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  • A bun dance

    A bun dance

    This post is a marker for me. A line in the sand. Again. I have many such lines. I don’t know whether my lines advance or retreat to be honest. I don’t even know if they go in any direction. Maybe I’m just getting into my groove. Maybe I’m stuck in a rut. But here…

  • Moody blues?

    Moody blues?

    Recently a member of the private YOPD Facebook group I am a member of asked how to deal with low mood. They wanted to know others’ ways of managing what is a common symptom. It can put intense pressure on the Parkinson’s patient and their carer(s) and is a crucial aspect of any PD treatment…

  • Pongs and gongs

    Pongs and gongs

    I went to a boarding school for the last two years of my schooling. I loved it. However, I think I am the only one in my year who did. One friend who I miraculously rediscovered later on in life through sheer fluke hated it especially. This friend was a stalwart supporter to me when…

  • walls

    walls

    the rain is falling on the windows we bashed through the roof it’s strange, the way you move into a house because you want to improve it. You want to buy less than best so you can do it put your stamp on it. Only, I forgot to go to the post office and here…

  • Common people

    Common people

    Write what you know…in all themagazines and blogs that’s what they are commonly given to say to those just starting out. But not me. Oh no. I was told…writing is a therapy, a relief, it’s a way to break the confines of your position, your condition. Pour it out onto the pages and feel better.…