"Am I being offensive?"
I have just been made aware that some feel the word "Parkies" is offensive. I don't intend to use this term as applied to a person, but for me Parkies is a separate entity and an unwelcome presence.
3 Des 20259min
Priorities - what do you focus on?
A video popped up on a Facebook Page for people with Parkinson's and those that support them. A husband was talking about how he would have a different priority if he were to have his time again with ...
23 Nov 202513min
"Is lefty doing their job?"
Some reflections and strategies for assessing how much my left side is compromised compared to my right side and how I am trying to monitor and improve left sided involvement.
21 Nov 20257min
"Forgetting words - Is helping, helping or hindering?"
Lately I have noticed a bit more trouble with finding words or remembering what I was going to say. Even I don't even know if I want help, so how does my poor husband know?
20 Nov 202513min
"Pride goes before a fall" - What does that even mean?
I was brought up - particularly by my mother - that it was a bad thing to "blow your own trumpet" and I should always be modest about my achievements. I never heard my mother say she was proud of me. ...
14 Nov 202510min
"Cultural Confusion"
I have written a poem about Cultural Confusion. The child of a Kiwi mum and Pommy Dad, I found myself straddling two cultures not knowing quite where I fitted in.
11 Nov 20254min
"Checking in. How am I doing?"
Every now and again I feel the need to do a bit of a check-in with myself and with those close to me to gauge how Parkies is behaving, or not as the case may be." This is one of those check-ups.
9 Nov 202512min
"By eck, By gum would you Adam and Eve it!"
Just a few musings on the use of language. Even if you seem to be speaking the same language, if you are from different countries it is the use of that language with local sayings, etc that can make l...
7 Nov 202514min
