Category: My Doings

Lazy Summer Permission Granted

Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds. ~Regina Brett To Do Nothing Eighty-eight degrees at 7 a.m. in North Palm Beach! But summer does not officially …

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Grandma’s Teachings: Honor Loved Ones on Decoration Day

I am a part of all that I have touched and that has touched me. ~Thomas Wolfe My most precious memory of my grandma, Charlotta Estella Seyb Mohr, is spending countless hours by her side at an impressive round oak pedestal table with animal claw feet. I adored her and enjoyed spending time at her …

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Termites, Parkinson’s and Executive Function

It’s always something. ~Gilda Radner Termites are big headaches in Florida. As a general rule, termite season is in springtime, when the weather warms up enough for termites to “swarm”. They emerge from their mature colonies in the hundreds or thousands to establish new termite colonies. When they do, it is one of the few …

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Reflections on 5 Year Parkinson’s Anniversary

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. ~ Louisa Mae Alcott Five years ago on an ordinary beautiful South Florida day, May 13, 2014, I left my neurologist’s …

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Creative Springtime Easter Tablescape

  During Parkinson’s Awareness month, I think it is important to consider that some people  live well with the disease for a long time and in some cases even decades. “Not everyone is affected by Parkinson’s equally,” Hubert Fernandez, M.D., director of the Center for Neurological Restoration at Cleveland Clinic, says. “It’s a disorder that …

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Happy Easter

  This antique Raphael Tuck & Sons Easter postcard was chromographed  in Bavaria in 1910. It is part of Artistic Easter Postcard Series with floral and rural setting,  Lilies and a cross are to the left and trees are to the right of road.  The unique card is beaded. Blessings! Linda

Parkinson’s Awareness and National Poetry Month Connection

  April is Parkinson’s Awareness month focused on spreading the word, educating yourself and supporting the cure. Five years ago what I knew about Parkinson’s amounted to very little. I equated the disease with tremors and knew about Mohammed Ali, Michael J. Fox and Janet Reno. However, when I was diagnosed with PD in 2014, …

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Orange Tabby Cat Inspired Haiku

Snow blanket magic Tabby cat exploration Surprising sink holes Photo and Poem by Linda A. Mohr Originally Published in Winter laJoie 2017 Blessings! Linda

Too Many Medical Appointments

Where Did My Day Go? I knew I spent lots of time going to medical appointments. All I had to do was ask the question, “Where did the day go?” However, this year I decided to maintain a monthly medical time log and record the exact hours. Medical Appointments Time Log My medical log includes …

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Happy Valentine’s Day

  I collect vintage valentines. This die-cut mechanical valentine was made in Germany.  A back lever moves the cat’s big green eyes and pink tongue. This whimsical valentine is from the 1930s. This sweet gray cat is a die-cut stand up valentine. The incredible blue eyes are captivating. The stand up legs fold out with the …

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