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 …
I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up
We've all seen and probably made fun of the the elderly woman moaning those words on our TV screens. Why not laugh? She has absolutely nothing to do with us, except perhaps as the old lady across the street, the one who never puts out candy on Hallloween. That one. Well, you know what's coming. …
Serendipity, coincidence or both?
Thought for the day: Happiness is two hours in the perfume department at Bloomingdale’s with one of your most fun friends. Serendipity: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way, as in “a fortunate stroke of serendipity.” “There are no coincidences; everything happens for a reason.” Can serendipity and …
Super Bowl Blues
I'm not blue because the Pats aren't playing this year. Or because Tom Brady moved away (I think). Also, is he getting divorced? I'm not sure. Now, try to imagine that a friend of yours is having a party. They've invited all your friends, but not you. That's okay because you told them not to. Because...it's a Super Bowl party. …
A date for Parky
Thought for the day: I announced myself at the front desk at the breast imaging center, informing the receptionist that “I’m here for my manicure.” Once upon a time there was a Parky. For the unitiated, that’s a person with Parkinson’s Disease, PD for short. This particular Parky - yes, she adored alliteration, perhaps a …
Emotions Have Taken Me Over – The Bee Gees (and Me)
I've always been sensitive to criticism. I was about to type "a little sensitive" but that would be a lie. More than a little. Thanks, Mom. FYI, there is no statute of limitations on blaming your parents. Maybe a story for another day. Today's story is emotion and Parkinson's. If someone implies they don't like …
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If I were a country song
I’d be titled Something Always Lost or Broken. I’m supplying the lyrics; the melody is on you. It would go something like this: Last week I lost your love The second time around You’re out there with my other glove In some store’s lost and found You’re lost but never found, never found never found …
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