Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s Love Story

Announcement: A Website for Care Partners and Journeyers

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

“Love kindness. Build community. Believe in humanity.” That quote is the tagline for this Humanity Hiker website. I created this website before our 5,000 mile walk across America. At the time I could not disclose that our main purpose was … Continue reading →

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A New Sleep Hack

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

I discovered a new sleep hack I can add to the ones I shared previously.  In my Elder Rest post I distinguished between hacks to help me fall asleep at bedtime from those needed when waking up in the middle … Continue reading →

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Brain Health Cake?

Posted on February 21, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

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 →

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The Town Center and the Pub

Posted on January 26, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

“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 →

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Balancing Coverage

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

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 →

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Our True Love Beginning

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

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 →

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My Updated New Ten Year’s Resolution

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

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 →

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True Love: Past and Future

Posted on December 30, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

Cindy and I wanted this blog to inform and inspire others who may find themselves in a similar situation. I never considered that to be the telling of a love story, though a few readers commented they have that impression. … Continue reading →

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Past and Future

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

I am still working out the coverage kinks as I look forward to a time when I can post regularly on here and even go out to do presentations. The first two-thirds of this year was spent working out the … Continue reading →

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The Bold Path

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

As I looked over the problematic path, assessing whether I should go that way with Cindy in the adult stroller, I involuntarily chuckled out loud. “Of course we should not go this way,” was my assessment. “But of course we … Continue reading →

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