Tag Archives: Embrace Joy
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
‘Tis the Season to be Sappy
As a young man I seldom shed a tear over anything, certainly not over sad events. My problem solving instincts kicked in and I would be too preoccupied with analyzing how to make the best out of sad events than … Continue reading
Beyond Terminal Care – Being Positive
A few biochemicals produced by our bodies enhance brain health. Neurotransmitters send messages within our central nervous system, while hormones circulate throughout the larger, peripheral nervous system. Sometimes the same biochemical serves both functions. Rather than producing them on a … Continue reading
Beyond Terminal Care – Becoming a Superager
Caregivers for spouses with dementia are six times more likely to get dementia themselves. Such caregivers have higher levels of stress and depression, and lower levels of subjective well-being. My contrarian nature causes me to view that as a challenge … Continue reading
Beyond Palliative Care – Physical Therapy
Once Cindy struggled to walk, I requested that the VNA provide me instruction for physical therapy exercises to do with her. She receives these exercises to preserve the range of motion in her limbs 4-5 times a day, mostly from … Continue reading
The ADT Journey – Week 38
During this stretch trail angels offered us kindness in a variety of ways; our response varied as well. On the first day we stopped at a store in a small hamlet and asked the proprietor if he had a bathroom … Continue reading
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The ADT Journey – Week 36
Our 15 miles of fame from Evansville print and television media extended further. As we continued on roads through this stretch people hailed us from passing cars, from workplaces we passed and even from a graveyard (a live person visiting … Continue reading
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The ADT Journey – Week 31
The day after the potluck supper at the St. Paul UCC in Hermann, Jack and Pat Wendleton brought us back to where we left off on the Katy, treating us to breakfast at a trailside restaurant. We hiked back to … Continue reading
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The ADT Journey – Week 25
We entered Kansas from the southwest corner and would be departing through Kansas City, near the northeast corner. Since much of Kansas originally was partitioned into square tracts of farmland, this meant a zigzag pattern of hiking east and north … Continue reading