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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The Hike to Campbell Falls

Posted on August 26, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

Lyla stood next to my leg as we waited under the awning of oak and pine branches.  This sheltered us from rain shrouding the trailhead in sheets of gray as my daughter Charissa unloaded Lyla’s two younger siblings from the … Continue reading →

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Good and Bad News

Posted on August 12, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

This past weekend I attended a local writer’s retreat at Great Mountain Forest. Retreats like this provide the external motivation to supplement one’s own. Being local allowed me to risk signing up months ago, hoping I could attend even if … Continue reading →

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Cause and Benefit of Belly Sobs

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

My aspirations have changed from hiking around the world with Cindy to watching geographic documentaries while feeding her.  Today I concluded watching the National Geographic series “Europe from Above.”  Every episode induces at least one belly sob. My belly sobs … Continue reading →

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Desert Aura

Posted on March 30, 2026 by Humanity Hiker

I spent four days of reflection in the desert aura of Tucson, Arizona while staying at a Residence Inn. Around 7:00 am each day, I had the morning caregiver for Cindy call me. She held the phone near Cindy for … 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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