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Zooming on Zoom!

August 12, 2020 | Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, Bruce, Caleb Gattegno, Enriched Environment, SubTLE | Bruce | 1 Comment

With the new school year breathing down everyone’s neck, many educators face teaching online using software like Zoom, and they’re not happy about it.  Perhaps teachers don’t know how to […]

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Sunny Sundays!

August 9, 2020 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce | 2 Comments

In celebration of all things sunny, and to promote an enriched environment, Parking Suns now features every Sunday on many Sundays a different YouTube music clip about the sun! Today it’s Ben Platt performing “Waving Through

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Cat-ching Up with the Hurricane

August 5, 2020 | Jokes | Bruce

Hurricane Isaias blew through town today. Our lights flickered a few times, but we were fortunately otherwise unscathed. Our cat Tako was intensely interested in what was going on outside

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How I’m Keeping Fit During the Covid-19 Pandemic

August 2, 2020 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce

As a person with Parkinson’s disease, I suffered a setback once the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and both my gym and my town’s terrific indoor swimming pool closed. Ditto the ping-pong

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My Niece Stars in Two Tampax Commercials with Amy Shumer

August 2, 2020 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Jokes, Other People's Stories | Bruce | 1 Comment

Our whole family is thrilled!

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The Sun in Poetry

August 2, 2020 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Poetry | Bruce

Forget Me Not When in the morning’s misty hour,When the sun beams gently o’er each flower;When thou dost cease to smile benign,And think each heart responds with thine,When seeking rest

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Back in the Saddle!

July 3, 2020 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other Diseases, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce

Hi everyone!  I know, it’s been ages.  But I’m back in the saddle and hope to return Parking Suns to its former glory soon. For over a year I’ve been

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Adapting to Online Teaching with 2nd Graders

April 19, 2020 | Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, Bruce, Caleb Gattegno, Enriched Environment, Other People's Stories, SubTLE | Bruce | 3 Comments

I work at a public charter school in the Bronx, New York City’s poorest borough. We teach pre-K through 5th Grade, and my primary job is to train and support

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Guest Post: 5 Studies that Show Hope for CBD Treating Parkinson’s

February 9, 2020 | Medications, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce

by John Alois These days most people have heard something or other about the potential of CBD to treat symptoms associated with various conditions. With the explosion of peer-reviewed research

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A Word that Drives Me Crazy, Yet Nobody’s Heard It Before

February 9, 2020 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce

The one word that drives me crazy is a word you’ve never heard.  That’s because I made it up.  The word is “senilicize.”  If “infantilize” means “to reduce a person

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Bruce Ballard

My name is Bruce Ballard. I started this website in February, 2015, to promote an “enriched environment” for people with Parkinson’s disease, including myself. Enjoy!

I'm an official blogger for the 2016 World Parkinson Congress (Portland, Oregon, USA) and the 2019 World Parkinson Congress (Kyoto, Japan). Click on the logo to learn more!

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