Cindy jokes that she was attracted at the start to my humor, now remarking: “Good Lord, what was I thinking?” I’ll be the first to admit this means she’s easily amused, yet this overall joyful nature of Cindy’s keeps my … Continue reading
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The Beauty of Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
Cindy and I did not talk much to each other while hiking the 5,000 mile American Discovery Trail. Part of this was due to being around each other 24/7. What news did we have for each other? “What did you … Continue reading
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Trail Games
Hiking thousands of miles over a few months involves a fair bit of potential monotony. Personally, my mind and spirit are perpetually engaged when hiking above treeline, or when following a creek, but there remains stretches of miles upon miles … Continue reading
The Activity of Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
Back in my former persona as a blogger, three or four long weeks ago–back when I focused on the virtues of kindness, community and humanity–much of the foundation for what I wrote came from my study and understanding of early … Continue reading
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Cindy’s Perspective
Cindy knows that I am sharing her story on my blog and will be writing a book that shares her story as well. That begs the question of how she feels about that. Here is Cindy’s perspective about her early … Continue reading
The Simplicity of Hiking the PCT
This past week Cindy and I started going for walks wearing almost full backpacks. We are training for our five-month, 2666 mile hike of the Pacific Crest Trail that will start in June. On the first day Cindy could not … Continue reading
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Alzheimer’s: To Know or Not to Know
Should a person know whether or not they have Alzheimer’s? My mother did not know, but this was at a time when senility was thought to be the common plight of aging folks. There were medications back then as well, … Continue reading
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The Costs of Alzheimer’s
The title of the article revealed that Alzheimer’s afflicts women more than men, both as victims and as caregivers. This alone is deserving of an article, as the title implied, but the article soon morphed into being about the economic … Continue reading
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Alzheimer Economics
I’m focused on raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s these days, yet my social systems awareness from earlier endeavors impacts my approach. As I search for Alzheimer’s articles to comment on here, or post on other social media sites, I … Continue reading
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Can There Be Too Much Caregiving?
I read a blog entry today that reflected on a hazard of caregiving, becoming addicted to being the caregiver for a person with Alzheimer’s. As the disease progresses you have to do more and more for the person until, in … Continue reading
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