Parkinson's Disease Rants & Ramblings Archive
The Passing Storm
Yesterday, the sun shone brightly on the fields and forest canopy. Birds flittered carefree from limb to grassy patch to barnyard perch. Gracie, the Golden Retriever pup assumed the role of harvester as she pranced proudly across the lawn with a fresh pair in her jaws. Agnes, the barnyard Pyrenees lopped proudly through her grassy […]
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The Crop
The old tobacco barn was packed with sticks of hanging leaves three tiers deep. The Hardy family, sharecropping the farm with the help of day laborers, had harnessed the mules, attached the slides behind the beasts and filled each slide with yellowing leaves from the bottom of the plants in the field. Bright leaf tobacco […]
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A Changed Agenda
Original posting 10/4/2013 The management training session in Mexico City had been a success and I was headed to Miami to celebrate Chad’s (my oldest son) eleventh birthday. I had a two day respite in Florida before returning to New England to prepare for the next trip to Hong Kong by way of Manila. The […]
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The Determined Lesson
It was a hot and humid summer day on the tobacco farm in rural North Carolina. This five year old wandered freely through the hills and fields wearing only shorts; no shirt, no shoes. Harvesting had not begun so there was ample time to while away with my co-conspirator Raymond, who was seven. Recalling observational […]
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Along The Journey
The street was cluttered with rickshaws, bicycles, and cars that were trying to navigate the passage to their destination that morning in what was then known as Bombay, India. The smell of diesel fumes and incense wafted into the taxi transporting the snugly secured Ahsha (my daughter) fastened around my neck and chest. We had […]
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After The Storm
Origional posting 10/1/2013 Hurricane Gloria roared across Long Island and the expanse of the Sound to slam onto the Connecticut shore. It was late in September of 1985 when nature showed only a portion of her majesty. Silt and debris blanketed our once thriving and lush Bayview lawn. Only a trickle of water had seeped […]
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The Beauty in Balance
The still warm afternoon sun of late September was streaming through the leaves and branches of the chestnut tree from which the hammock was hung. Navigating to the center of the swinging bed can be no small feat, even for the nimble. The view from the comfort of that perch was enriched by the majesty […]
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Chew on This
Gracie, my Golden Retriever, has an affinity for a piece of rolled up rawhide. She lies patiently chewing on the seemingly endless supply of hardened hide, making some headway and enjoying every nibble of the journey. She has three other toys between which she alternates. Her knotted and braided rope is flung haphazardly about the […]
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John Brown’s Eyes
In my sales training days we used a phrase that became the foundation for broader understanding. To sell John Brown what John Brown buys, you must see John Brown through John Brown’s eyes. (For the fact finder, John Brown was an abolitionist in the mid nineteenth century.) This statement runs contrary to the common thought […]
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In The Garden
The air is crisp and the sun is rising as the dew reflects the light’s embrace. Lettuce leaves stand erect, full of moisture and snap easily at the twist of my nimble fingers. Blackberry, the rabbit is about to be served his morning feast of freshly harvested greens, satiating his quest for daily sustenance. Green […]
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