Posted 6-12-19… but leaving on top of the post list due to its more important content. (Click here to return to the main page for newer content) One of my very favorite resources on the Alzheimer’s Association website (and there are many!) is their cornerstone article “10 Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer’s“. This list…
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Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 590 (1 Year, 225 days): Splitting Headache
Posted 10/27/21 “And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.”- Mark 10:27 Howdy all! Hope you are having a great week so far! I am doing ok if it wasn’t for the dang headache. I have a “classic” post-lumbar-puncture headache, apparently, and am…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 590 (1 Year, 225 days): Remnants
Posted 2 months to the day from Christmas Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the Lord will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.” –Joshua 10:25 Preparing for my two-day, 70+ mile jog down and back the Frisco Highline Trail has already…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 587 (1 Year, 222 days): My Wednesday and Thursday
Posted 10/22/21 “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 583 (1 Year, 218 days): Maximum Overdrive Battlefields–Or– The Search for a Simple Fix
Posted 10/18/21 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.” –Mark 10:18 Happy Monday to all! I love a good Monday, don’t you? (Problem is, there ain’t a lot of good ones, but I digress…) Driving into town on the Autoban Highway 13 this morning, I noticed, as usual, that I…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 580 (1 Year, 215 days): To Die is Gain
Posted 10-15-21 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!” –Philippians 1:21-2 (I typically tie a verse to the day of the month, but this is more…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 579 (1 Year, 214 days): Columbus Day
Posted 10-12-21 Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. –Daniel 10:12 Hi all! Happy Monday…uhhh…errrr…Tuesday to each and every one of you. I took yesterday off…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 575 (1 Year, 210 days): My Too-Fast-Life’s Random Verbs: past and present and future (A Word Tornado)
Posted 10/8/21 The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them; I have given them into your hand. Not one of them will be able to withstand you.” – Joshua 10:8 There is much ado about pronouns these days, but, today, I submit to you most of my sometimes-preferred, yet nearly always accurate…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 573 (1 Year, 208 days): When is the Right Time to Change Nursing Homes?
Posted 10-6-21 I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph, And I will bring them back Because I have had compassion on them; And they will be as though I had not rejected them, For I am the Lord their God and I will answer them. –Zechariah 10:6…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 571 (1 Year, 206 days): How SHOULD Things Go?
Posted 10/4/21 Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.” Ezra 10:4 Happy Monday to all! 🙂 Another Monday in paradise here. OK…maybe not, but, all things considered, it could always be worse. The weekend was kind of an unpredictable dumpster fire at times…but even…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 568 (1 Year, 203 days): A Novel Novella About Web Research
Posted 10/1/21 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to…