Parkinson's Disease Rants & Ramblings Archive
The Journey
Fog shrouds the landscape. As the day is dawning, warmer and moister air is laying claim in and through the forest canopy. Forecasters predict near record highs across the region as temperatures soar to near ninety. Just a few weeks ago we were caught firmly in the grip of winter’s freeze as she seemed reluctant […]
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The Device
Weakness and some atrophy on the right side have been the sign and symptom of this PD diagnosis. Overcompensation on the left side has rendered muscles there sore and aching. A visit with the Physical Therapist rendered a series of exercises that target muscle strengthening and relaxation of others. She suggested a test walk with […]
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The Instructor
Wild onions wave their wiry shoots above the emerging green grass. Wire grass, the bane of gardeners everywhere, begins its meandering claim in the garden path. Blackberry briars and pokeberry vines begin their massive grasp at the forest edge emerging from dormant roots of the season past. Wild onions, wire grass, blackberry briars, and pokeberry […]
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Opportunities
There were days when the wind seemed relentless blowing from the northwest. A small five inch piece of siding lost its grip and a tiny space under the eaves became loosened just enough for a mating grackle to wedge her way into the waiting space. Debris from the compost pile littering the top of the […]
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The Heart’s Embrace
Leaves are sprouting bountifully on the black walnut trees as the limbs are aglow with green moss nourished by the days of rain. Green is the predominant color of spring tinted ever so gently with sprigs of white Dogwood peeking beneath the canopy. Bearing the evidence of renewed life, the forest and fields burst forth […]
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The Bucket
A chilling rain invades the new day. The steady breeze delivers the humid intruder and reminds us that the season of steady warmth has not yet descended. We could easily go to the place that laments what was or yearns to experience what we wish to come. Neither lamentations nor yearnings serve this day well. […]
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Memory
The deck was filled with chatter and laughter as stories of years past were bantered in the collective memory. Five of the original fifteen first cousins (from my father’s side of the family), direct descendants of eight out of ten twentieth century siblings were gathered for the first communal meal in almost forty years. As […]
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The Incubator
Patiently she sits over her clutch of eggs anticipating the moment of new life emerging from the treasured orbs she and her flock mates have contributed. Warmth from her body heat serves as the perfect incubator that ignites the embryonic genesis of new life that has begun within the shell. Contained therein are all the […]
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The Soil
Slowly, the bare limbs protruding from the forested hills give way to new growth of green leaves. Various species of birds, some brightly colored and others less differentiated, flock to the feeder and fields collecting seeds and worms in preparation for what will soon be their nesting time. Nature is experiencing her annual revival as […]
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The Lens
As the dawn appears the mist rises from the surface of the pond. The mist is like the memory of what was. The pond water retained its heat much better than the chilled air that blew in overnight. Hanging onto its remnant of warmth in air that yesterday was warmer the water is forced to […]
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