Date: May 26, 2015
Parkinson's Disease Rants & Ramblings Archive
The Participant
The cool morning air presents a grand opportunity to address the budding new grass that rampantly insinuates itself in the garden beds. Recollecting the addition of grass cuttings last fall to the compost heap now strikes one as an unwise choice. Apparently, enough seed and root segments survived the heat of the composting to become […]
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Meeting the Challenge
A foggy mist hovered the ground as dawn’s first light peeked from the horizon. As cooler air stirs across the landscape the crispness of the new day offers a welcomed reprieve from the unseasonable temperatures of the past week. Sunlight and warmth have combined to give the broccoli and asparagus daily regeneration as they are […]
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Mastery
In that twilight moment between dreams and conscious awareness of one’s surroundings a movement or sound can jolt one into a state far from sleep. Suddenly dreams have been supplanted by obsessive thoughts of things about which nothing can be done at the moment. Intent to take control of these obsessive thoughts renders one totally […]
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Cup of Gratitude
Bright sun glistening through the trees illuminates the view to the outside this morning. A vivid reminder of the wonder of life bursts through to the inside this day. Soon we will meet with a few friends and relatives to entomb the ashes of a dear cousin. The gathering will be a celebration of the […]
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Anticipation
Uninspired by the bright sunny day and the lure of the open fields in which she normally frolics, Gracie the Golden sleeps soundly in front of the sofa. Even her usual eagerness to be at the door waiting for my encouragement was absent this morning as I had to wake her for her get ‘er […]
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