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“New Yorker” Fiction Features Parkinson’s Disease

July 21, 2019 | Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, Enriched Environment, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Recently, The New Yorker ran a short story (“The Escape,” by John L’Heureux), which focuses on a character who develops Parkinson’s disease.  Click here to read the actual story.  Or […]

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Sunny Sundays!

July 14, 2019 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce | Leave a Comment

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! This week it’s a cut

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The Sun in Poetry

July 14, 2019 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Poetry | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Medusa I had come to the house, in a cave of trees, Facing a sheer sky. Everything moved,—a bell hung ready to strike, Sun and reflection wheeled by. When the

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I’m in Health Monitor!

July 13, 2019 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | 1 Comment

Click on this link and scroll to page 4:

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Flailing, Failing, Falling…

July 13, 2019 | Bruce, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | Leave a Comment

At the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics swim competition last month, I told the timer at my lane that my arms might flail around when I got up on the

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Occupational Stress and Your Risk of PD

July 11, 2019 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce | Leave a Comment

A Swedish study published last year (Occupational Stress and Risk for Parkinson’s Disease) found that your risk of getting Parkinson’s disease may be related to the intensity of your occupational

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Got My Goat

July 11, 2019 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Poetry | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Acrostic Poem Go quick!  Get me anOnion sandwich on moldy rye bread with spiny      Artichoke leaves, rancid mayonnaise and perhaps a usedTea bag.  Yum! The above poem is completely untruthful,

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Caregiver Plus

May 27, 2019 | Bruce, Enriched Environment | Bruce | 2 Comments

My husband is also my caregiver. We still split lots of the household chores (I take out the garbage and feed the cats their medicine; he does the laundry and

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Back in the Swim – Again!

May 19, 2019 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | 1 Comment

ParkingSuns.com is still on Spring Break, mainly because I’m so busy, even on weekends. For instance, a few weekends ago I competed at a big swim meet in New York

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Spring Break!

April 22, 2019 | Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, Bruce, Non-Pharmacological Fixes | Bruce | 2 Comments

Our school has Spring Break this week – and so will Parking Suns. I’ll be back in the beginning of May. Enjoy the lovely weather!

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Bruce Ballard

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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