Where are these clever and sometimes even erudite words coming from? I mean the ones that just seem to spill out of my brain at will. And how do they manage to arrange themselves so prettily on the page, each one interestingly depicting an idea or a person, or charmingly connecting to another word? My …
Month: June 2022
I hate my lamp
I bought the lamp when I first moved into my empty-nester apartment, and thought it the coolest thing. To turn it on, you swiped your hand over a red dot on the top of its stem, and voila! It lit up. It was also in possession of a USB port, so, with its final destination my night table, …
Singin’ in the rain (and the snow, and the sunshine….)
Nostalgia: a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. Do you have a happy place or event from your past, one that elicits perhaps a mixed array of emotions? Glad you got to have that experience in that place, but sad that it’s over? Maybe it was your participation in the …
Continue reading Singin’ in the rain (and the snow, and the sunshine….)
To sleep, perchance to dream….
Parkinson’s dreams. As in the ones we Parkinsonians act out. Like when I dreamt I was playing basketball, and found myself standing on my bed and leaping onto the floor as I reached for the ball. Or the one where I was again standing on my bed and diving into the swimming pool in my …
Moving and Shaking 