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Combatting Anxiety by Writing Poetry

December 18, 2016 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Poetry, Sonnets | Bruce | 1 Comment

Problem:  It’s the holiday season.  I live in a town with steep hills.  It just snowed.  This wouldn’t bother most people, but my Parkinson’s anxiety works non-stop, so I’m quivering […]

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Throwback Thursdays Art Addendum – How to Look at Art

December 16, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | Leave a Comment

PBS just produced a great video about how to look at art!   It’s as simple as looking! Enjoy!

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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!

December 16, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 3 Comments

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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Parkinson’s Aggravations #287 & #288

December 13, 2016 | Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | Leave a Comment

There’s always something new to discover as you wend your way down Parkinson’s primrose path.  And it’s often aggravating. Here are two items that I added to my list this

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Sweden’s Hospital/Hotels

December 12, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Sweden, since the 1980s, has run “patient hotels,” which serve as a hospital/hotel combo for people who need some kind of monitoring by a doctor, but don’t really need to stay

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Reader Response: Exercise Mindset

December 11, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise, World Parkinson Coalition | Bruce | 1 Comment

Today I am responding via my Reader Response Questions to a webpage and video created by physical therapist Sarah King.  This page/video discusses how people with Parkinson’s can motivate themselves

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Sunny Sundays!

December 11, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce | Leave a Comment

In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry:  Two versions of the fabulous “Lida Rose & Will I

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Quelling Tremors One Hand at a Time

December 9, 2016 | Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson Pantheon!, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce | Leave a Comment

The BBC has a terrific video about a computer wizard in London who developed hardware and software that quell Parkinson tremors in the hand of Young Onset Parkie Emma Lawton.

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Throwback Thursdays Art – w/ Update!

December 8, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 4 Comments

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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Sunny Sundays!

December 4, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce | Leave a Comment

In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry:  Donna Summers.  “Sunset People.”  Get out of your chair and

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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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