Hit is undern this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord, two thousand and nineteen. (It’s about nine o’clock in the morning on 10-17-19) Readest thou at thine own risk. Once upon a time there was an enormous and majestic palace called the Capitis Os Castle. This marvel of engineering was surrounded…
All Posts
Newly Diagnosed? Don’t Panic, but Do Prepare
Posted 10-16-19 I had a really nice visit recently with a friend who was just diagnosed with a form of dementia. I was able to recall some an article I wrote some time ago about the topic in the conversation, but I would like to touch on the topic again today for him and for…
The Streak
Posted 10-15-19 On May 30, 1982, Cal Ripken Jr. took the field for the Baltimore Orioles and played every single game until September 19, 1998. In doing so, he broke a record most figured was unbreakable: Lou Gehrig’s streak 2,130 games from June 1, 1925 to April 30, 1939. The then third place streak record…
10 Things to Do If You Might Develop Dementia
Posted 10-14-19 I have been in a more reflective mood the last week or two as mom “celebrated” her year anniversary of being in full-time memory care. Thinking through (Friday) the hereditary nature of some forms of dementia made me even more reflective. I am just 17 years away from being the same age that…
It’s My Tohweenn!
Posted 10-11-19 As we start year 2 of mom living in the nursing home, I feel kind of introspective. We live in such an amazing time these days in terms of being able to record our lives for our posterity. While this can be a curse, it can also be a tremendous blessing. Below is…
One Year + a Million Thanks
Posted 10-10-19 as pulled from the home page of digitalcornbread.com written in March of 2019 (is it too early to reminisce?): The Cambridge Dictionary defines a vicissitude as “changes that happen at different times during the life or development of someone or something, especially those that result in conditions being worse.” Example: Losing is going…
Day 364
Posted on Nursing Home Anniversary Eve, 10/9/19 It has been a long year for mom. She has rode the dementia roller coaster day-in and day-out for a year minus one today. Part of me feels like it has been a tremendously long year and another part of me feels like it has flown by. It…
Hard on the Eyes
Posted 10-8-19 Have you heard of the almost catcall phrase “He (or she) isn’t hard on the eyes”? Maybe that is a generational, sexist pig statement (although it could be said about either gender), but the idea is that it is an odd form of complement by saying the person is pleasing on the eyes,…
The Fall of the Hypothalamus
Posted 10-7-19 I love Fall in the Ozarks! A couple days ago it was 90+ degrees…and really had been for the entire month of September. We typically are at least 10-15 degrees cooler than that, a fact not missed by yours truly who drives Tempo One to work every day sans air conditioning. The last…
Stuck
Posted 10-4-19 Stuck They are damsels in distress Wandering all day and all night Life’s in limbo, in constant duress. Such is the life of the Sweet 17, Not here, not gone, but stuck somewhere in between. It wasn’t always this way, In years gone by, things were all right Families, grand kids, bedrock… no…