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Downton Abbey Downers

March 12, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Gay - LGBTQ, Other Diseases, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 2 Comments

I just watched the final episode of “Downton Abbey.”  It was chock-a-block with happy endings (“more happy endings than a gay massage parlor,” quips the Dowager Countess in the director’s cut), […]

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Double Dip

March 12, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Medications, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Poetry | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Here’s a two-for-one: 1.  The Huffington Post just published an article titled “Why I Refuse to Give In to Parkinson’s Disease,” written by a fellow Parkie named Steve Alten.  In the

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It’s What You Do in the Dark…

March 11, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Physical Exercise | Bruce | 1 Comment

…that puts you in the light. Sigh… This great ad starring Michael Phelps inspires all of us to work out regularly, religiously, relentlessly.    

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Throwback Thursdays Art

March 10, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 10 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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The Sun in Poetry

March 10, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Poetry | Bruce | Leave a Comment

The River And I behold once more My old familiar haunts; here the blue river, The same blue wonder that my infant eye Admired, sage doubting whence the traveller came,—

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Off And On With DBS

March 8, 2016 | Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | Leave a Comment

DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) is a startling surgical procedure for Parkies whereby doctors drill holes in your skull and insert two wires that will stimulate the part of your brain that’s

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Rock On, Rock Steady! Fountain of Youth!

March 5, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Medications, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson Pantheon!, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Frequent Parking Suns viewer and comment writer Bev emailed me that she took a Rock Steady boxing class for people with Parkinson’s and felt great afterwards.  She wrote: I went

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Throwback Thursdays Art

March 4, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 8 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 Disease: No Laughing Matter

March 1, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Jokes, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Just click here.

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Shining Star: Michael J. Fox!

February 29, 2016 | Michael J. Fox Foundation, Other People's Stories, Parkinson Pantheon!, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | Leave a Comment

There’s a scurrilous online gossip newspaper article this week reporting damaging, overly dramatic things about Michael J. Fox.  Don’t ask me for the link, however. Instead, I encourage you to

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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!

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