution
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Comin’ Down the Pike
New York State and medical marijuana – a NY Times update. Quote: As of now, doctors can prescribe the drug’s use to treat only 10 conditions, including cancer, H.I.V./AIDS, multiple
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Prescient?
Just before my husband and I moved out of the city to the suburbs, I saw this Toyota ad on the back of a National Geographic. I cut it out
The Sometimes Tremors
The NY Times has a quasi-humorous – no, a full-fledged humorous – story of a man with Parkinson’s disease whose shop gets burgled. Elias Lifshitz emigrated from Mexico to Manhattan
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The Sun in Pottery
Luohan Period: Tang dynasty (618–907) Culture: China Medium: Polychrome sun-baked mud Classification: Tomb Pottery A Luohan is a perfected person who has reached Nirvana. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online
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Yetta Nother …
Yet another authority encourages people with Parkinson’s disease to exercise as a way to slow PD’s progression. Johns Hopkins’ website has a short article titled “Living with Parkinson’s: 5 Ways
Bruce Writes Another Sonnet
My husband became intrigued with the word urchin recently, and he asked me to write a poem using the word. I jumped at the opportunity to write another sonnet, just
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Throwback Thursdays Art
Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution
Throwback Thursdays Art Read More »
The Sun in Poetry
Thought for a Sunshiny Morning It costs me never a stab nor squirm To tread by chance upon a worm. “Aha, my little dear,” I say, “Your clan will pay