Thoughts on Loss I scroll through the social media posts, past the updates on the Coronavirus, past the ever-lurking advertisements that seep into my feed. I am bored with this online stuff. But then I see them, they catch my eye. I pause. Take another look Carol, don’t let this one by. This one, you … Continue reading Thoughts on Loss

Now here's a woman I really admire. Linda K. Olson "Get Out and Go! If I can do it, you can too." I am so happy to be on Linda's email list.   I get her posts, which are super inspiring.  I dove into her blog on my birthday, as I was finishing up the … Continue reading Get Out and Go!

Back home, it's so different than riding in Doolie our camper van.  I could get out of the van and have an ocean roaring in my ears from the road noise, I suppose. It is so quiet here.   And sometimes I could not easily get out of the van because I had stiffened up … Continue reading WHAT I LEARNED CONTINUED…

I have never been one for fanfare.  I would rather be acknowledged for my hard work in the everyday world than to be put in the limelight.   The readings at church yesterday stated, "don't hide your light under a bushel".  I don't want to hide just my light, I want to hide all of me … Continue reading how writing a book can change your life, or what I learned from the road trip

I thought I had walked it off, sweated it through, washed it out with liters of water and cold mugs of beer. I thought I had talked about it until there was nothing left to say. And when I thought it was done, when I thought I was done, my walking partners true and honest … Continue reading What was left behind

As I know more people in the Parkinsons community I am starting to realize how deep this disease reaches. Its not just about tremors, rigidity, balance. Below the tip of the iceburg there are dozens of non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's. And intertwined with these often unseen challenging symptoms are mental health concerns. Some of these … Continue reading Being there for a friend in crisis

It's part of the “scout” motto. I understand why. How many times have I gone out the door without my meds.   After driving several miles down the road  I remember them and have to turn around.   There have been times when I have not brought any food or drink and relied on the … Continue reading Be Prepared (I found this in my draft box, not sure why it wasnt published when I wrote it)

After preaching to the Pendleton Support group to not be too hard on themselves for the difficulties encountered in an impossible task, I beat up on myself for not being well prepared and confident through the first part of the talk I knew as soon as I arrived that I would have tough time. On … Continue reading The Ribbon of Road: day one

We travel differently in Doolie than we did in Gertrude.  In the larger pickup and camper we had more storage.  We hauled tables and chairs, my guitar and bike gear in the back seat of the king cab pickup.  The bikes had bug patrol as they rode up on the front bumper. That's with the … Continue reading Countdown: 2 days to Road Trip

Preparing for a road trip Jan.9, 2020 Charlie and I are getting ready for a big road trip to promote The Ribbon of Road Ahead. I am so excited to meet new people with Parkinson’s in the southwest and California. We are starting out on Jan 21 and driving DOOLY, our Ford Transit/Coachmen CrossFit Camper … Continue reading PREPARING FOR A ROAD TRIP