I’ve been experiencing some weirdness with my Parkinson’s symptoms lately. I still experience anxiety and fatigue as each dose of levodopa wears off, and it still takes about half an hour for each dose to take effect. But there are two exceptions that I am … Continue reading Interesting Change in Symptoms
Bear’s butt sucks. I’ve been telling myself I’m going to take my dog (Bear) in for grooming soon. Unfortunately, I believed myself. Why is this unfortunate? Because: A Great Pyrenees that hasn’t been brushed for five months is a mess. Bear’s hind end has loads … Continue reading Grooming a Great Pyrenees
A long time ago, in a state far, far away (i.e., Colorado in the early 2000’s), I went driving west of Silver Plume to see if I could find any vestiges of the old silver / gold mining days along Silver Valley Road. This road … Continue reading Overpass to Nowhere (October 4, 2022)
On 25 June 2017, I and a niece set out for a hike up Table Rock Mountain. A few days earlier, I had used one of the many web-based map services to get directions to the trailhead, then wrote down the directions. These hand-written directions … Continue reading The Unknown Hike (June 2017)
As I typewrite this, it is a very special time of day: that time between when I take my first pills of the day and the time when those pills actually start to work. A half hour of feeling weak, lethargic, and mildly anxious, but … Continue reading A Special Time of Day
Greetings and possibly salutations! (I’m not exactly sure what salutations are, so I don’t know whether they are appropriate at this stage of our relationship.) Welcome to this week’s ThrowBack Thursday! This week’s episode is a hodgepodge of photos from three day trips. Let us … Continue reading North Carolina Hodgepodge
Did you know that every SIX MINUTES, someone in the USA is diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease? Who will it be next? Not me – I’ve already been diagnosed. In any event, we’re coming down to the wire on this year’s Parkinson’s fundraiser…less than a week … Continue reading Move It!
The problem with being a hiker / photographer in the Appalachians is that, while most trails end with something beautiful, there’s usually not much to see along the trail. I end up with far fewer photographs to share than with my Colorado hikes, where there … Continue reading Appalachian Waterfalls and More (Spring 2016)
Today, I learned that Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels) – the guy who made the song “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” – died a few weeks ago. From Parkinson’s, no less. For those who aren’t familiar, the song was his only hit, reaching #3 … Continue reading Parkinson’s Claims Another Victim
Greetings, gentle readers! As you have no doubt noticed, the security of our nation’s critical infrastructure is under ever-increasing scrutiny. As our internet dependency continues to grow, so grows the need for protection of our communications infrastructure, as well as the electric grid that powers … Continue reading Unrecognized Threat to Critical Infrastructure
Voyages with Parkinson's 