Here’s a heartwarming story about a man who’s had PD for decades and is wheelchair-bound, mostly speechless, and rather inactive. However, he bounced back to life when he met Shay, a […]
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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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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 Twilight Zone,” by the Manhattan Transfer. Why? Explanation below!
As I noted before (click!), plenty of news outlets are willing to attribute Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson’s disease to the innumerable hits to the head that Ali received during his boxing career.
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I may dabble in poetry and other forms of writing, but my grandfather, John Frederick Ballard, was a playwright on Broadway, and now my niece, Gwynn Ballard, who just graduated from
Q: How many times can you jump out of an airplane and parachute to earth – in twelve hours? To raise awareness of and money for Parkinson’s disease? A: One
How Many Times Can You Skydive – In 12 Hours? Read More »
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
Throwback Thursdays Art Read More »
Here’s a short video of me playing the opening section of kayagum sanjo (가야금 산조). The instrument is called the kayagum; I studied it when I lived in Korea. Sanjo
Kayagum Sanjo: 1st Try, 1st Three Minutes Read More »
In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry: Bob Marley‘s “Sun is Shining” – performed by The
Actually, this started in our pre-K class. Six of the pre-K kids read very well now, and I work with them and their teacher, Ms. Velez, once a week on
Kindergarten Reading Pandemonium Read More »