When checking the bag for the trip from Raleigh to Fort Lauderdale the reservation for wheelchair assistance was confirmed. TSA Precheck designation had was accomplished and this sometimes anxiety fraught Parkinson’s mind was put to ease as the delightful lady with the chair arrived with an assuring smile. What we had anticipated to be a […]

A fresh blanket of frost lightly covers the blades of grass that have been stimulated to reach for the ever-increasing light of the day. The crows are still busy cracking the numerous pecans that have fallen from the over-grown tree in the front yard. It seems that the ever-hungry Main Ague cattle cannot get enough […]

From a frosty glistening mass of green grass and scattered leaves has emerged a warmer fall afternoon beneath an ever so common blanket of clouds. The Maine Anjou cattle nibble their way across the sparsely green pasture toward the recently scattered bales of fresh hay. Gracie, the ever-observant Golden Retriever sits quietly watching the livestock […]

As we exited the plane at London’s Heathrow Airport, the fatigue of a long and crowded flight was taking its toll. A promised wheelchair was waiting but took me only to the first exit where we were told to wait for the special assistance vehicle that was coming. One other person who I discovered later […]

The chairs were a seemingly long walk away from my location not far from where we needed to get the boarding passes. The luggage had been checked through to Dublin already, surprisingly without proper identification. Just the distance from the luggage drop off at the street to the line for getting the boarding passes confirmed […]

The afternoon sun sheds a hazy glow over the dry and crusty fields. The cattle seem to know exactly where to graze, crunching down on the freshest and greenest of the pasture. The humidity has diminished, but so has the over abundance of rain that brought on the springtime. Fall is just a few days […]

They were both standing outside the vehicle in which they were traveling that day as I turned into the parking area at my cousin’s business. There before me was another cousin and her daughter (from another side of my family) traveling through to a destination in central Virginia. They had called the evening before to […]

The yellow finches appeared as bouncing colorful orbs seeking the fresh seed that filled the feeders just a few yards away from the deck. Although hot and humid, the extreme heat was sheltered high above the scattered clouds that moved slowly with the breeze traveling from west to east. The hearty cows about which we […]

The graveled driveway almost glistens as the bright sun shines down on it. The recently mowed grass embracing its length gives a highlight and a look of distinction to the drive leading from the highway to the houses and sheds. In the distance a shadow of dark clouds casts an ominous warning of a possible […]

The old pecan tree sheds its small green blossom strings as the winds whip by with bursts of energy from the north. Every web a spider has made acts as an unwitting trap for the tree’s rendering, giving warning to this aging possessor of Parkinson’s as to where not to walk lest he be encompassed […]