Strange experience tonight on the New York City subway. I don’t know what to make of it. It was rush hour. I took the #2 express from 14th Street to 42nd Street/Times […]
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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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I had my annual physical exam with my primary care physician yesterday. Except for the Parkinson’s disease, I’m in tip-top shape. Everything was great/normal/negative: blood pressure; weight; good cholesterol; bad
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I wrote this sonnet today while eating lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. I photographed the flowers a few days ago in our garden. The Guest I have this guest named Mr.
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Fava beans have a mixed rep in the Parkinson’s disease community. On the one hand, alternative websites tout them as a replacement for, or supplement to, a drug regimen. On the other
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The Vantage Point If tired of trees I seek again mankind, Well I know where to hie me—in the dawn, To a slope where the cattle keep the lawn. There
As part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I create original jokes. Today’s topic: a follow-up on yesterday’s blog re: constipation and Parkinson’s disease. Let’s do the jokes first. Q:
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When I was eight years old, I spent a summer with my two very proper, never-married great aunts, Aunt Nora and Aunt Melinda. My parents went away for July and
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation just published a Parkinson’s disease glossary. It covers all the terminology a lay person might encounter when talking about PD. Click here to download it: Parkinsons
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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
Throwback Thursdays Art Read More »