Parkie Ping-Pong, Part 2
Last week I posted a news story about the Westchester Table Tennis Center’s Parkinson’s Night. This week I went. There were about ten Parkies in a separate room from the […]
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Coming Out With Parkinson’s: Whom Do You Tell?
Today’s New York Times has an article that asks: If you have a serious medical condition, whom should you tell? One of the people described in the article (the author’s
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Sunny Sundays!
In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry: the incomparable Sarah Vaughan cuts an incomparable “When Sunny Gets Blue.” Meanwhile,
Parkie Ping-Pong!
…in Pleasantville, New York! Click here for the news and video. I live near Pleasantville, so I just might try it! More anon…
Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!
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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Parkie Doesn’t Take Potential Loss of ACA Health Insurance Lying Down
All across America this week, Congressional representatives and senators held town hall meetings with their constituents. Many Republican legislators faced hundreds of protesters who demanded that the Affordable Care Act
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Late Winter Parking Sun
Late winter sun bouncing off the Hudson River outside our front door today.
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Sunny Sundays!
In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry: Irish indie rock group Two Door Cinema cuts loose with
Pumping Iron for Parkies
Here’s yet another online article about the importance of physical exercise for people with Parkinson’s disease. This time the article promotes weight training. The perks: – Better Balance. “A 2003
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Fire Fighters at Risk for Parkinson’s
According to the below news clip, firefighters are at an increased risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, as their job puts them in close contact with toxic fumes. Massachusetts is putting
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