–or– The Therapeutic Value of a Kind Touch Posted 10-3-19 “I Want To Hold Your Hand” Oh yeah, I’ll tell you somethingI think you’ll understandThen I’ll say that somethingI wanna hold your handI wanna hold your handI wanna hold your hand Oh please, say to meYou’ll let me be your manAnd please, say to meYou’ll…
Author: Mark Applegate
Are You Sure You Don’t Have Dementia?
Posted 10-2-19 The flip side of yesterday’s article “Are You Sure You Have Dementia” actually secretly begs the same question as today’s. Do you know one way or another? While this may be a less satisfying article from a new content perspective, this topic is crucial to one of the key concepts I shoot to…
Are You Sure You Have Dementia??
Posted 10-1-19 So, if you have read the previous 300+ posts about dementia, many of them have scared you more than the thought of sharing an old cabin with talking dolls, clowns with red balloons, or that dude with the knife fingers. You may or may not have considered the possibility that you will eventually…
Several Bytes You Can Learn About the Progression of Dementia From Computer Failure
Posted 9-30-19 As you may have noticed from my poem last week, the inexplicable mesh of sadness and complexity of dementia defies a solid way to explain. I have tried to explain it in cornbread chunks like explaining it with fishing similes and others. I have more like that coming down the meal production line…
10 Great Moments in This Year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Posted 9-27-19 Seldom if ever being one to shy away from beating a dead horse, this will be my last retrospective about Springfield, Missouri’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Behold, my ten favorite moments in the walk: The Entry. We got there at a time that I thought was early and there were hundreds already there….
Similes Replacing Smiles…for Now
Posted 9-26-19 Similes Replacing Smiles…for Now Similes Replacing Smiles…for Now Dementia is like a thief, Victims are robbed, that is true Like a ship that strikes the reef, And steals captain and the crew. You may not remember me, but I still remember you! Dementia is like a thorn, Florists know its painful stab While a rose stem leaves me torn, I know you…
10 Things About the 2019 Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Posted 9-26-19 Another Walk to End Alzheimer’s is in the books although I feel confident you can still make donations. We laughed, we cried, we panicked for fear of rain and we sighed in relief when it left. It was an amazing event as always! Thank you Amy Temple and Ethan Forhetz and the many,…
10 Highly-Valued Word Pictures from This Year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Posted 9-25-19 (a.k.a. 3 months until Christmas) Is a picture worth a thousand words? Ten Thousand? More? I think so too. A picture might be the difference in a criminal being prosecuted or a husband losing an alimony case. Pictures prove (or disprove) the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, whether the president uses a…
Happy 300th
Posted 9-24-19 Today we celebrate our 300th post at the Digital Cornbread table! There is so much to say and such little time on this blog. Sigh… I mainly want to say thank you to each and every one of you! Without each of your encouragement, topic ideas, love, examples, support and the rest, I…
OK…We’ve Walked. Now What? –or– Fighting with Flowers
Posted 9-23-19 This year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s Springfield-Style is in the books. I will be talking about this one here for a while!!! I haven’t heard a head count, but there were hundreds and hundreds and hundreds there. The lawn at Jordan Valley Park was a sea of Alzheimer’s Promise Garden flowers with far…