The Sun in Poetry
The Dark Hills Dark hills at evening in the west, Where sunset hovers like a sound Of golden horns that sang to rest Old bones of warriors under ground, Far […]
Bruce
My Medication Update
Here are all my prescription drugs and dosages, including some that I started taking before my Parkinson’s diagnosis. I hope I’m recording the dosage amounts from the bottle labels correctly – sometimes
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Summer Break
I’ve been off-line the past few days, as my husband and I spent a long weekend with friends up in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and I intentionally did not bring my computer.
What’s It Like Having Parkinson’s II?
I recently blogged some simulation activities for non-Parkies who ask: What’s it like having Parkinson’s disease? Click here for a surprise answer. If anyone wants to try this with me, leave a
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Do I Sound Gay?
You don’t have to answer that; I already know. People have told me, sometimes angrily. For example, in one heated family argument many years ago, a family member snapped, “You don’t
A Life in Sin (emet): Yes, I Can!
I’ve been on a low dosage of Sinemet (carbidopa/levodopa) for about a month now. One of the payoffs is that I can use a can opener again. Until I started
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Parking Suns: Sunset
I just snapped this pic down the hill from my house. That’s the Hudson River near the Ossining train station and Sing Sing Prison. Note: To examine the photo in
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Take a Walk
Here are three links for the PD crowd. All report on the benefits of taking a walk. 1. The Michael J. Fox Foundation blog reports that people who take nature walks end
Stay Tuned: Kayagum Sanjo
Today’s Fox Foundation Facebook post “notes” that music can provide powerful medicine for the mind, especially the mind of a Parkie. The post links back to an earlier Fox Foundation
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Upgrade
A few weeks ago I blogged about the blogger partner page for the upcoming World Parkinson Congress…and now my blog is listed on the page, too. As an official WPC