Damned If You Do…
Lately I’ve been suffering from dry mouth at work and, I sense, a resultant softer voice. (Dry mouth is an under-reported PD symptom; soft voice is not.) Why is my mouth […]
Welcome BBL Facebook Followers!
My school, the spectacular Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, just encouraged its Facebook fans to visit my blog. Thank you! Welcome!
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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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Is That a Buffet or a Minefield?
I just attended a lovely buffet luncheon and learned some new things about living with Parkinson’s disease. It was a terrific event, but I must remember the following going forward: If the plates
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The Sun in Poetry
Still Life Cool your heels on the rail of an observation car. Let the engineer open her up for ninety miles an hour. Take in the prairie right and left,
Pun-ishment
I made these up myself. You’re welcome! 1. Back in 1804, if both Vice President Aaron Burr and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton had had Parkinson’s disease, Burr could have said
Parkinson’s – The Comic Book
Louise Palmer created a comic book about her Parkinson’s disease. It’s serious and jokey – just like my website! Sing out, Louise!
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Who Really Cares About Executive Functions?
My all-time favorite article about Parkinson’s disease (Have You Lost Your Mind?) mentions that people with PD can remain cognitively brilliant in some areas (the article, written by a guy with PD,
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Strike a Pose. Vogue.
Federico Bitti, an Italian journalist, has dystonia, a form of uncontrollable non-stop muscle spasms shared by many people with Parkinson’s disease. He had to give up his job and eventually struggled to
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Finding Out Early
There are two reasons you should read this article in the New York Times (Looking for Parkinson’s Sooner): 1. It lists many symptoms people experience years before they get diagnosed with