My Kind of Guy
No, I don’t mean dating-wise, although I’d love to have dinner with him. Michael Westphal, age 57, was a top long-distance runner as a young man. In 2006 he was […]
Enriched Environment
Sidebar Obsession: Downton Abbey Philtra
This is completely distinct from Parkinson’s disease. I think. When I watched the last few seasons of Downton Abbey, all I could focus on was the philtrum on each character’s face
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End-of-Life Flicks Follow Up
Just when I thought I was through with intelligent end-of-life discussion, the New York Times’ magazine posts a related article, “The Last Day of Her Life.” It’s about Cornell psychology
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End-of-Life Flicks
First off, I love the blackbirds in this photo. Second, to follow up on Emily Dickinson’s fabulous poem (Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for
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The Sun (and Moon) in Poetry
The Moon THE MOON has a face like the clock in the hall; She shines on thieves on the garden wall, On streets and fields and harbour quays, And birdies
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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
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Fill ‘er Up & Hold the Decaf
The New York Times just confirmed my earlier post about coffee staving off Parkinson’s disease. “The most recent meta-analyses on neurological disorders found that coffee intake was associated with lower
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Parkinson’s in the Park
Spring is here! Let’s run outdoors again! But wait…I must be careful how I run because I have a bone spur in my Achilles tendon. (Side question: Does anyone with Parkinson’s disease not have
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Put Some Movement in Your Movement Disorder!
It’s Sunday noon in New York and by now all the after-hours dance clubs are winding down or closed. But that doesn’t mean you can’t rock out in your living
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The Sun in Poetry
Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put