March 1st – Spring Daffodils
Spring is Icumen in
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Here’s Ella Fitzgerald singing “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” by Stevie Wonder, with Joe Pass on the guitar.
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Look Once, Then Block It From Your Mind
Here’s a sumation of how past events make me feel about the next four years. Donald Rump: Bring Back the Guillotine – Click! Donald Dump: Make Sure the Terminally Ill
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Happy Birthday, Muhammad Ali!
January 18, 1967: Muhammad Ali celebrates his 25th birthday in Houston, Texas, with a giant cake and candles. Muhammad Ali has one of the longest Wikipedia entries I’ve ever read.
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Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall
Two weekends ago I had a catastrophic fall and ended up in the nearest hospital’s emergency room at about 2:00 a.m.
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No, Not Those Falls…
For an older adult, falls can be serious, even deadly. And falls are more likely if you have Parkinson’s disease.
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Poetry: “That Tree”
I just finished an online poetry workshop with Georgia Heard and Ralph Fletcher, both of whom I took writing classes with while a doctoral student at Teachers College Columbia University.
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An Easy Way to Take Pills When You Have So Many You Could Choke
As I’ve said before (click!), one of the shocking and scary aspects of Parkinson’s disease starts happening when your epiglottis no longer effectively closes off your windpipe when you swallow,
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Narrative Medicine – 55 Words
I recently attended a 4-session online workshop hosted by Harvard University’s wellness program. The goal for each participant was to write a 55-word statement of where they are with Parkinson’s,
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