Flailing, Failing, Falling…
At the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics swim competition last month, I told the timer at my lane that my arms might flail around when I got up on the […]
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Bruce
Occupational Stress and Your Risk of PD
A Swedish study published last year (Occupational Stress and Risk for Parkinson’s Disease) found that your risk of getting Parkinson’s disease may be related to the intensity of your occupational
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Got My Goat
Acrostic Poem Go quick! Get me anOnion sandwich on moldy rye bread with spiny Artichoke leaves, rancid mayonnaise and perhaps a usedTea bag. Yum! The above poem is completely untruthful,
Caregiver Plus
My husband is also my caregiver. We still split lots of the household chores (I take out the garbage and feed the cats their medicine; he does the laundry and
Back in the Swim – Again!
ParkingSuns.com is still on Spring Break, mainly because I’m so busy, even on weekends. For instance, a few weekends ago I competed at a big swim meet in New York
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Spring Break!
Our school has Spring Break this week – and so will Parking Suns. I’ll be back in the beginning of May. Enjoy the lovely weather!
Teachers College Columbia University: Distinguished Alumni Award
Here I am standing on the stage in the breakfast room at Teachers College Columbia University. Professor Jo Anne Kleifgen, my doctoral dissertation adviser from the 1990s, is reading a
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My Keys to PD
A few years ago, the Parkinson’s Foundation published an online article titled “Improving Brain Function with Exercise, Connectedness and Creativity.” (But it’s no longer on their website…oh-oh…oh, well.) I pasted
What Works for Me
I’m sitting on a fence right now. On one side of the fence is the classification “advanced Parkinson’s disease,” according to the website Parkinson’s Community. Every day in my Facebook
The Sun in Poetry: Remembering Frost, #2
When I was in 4th Grade, my teacher read aloud Robert Frost’s “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Then she gushed in a warm-and-fuzzy way about how beautiful
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