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Cognitive Problems: Not So Scary

December 15, 2015 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, National Parkinson Foundation, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce

According to this video produced by the National Parkinson Foundation, cognitive problems for Parkies are not so severe or scary until you’re very old, at which point many people, Parkies […]

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Book Blurb: My Degeneration

December 14, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson Pantheon!, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | 1 Comment

I just finished the graphic novel “My Degeneration:  A Journey Through Parkinson’s” by Peter Dunlap-Shohl.  I read it on the train yesterday and today, and now am sorting through all

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Gearing Up for Portland! 4th World Parkinson Congress!

December 13, 2015 | Brian Grant Foundation, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Parky, World Parkinson Coalition | Bruce

Over the next few weeks I’ll be upgrading the Parking Suns website to concentrate more on the upcoming World Parkinson Congress in Portland, Oregon (Sept 20-23, 2016).  Once the new year

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The Sun and Moon in Poetry

December 12, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Poetry | Bruce

An Old Man’s Winter Night All out of doors looked darkly in at him Through the thin frost, almost in separate stars, That gathers on the pane in empty rooms.

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Throwback Thursdays Art

December 10, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 9 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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Well, duh!

December 7, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce | 1 Comment

The New York Times has a tiny article reporting on a 25-year study that looked at the relationship between mental acuity and watching television.  As you might imagine, at the

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The Sun in Poetry

December 5, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Poetry | Bruce

The Lighted Window He said: “In the winter dusk When the pavements were gleaming with rain, I walked thru a dingy street Hurried, harassed, Thinking of all my problems that

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Trumping Trump

December 5, 2015 | Other Diseases, Other People's Stories | Bruce | 2 Comments

Donald Trump is ahead in the polls these days (that’s “ahead” as one word, but with his trademark fright wig, it’d also work as two:  “a head”), so I thought I’d

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Throwback Thursdays Art

December 3, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 9 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 Marshall Islands Are Disappearing

December 3, 2015 | Bruce, Other People's Stories | Bruce

Today’s New York Times reports that the rising sea levels due to global warming are soon going to submerge the Marshall Islands. I lived on the Marshall Islands for four

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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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