Author Archives: Humanity Hiker
Brain Health Cake?
What do you give a person in the final stage of Alzheimer’s everything she really needs,? I decided on baking a brain health cake for Cindy’s 66th birthday. Not having baked a cake in decades did not deter me. I … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Health, Care Partner Vignettes
Tagged Alzheimer's Love Story, brain health recipe
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The Duck in the Bathroom
As I receive more coverage this year I spend some of my time writing at one of the two local establishments. Both serve delicious coffee. The environs and coffee stimulate my thinking, but at the cost of at least one … Continue reading
Two Rocks in Barbour Woods
The three feet of snow and single digit temperature found me trudging along the carriage road in Barbour Woods. This path and I go way back to before I attended Center School and Mom occupied me with walks in the … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Health
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Brain Health Soup
I make a concoction called brain health soup. One batch feeds Cindy and me for about a week, or a little less if shared with others. Several folks have praised my brain health soup, but the most meaningful endorsement came … Continue reading
The Town Center and the Pub
“Can I pay with my looks?” Our kids now cringe whenever I ask a clerk or waiter that question. They were with me when I got the best answer from a checkout clerk at a convenience store in Long Island. … Continue reading
Balancing Coverage
Recently I received more coverage. I will not say permanently yet, since past experience taught me better. Yet for now at least I am being confronted with the challenge of extra coverage. The writings and music I work on take … Continue reading
Our First Dates
Forty-five years ago, some members of the group planning to hike the Appalachian Trail (AT) went down to Times Square for the 1980 New Years Eve celebration. At the time I had been dating a woman in the group for … Continue reading
Posted in Lasting Love
Tagged Appalachian Trail, Hiking Buddies, Long Distance Hiking, Times Square
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Brain Health Update – 1/15/26
I came across a post on Medium that pitted the cognitive burden of uncertainty vs difficulty. The assertion that uncertainty has a greater cognitive burden rings true for me as a care partner. Care partners of loved ones with dementia … Continue reading
Our True Love Beginning
Here you go, the first true love background post. I arrived at the “zombosis land” trailhead as people on the practice hike were passing through. Appalachian Trail (AT) thru-hikers bestowed the name “zombosis land” on the heavily forested, fairly level … Continue reading
My Updated New Ten Year’s Resolution
Happy New Year! Last year at this time I posted “My New Ten Year’s Resolution” about my plan for keeping active and increasing my social engagement. I had assumed that when Cindy turned 65 last February my home health aide … Continue reading
Posted in Home Care Journal, Lasting Love
Tagged Alzheimer's Love Story, Believe in Humanity
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