Category Archives: Living Well

The Alzheimer’s Murder Mystery

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Alzheimer’s research resembles a television murder mystery. Detectives come up with seedy suspects for a series of murders, such as gang members. The District Attorney wants all gang members charged and the investigation wrapped up quickly, but there are too … Continue reading

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“They Come to See You Smile”

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Dottie Satherlie is a 92 year old wonder who comes to visit Cindy on Wednesday mornings. Caring for others is nothing new for her. Dottie and husband Ken founded a school here in town for special needs children. She cared … Continue reading

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Brain Health Advice – Be of Good Cheer

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I have a holiday gift for everyone, with the hope that most people are not conditioned to ignore the benefits being offered. The gift lies in some statistics provided by the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development. Almost 1400 … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: My Brother Pete

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I was five years old at the time and hardly knew my oldest brother Pete existed. I did not know his real name was Leon Sinclair, named after our Dad. Considering he was nineteen years older there was no time … Continue reading

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Demystifying Alzheimer’s

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We enter the bank to get some cookies (available on Fridays) and one of the tellers calls out “Hi, Cindy!” Next we are at the post office to get the mail; Cindy standing in the middle of the room with … Continue reading

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Caregiver Activity – Company

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This past weekend my brother Bob and wife Jill came down from New Hampshire to visit us. They dropped by four consecutive days, Friday to Monday. The highlight was the games we played on Sunday afternoon, when yours truly might … Continue reading

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Caregiver Activity – Games

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At one point I was concerned that Cindy might have an “accident.” Cindy, our daughter Serena, her boyfriend Kevin and I were gathered around the kitchen table playing a card version of “Family Feud.” Just as with the television version, … Continue reading

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Keeping it Kuhl

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Once autumn approaches I know that every morning the last piece of clothing I will put on Cindy is a green fleece jacket. Just mentioning the jacket brings the same kind of smile as mentioning chocolate, as if the jacket … Continue reading

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Caregiver Activity – Walking

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Cindy and I hung a left off of Shepard Road, onto the woods road that brings you to Barbour Woods and the other Land Trust Trails. Each of us frequently walked and ran on these trails in the past. We … Continue reading

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The Care of Family

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Blog posts continue to be sparse for now because of hectic times on Emerson Street. Hectic times can cause stress, which in turn hurts brain health, but we are amidst a good type of hectic times. Our daughter Serena has … Continue reading

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