https://videopress.com/v/JFYkKYjj?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2FJFYkKYjj%2Fimg_2747_mov_std.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Learn what Parkinson's feels like (video less than two minutes). Lately I have been feeling overwhelmed with my overly full plate. Is the answer a smaller plate or fewer items on my usual plate? Clearly this metaphor isn’t working since I’m not even sure I get it. Nonetheless, I have too many places to …
Tag: Knitting
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? …
No more multi- tasking
Let’s just say you have spent a lifetime enjoying a very specific form of multi-tasking, that is, knitting and watching TV. Knitters will get the allure - maybe even necessity - of pairing those activities. They go together like peanut butter and jelly. All you knitters - and other ardent multi- taskers - out there …
Teeny Tiny Triumphs
You may have noticed that I find alliteration appealing. Too true! But the bigger news is I COOKED TWO MEALS yesterday. As in preheated the oven, chopped some broccoli and cauliflower (but bought precut onions - I'm not that ambitious) and made a sweet potato soup (so-so) and a dish with the aforementioned vegetables that …
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, …
Why? Why? Why?
For me, the most shocking aspect of becoming ill is that…it wasn’t supposed to happen! My father lived to be 96 and my mother 90. My dad had experienced several health issues during his long life (tiny stroke at 60, a mild heart attack a few years later, non-fatal case of prostate cancer) and my …
