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Throwback Thursdays Art

October 1, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 5 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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Triathlon Triumph Times Two!

September 27, 2015 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other Diseases, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | 3 Comments

This weekend I competed in the swimming portions of two triathlons to raise awareness of, and funding for research into, dystonia and Parkinson’s disease.  All proceeds will go to the

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What? Another Sonnet Already?

September 25, 2015 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Medications, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Poetry, Sonnets | Bruce

Walking Uptown Minus Your Next Dose of Sinemet Your legs give out…and then Manhattan grows. The blocks get longer…stretch ahead unbroken… You limp and know that all the city knows

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Proof Positive

September 24, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise, Research | Bruce

My friend, Bob Nelson, who is the bike leg of my triathlon relay team this Sunday, forwarded two excellent New York Times articles about the benefits of biking for Parkies. 

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Throwback Thursdays Art

September 24, 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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A Different Kind of Kili

September 23, 2015 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise, World Parkinson Coalition | Bruce | 2 Comments

In March, 2003, shortly after my 50th birthday, I climbed to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest peak, courtesy of my extravagantly generous and fun-loving friend, Bill Harwood.  The

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What? Another Parkinson’s Sonnet?

September 21, 2015 | Bruce, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Poetry, Sonnets | Bruce

Appointment w/ My Neurologist “Have you fallen yet?” she always asks, In her gorgeous scarf and white lab coat. “Been feeling dizzy?  Spit caught in your throat? Frustrated that you can’t do

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The Sun in Poetry

September 20, 2015 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Poetry | Bruce

Evening The light passes from ridge to ridge, from flower to flower— the hepaticas, wide-spread under the light grow faint— the petals reach inward, the blue tips bend toward the

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Defeat PD and Dystonia!

September 20, 2015 | Bruce, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Other Diseases, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce

On the weekend of September 26th and 27th, I’ll enter two triathlons to raise money for and awareness of dystonia and Parkinson’s disease.  All donations will go to the Michael J.

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Help Bruce Defeat Dystonia & Parkinson’s!

September 19, 2015 | Bruce, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Other Diseases, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 1 Comment

The picture above shows me at the Olympics Aquatic Center in Mexico City in 1971.  I was a high school student in Mexico and on my school’s swimming team.  On

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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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