Or is it just willful stupidity? As Herman’s Hermits sang back in the day, when they weren’t telling my mother what a lovely daughter she had*, "Don’t know much about history, don’t know much biology.. “ amended for these purposes to “Don’t know much about Parkinson’s…” People tell me about the latest research on PD, …
Author: Andi Brown
I was born in 1951 and raised in Providence, RI. I retired in early 2022 from a long and successful career in fund development, helping nonprofit organizations secure the resources they need to fulfill their missions.
I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in July of 2021. I am attempting to box and dance the disease into submission despite being horribly uncoordinated. I'm a graduate of Colgate University and live in Brookline, MA, not too far from my adult son and daughter. When not “moving and shaking” I can frequently be found writing fiction, or with knitting needles in hand, eating chocolate.
A roller coaster ride or…
Plunge off a cliff? Or both? Do we experience lots of unpredictable highs and lows when we develop Parkinson’s? Lows, yes; not so sure about highs. For many of us (including me), it’s normal, normal, normal, and suddenly I’m at the bottom of a canyon, looking up helplessly for a rescue helicopter to appear. My …
Parky Conversations: Podcast Coming Soon!
Parky Conversations: Let’s Talk About Parkinson’s In the next few weeks, you will embark on a learning adventure, featuring all sorts of things about this very weird disease called Parkinson's. I will be hosting a podcast that I hope will fascinate, and answer some of your questions about Parkinson's, whether you have the disease, you're …
Wisdom, wit , and woo hoo!!
I have a new gig! Should I call myself Andi Brown Enterprises? I type the name of my alleged new company, then chuckle at my own foolishness, as there is no such entity. Nor do I want there to be. I desire neither the big responsibility, fancy title or, especially, the workload such “enterprises” might …
Silver Lining Parkinson’s
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 …
And the Winner is…
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 …
Lights, camera, action! (The blog goes Hollywood)
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
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 …
My Hobby, My Doctors
Coming soon: Parky Conversations, the podcast. Be sure you won’t miss a single fascinating word by subscribing to my blog, Moving and Shaking. Click on subscribe and voila! you’ll be in the know about all sorts of Parkinsonian stuff- the scientific, the all-too-human and the just plain weird. Hmmm. I wonder how far into my …
Moving and Shaking 