And now, a random haiku for your enjoyment:
Bite me viciously
If you wish to do so, Mike.
I mean, why not, eh?
And now, a northern Colorado haiku:
Geese are everywhere
Canada geese, full of poop
Make them go away
Author: ceddammit
I was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease (PD) in January of 2015, at the age of 42. Five years later, the progression of PD forced me into an early retirement. It was almost another two years before I finally made this blog happen.
Wallstreet, Colorado (Spring 2013)
Ladies and gentlemen, ThrowBack Thursday (TBT) has returned! But it’s a pretty weak return. I’m so exhausted from writing up the last two weeks in Colorado, that I’m making this week’s TBT a tiny one. So here ya go…the ghost town of Wallstreet, Colorado…pics taken during the Spring of 2013…
That’s it for now. Tune in next week for a full-size TBT.
Colorado 2022 Trip Report (the last few days)
When it came time to head back to Denver, I knew I didn’t want to go back the same way I had come (see the “Delay 5” paragraph under Day 3). So, rather than go straight south to I-70, I went east to the town … Continue reading Colorado 2022 Trip Report (the last few days)
Colorado 2022 Trip Report (Day 6)
On day six, I finally got to my true destination: Dinosaur National Monument. This place is somewhat like North Dakota, in that no one has ever been there, so I wasn’t sure it actually existed. Well, now I know…Dinosaur National Monument DOES exist, and it’s … Continue reading Colorado 2022 Trip Report (Day 6)
Colorado 2022 Trip Report (Days 4 and 5)
I had hoped to spend Day 4 of my trip at Dinosaur National Monument. But when I woke up in the morning and checked the weather forecast, it said there would be rain in the afternoon. When I looked out the window, there was already … Continue reading Colorado 2022 Trip Report (Days 4 and 5)
Colorado 2022 Trip Report (Day 3)
(continued from here) This turned out to be a LONG day. Not too bad, just long. The only thing I needed to do all day was to drive from a hotel in Gunnison to a hotel in Rangely. According to Google Maps, this could be … Continue reading Colorado 2022 Trip Report (Day 3)
Colorado 2022 Trip Report (Days 1 and 2)
(continued from Day 0) I’ve driven through the town of Gunnison, Colorado on the way to/from Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park a handful of times now, but this time Gunnison is my destination. (Well, the first of a few destinations on this trip.) … Continue reading Colorado 2022 Trip Report (Days 1 and 2)
Colorado 2022 Trip Report (Day 0)
Travel is hard. Especially when you’re skipping across time zones and have medication you take every three hours. And very especially when you also have to get up super early to catch your flight. I set my alarm for 3:45 AM. I had decided the … Continue reading Colorado 2022 Trip Report (Day 0)
Upcoming Re-Introduction
“If it’s true that you are only as old as you feel, then my age fluctuates massively throughout the day.”
I wrote the sentence above, as the first line of this blog’s Introduction nearly a year ago. Since then, thanks to additional medications, these massive fluctuations all but disappeared. But since Since then, thanks to the progression of the disease, the fluctuations and general fatigue are creeping back in. Right now, I’m getting ready to head out on another Colorado trip, so watch for my periodic Trip Reports from the field! When I get back, I intend to undertake an overhaul of this blog. OK, maybe not a full-fledged overhaul. But at the very least, I intend to remove the year-old Introduction post, and instead link to a separate page where I will have actual biographical information. That page will also have a section detailing (as well as I can remember it) my experiences with Parkinson’s disease, the symptoms I’ve had along the way, and the various treatments I’ve tried. There will also be a section explaining my over-arching, long-term travel plan (though I’ve not done a great job of sticking with it).
I’m not sure how long it will take to write all that, but I imagine it will take all of my writing time for a few weeks. SO…the next two weeks should be Trip Reports from Colorado. After that, there maybe a month or more of posts where I just copy/paste something I wrote in the past (Cedric Explains 1980s Video Games and Random Thoughts From a Damn Weirdo are recent examples of such posts). Oh, but then it’ll be Bear’s birthday, so that’ll occupy my time for a few weeks…
I-70 in Western Colorado (Spring 2013)
I have long contended that U.S. Interstate Highway 70 through western Colorado is the most scenic length of Interstate in the country. I finally set out to prove it in the Spring of 2013, after having lived in Colorado for nearly 22 years. During one … Continue reading I-70 in Western Colorado (Spring 2013)
Voyages with Parkinson's 