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
I returned from my latest trip two weeks ago tonight. Yet I only got caught up on my backlog of email yesterday, I haven’t even touched my snail mail backlog, and there are a few things I had intended to do in December that I … Continue reading South Mountains State Park (August 30, 2015)
Voyages with Parkinson's 