Recognition
The experience of stroke seems to fade away for a while and then find a way to remind me of how real and present it is. Sometimes I just can't remember parts of my past. It's as if parts of my experience just vanished, and this…
Thanksgiving
My friend Michelle James has posted a Thanksgiving thought on Twitter > "Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself" – Rumi And today's New York Times had a fitting editorial, too > Sitting down with friends and family today, there will be thanks for…
XI.
by Wendell Berry > Though he was ill and in pain, in disobedience to the instruction he would have received if he had asked, the old man got up from his bed, dressed, and went to the barn. The bare branches of winter had emerged through the last leaf-colors of…
Tailwind helps overcome Stroke, Brain Injury Effects
> SAGINAW -- (11/20/09) -- Even if you had a stroke or other brain injury years ago, you may be able to start healing in the comfort of your own home. HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo tells us about a new device a Saginaw woman helped design. First time…
Faulkner gets it Right
Reading the first section of The Hamlet, I came across this > He was looking forward to his visit...with the sheer happiness of being out of bed and moving once more at free will, even though a little weakly, in the sun and air which men drank and moved…
Art + Inovation + Typewriter = Inspiration
> Paul Smith. The name is simple, common. A google search of the name yields 69 million hits (mine yields 417,000). There is one Paul Smith [http://www.paulsmithfoundation.org/index.html] that was anything but common. Born September 21, 1921, Paul had spastic cerebral palsy. He wasn’t…
Is Choosing a Prosthesis so Different from Picking a Pair of Glasses?
> What is considered medically necessary for the American insurance standard is whatever gets you from the bed to the toilet. I am not kidding. No other aspect of daily living other than using the bathroom is considered "necessary," which means your basic prosthetic given to most amputees—…
Breakfast
A final treat in Pittsburgh was Fontinella cheese purchased in the Strip Saturday with breakfast. This cheese has great flavor and a real pleasing texture. It is not your typical supermarket cheese, and enjoying it makes me wonder why we so often settle for easy-to-find, no shopping involved grocery products.…