Back in my former persona as a blogger, three or four long weeks ago–back when I focused on the virtues of kindness, community and humanity–much of the foundation for what I wrote came from my study and understanding of early … Continue reading
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The Activity of Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
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Alzheimer’s: To Know or Not to Know
Should a person know whether or not they have Alzheimer’s? My mother did not know, but this was at a time when senility was thought to be the common plight of aging folks. There were medications back then as well, … Continue reading
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The Costs of Alzheimer’s
The title of the article revealed that Alzheimer’s afflicts women more than men, both as victims and as caregivers. This alone is deserving of an article, as the title implied, but the article soon morphed into being about the economic … Continue reading
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Alzheimer Economics
I’m focused on raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s these days, yet my social systems awareness from earlier endeavors impacts my approach. As I search for Alzheimer’s articles to comment on here, or post on other social media sites, I … Continue reading
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Can There Be Too Much Caregiving?
I read a blog entry today that reflected on a hazard of caregiving, becoming addicted to being the caregiver for a person with Alzheimer’s. As the disease progresses you have to do more and more for the person until, in … Continue reading
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The Community of Antimony
Antimony, Utah is one of the most secluded towns in the country. Mainly a ranching community, Antimony was the last town in Utah to get electricity. We were the beneficiaries of some noted kindness in Antimony. The owner of the … Continue reading
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The Kindness of Matt and Miriam
In focusing on Trail Angel Day a couple of posts back I skipped over our first real Trail Angels in Nevada, Matt and Miriam from Switzerland. We met them at a very opportune time. There would be hotter days than … Continue reading
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The Kindness of Angie
Despite our good fortune on Trail Angel Day, we encountered very few people in Nevada. We did go through some ranch lands, which led to our encounter with Angie. I was still feeling the effects of an intestinal virus; when … Continue reading
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Trail Angel Day
When I give talks about our ADT Journey I usually mention something about Trail Angel Day, what we named the day where we received the greatest number of separate acts of kindness. Ironically, this day came along one of the … Continue reading
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The Kindness of Mary
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Sometimes kindness can be expected, such as when a church community would host us. Sometimes kindness comes out of nowhere, such as when a passerby stops with a wonderful gesture. Occasionally, an unexpected sequence of events leads to what might … Continue reading
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