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Month: April 2024

Silver Lining Parkinson’s

On April 30, 2024May 2, 2024 By Andi BrownIn health, Parkinson's3 Comments

I suspect you're thinking that the title of this post is a trap. I’ve sucked you in and now I’m about to pull the old bait and switcheroo. Well… nope. I honestly have found a number of positive developments attributable to my disease. Who’d a thunk it? Old friends. One of my favorite quotations ever …

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On April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized

And the Winner is…

On April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized15 Comments

Not me! If you missed my last post, I was invited to audition for a public service announcement on Parkinson’s, to be filmed this very weekend in Toronto. How cruel thou wast, thou agent in the business of show. Thou informed me that thou hadst to engage a citizen of the Canadian empire. Methinks the …

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Lights, camera, action! (The blog goes Hollywood)

On April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 By Andi BrownIn Uncategorized17 Comments

It started when I was ten, it being my showbiz career, which began at Camp Mataponi in Naples, Maine in 1961, when I was plucked from the obscurity of Bunk Three and onto the stage as a rare junior in the Senior BIg Show. Remember little Ronnie Howard as the lisping Winthrop in The Music …

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Listen to your Body

On April 2, 2024 By Andi BrownIn chronic illness, health, Parkinson's7 Comments

How ironic of me! Because I often ignore what my body is trying to say. In other words, I am deaf to my body. Ugh! This body of mine can be such a pest. You probably know the old joke: what’s denial? Answer: a river in Egypt. Hahaha. Another response might be: Andi’s approach to …

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Keep brain in shape: try new things

Defeated by canasta Defeated by mah jongg Defeated by bridge decades ago when brain was at its peak Now defeated by crochet. Crochet! It’s practically knitting which I can do in my sleep. Best not try to prove this, could lose an eye. Should I try knitting with eyes closed just to make a point?…

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Parky dreams…occasionally sweet, always interesting

I have a couple of friends with whom I chat in the early morning hours, usually between 7:00 and 8:00. And I haven’t turned into my mother. Oh no, it’s way less predictable than that. I’ve turned into my grandmother. I guess the “start-the-day with-a-rambling-conversation” gene skips a generation. Here’s a nearly verbatim conversation from…

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Two diets, no waiting

If you’re a boomer and that sounds familiar, check out this audio clue. You guessed it, the theme from the old Andy Griffith show. Hmm, wonder whatever happened to the little kid who played Opie. And what in the world does the old Andy Griffith show have to do with Parkinson’s or aging? Two chairs,…

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