Heart, Awakened
Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School is the title of a book written by Georgia Heard, an internationally famous poet and teacher. I studied poetry (and […]
Enriched Environment
Let’s Move to New Jersey!
Central New Jersey has a well-rounded program for people with Parkinson’s. It includes: physical therapy occupational therapy speech and voice therapy athletic training groups sessions in “stretching and strengthening, a
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Help Support Parkinson’s Disease Research!
Dear Friend of “Parking Suns”: Please support me as I enter three long distance, open water swim competitions this summer to raise money for, and awareness of, dystonia and Parkinson’s disease. All donations
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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: Mungo Jerry‘s “In the Summertime.” “When the sun goes down, you
Man With PD Livens Up With Falconry!
Here’s a heartwarming story about a man who’s had PD for decades and is wheelchair-bound, mostly speechless, and rather inactive. However, he bounced back to life when he met Shay, a
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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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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: “The Twilight Zone,” by the Manhattan Transfer. Why? Explanation below!
All In The Family
I may dabble in poetry and other forms of writing, but my grandfather, John Frederick Ballard, was a playwright on Broadway, and now my niece, Gwynn Ballard, who just graduated from
How Many Times Can You Skydive – In 12 Hours?
Q: How many times can you jump out of an airplane and parachute to earth – in twelve hours? To raise awareness of and money for Parkinson’s disease? A: One
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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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