Date: November 28, 2016
Parkinson's Disease Rants & Ramblings Archive
Distractions
The faux-fired infrared fireplace is fanning out furiously the warmth desired on this pre-winter morning. Overcast skies seem to enhance the lingering cold that enveloped the farmland overnight. The Thanksgiving holiday has passed and time with family and loved ones gives way to another week of hustle and bustle for the gainfully employed and those […]
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The Filter
The glow in the eastern sky illuminated the trees and the pond in the distance as morning dawned upon the hillside in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. As I gazed upward I could see the still bright quarter moon and a few surrounding stars glistening in the crisp and clear morning. Just a few […]
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On To Restoration
The sky is overcast, but bright from the sun’s glow above the clouds. The ship is now some seventeen hundred miles from the west coast of Africa since our departure from Tenerife last weekend. Just three more days and we are scheduled to arrive at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. This time upon the sea […]
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Seizing the Moment
The winds were steadily blowing from the west as we sailed through the Straights of Gibraltar into the North Atlantic. A stop tomorrow in the Canary Islands will be the kick off of our seven day journey across the ocean to our Florida destination. Sleep disturbance has become the norm as a general 3:00 a.m. […]
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Motivating Gratitude
The sky was ablaze with lights from the completed and under construction skyscrapers of Philadelphia as the giant plane in which we were safely lodged ascended on the second leg of our journey to Rome, Italy. Already tired from a morning of last minute packing and preparation as we checked off each of the items […]
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A Different Light
The alarm sounded and the brain of this Parkinson’s host fought the notion of a new reality, different from the one soundly brewing in dreamland. Almost without thinking the morning routine of medication, a doggie run, a coffee brew, and another quiet time reading and reflecting was engaged. Today’s agenda had me driving in the […]
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