My goal for 2019 was set at $10,000 and I pledged to match all contributions dollar for dollar to reach it.  And, I did that to illustrate my belief in, and commitment to, the Davis Phinney Foundation, so there would be no doubt. 

This is long overdue! Should've finished my writing on the RAGBRAI bike event months ago and written several other entries for this online journal about dealing with Parkinson's, too.

Back in July, we (Billy Bowman, Jim Robbins and I) drove to Iowa to ride bicycles across the state in a week's time averaging over 60 miles a day. Talking with others who had ridden the event in past years, it appeared my training was well below par. "

A major highlight was Tuesday, July 23, when I rode with Davis Phinney, Dr. Jay Alberts, a neurologist and researcher from the Cleveland Clinic and the entire PEDALING FOR PARKINSON'S team. In the 2003 RAGBRAI, Dr. Alberts was riding a tandem bicycle with a Parkinson’s patient on the back, when he observed his patient’s symptoms were being improved. That observation was the catalyst for…

First, I can’t believe it took 27 years to get around to riding RAGBRAI.  When I heard about the ride in 1992, it immediately made my bucket list.  Even back then, there were 10,000 cyclists taking part.  But, it took Frank Jarman’s persistence and the opportunity to make the trip with fellow cyclists….

Battling PD is not for the lazy and a good recharge of motivation is needed whenever I can get it. So, Christie and I traveled to Austin, TX earlier in April to attend the Parkinson's "Victory Summit" held by the Davis Phinney Foundation. There were many highlights…..

Have you ever asked someone for help and been overwhelmed with their response? IT JUST HAPPENED TO ME! Less than 2 weeks ago, I turned to my church family at First Presbyterian in Greenwood for help with the fundraising I'm doing for…..

After having so many favorable comments from friends that saw this article in our local newspaper, I decided to share it on this journal. For those of you who haven't seen the article, ROCK STEADY BOXING is a…..

If you're still reading this, the title gives away my not so subtle approach to asking for a little (or, a lot) of your hard-earned money. LOL. But, please keep reading despite the spoiler alert! In all seriousness, I am on a mission this year to "pay it forward", as the saying goes. Back in August 2014, I got the game-changing…..

We spent the first 2 weeks of February in Israel and Jordan on a pilgrimage with our church family. Each day we had an early breakfast and were usually on the tour bus by 7:30am in order to visit the many sites on the daily itinerary. There was a good deal of walking, as we…..

“You have Parkinson’s Disease”.  I heard the neurologist saying that to me in August 2014, but it wasn’t something I accepted.  It seemed like a death sentence.  Parkinson’s double whammy of being a progressive and an incurable disease is a heavy blow to withstand. It came on hard and reminded me of my mortality.

Parkinson's Disease (or, as I call him, Mr. PD) is a topic that I can write about with some degree of authority and I'm going into this project believing that sharing my experiences will benefit someone out there in 2019. Many tangible benefits have come my way because I was open to learning something new from someone else. There's got to be…..

PD can be very obvious. If you know someone with Parkinson’s, there are many symptoms you easily spot. Even if you have an untrained eye or take a casual glance. Tremors in someone’s hands or feet, for example. Awkward gait and overall unsteadiness on one’s feet are two more obvious signs. But there’s a….

After less than 3 weeks, the donations I've received and my matching funds have gotten me almost halfway to the $10,000 goal! To get the other half, I'm making an appeal to my church family, friends around Greenwood, folks I used to work with at Viking, and frankly anyone I can…..