Date: October 23, 2015
Parkinson's Disease Rants & Ramblings Archive
Substance
The tarnished reddish brown box seemed to burst at the seams as my cousin Joyce handed it to me to place on the table. She had already perused the old photographs and news clippings just a few days before. These remnants from our cousin Joan’s collection promised to be pieces of cherished history from both […]
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Warring Factions
Cool crisp air embraced the bright and sunny morning that this reluctant participant with Parkinson’s had designated as house cleaning day. Vinyl siding now encases the old farm house and sparkles a bright white most of the year. Summer warmth and humidity in the presence of reduced direct sunlight on the north side serve as […]
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Just Different
As I peer through the windows at the green, yellow, and brown toned leaves flapping in the autumn breeze, I am today remembering those same leaves as vibrant green in the spring and summer. I recall that when a child my shoes, shirt, and long pants were shed for shorts as soon as school was […]
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Today’s Production
She sits by the window and watches as the ravens prance in the open field, consuming the occasional worm or creature driven to the soil’s surface by the recent deluge from days of rain. Readjusting her position to view another field, Gracie the Golden lets loose a low grade groan as she expresses herself about […]
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A Steaming Pot
A change from rainy and crisp to overcast and muggy served as the backdrop to stiffness and aches that seemed to annoy this survivor of nearly seven decades. On the advent of my birth anniversary I was perched precariously on the precipice of a pity party! A mood of woe was creeping in as I […]
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