Sonnet Response to “Richard Cory”
On a recent sunny fall day I was walking the streets of Manhattan. My PD drugs were “on,” and I felt glorious and, well, glittery. I remembered a phrase from Edwin […]
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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!
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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Parkinson Pantheon Update: Janet Reno
Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney General, just passed away from complications arising from Parkinson’s disease. She was diagnosed in 1995, but continued to work long
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Sunny Sundays!
In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry is for all of us in the USA who are
Reader Response – Shadow Over My Brain
As I posted earlier, I’m now reviewing books and articles about PD, using a reader response format that I created for students at my school, the Bronx Charter School
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Update: Bruce’s Drug Regimen
I saw my neurologist yesterday and showed her my recent “Sinemet Hunger Game” post. She laughed at the title, said I ate healthy foods, then went about calibrating a new
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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!
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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Sunny Sundays!
In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry is for all of us in the USA who are
The Sinemet Hunger Game
Lately my body’s been waging a war within itself. The two opponents are (1) the need to take another tablet of Sinemet (carbidopa-levodopa) because the effects are wearing off, and
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Tired Sonnet
This is another mediocre sonnet that I wrote on the train going to and from Manhattan. However, it’s true that I often feel tired in the morning and don’t