Fiddler
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- Hello all... Been a long time since I've posted here (a case of no news is good news). My question for the community is about dealing with end of life issues and helping a spectrum family member cope with the strong emotions that accompany.Dad, who...
- Hey Gang!I must have fallen into a black hole... but here I am, back in the land of the living! While looking for something else (a good children's choir model) on youtube, I found THESE gems en route. ...
- Any of you caring for aging parents? Incident described in my journal and also posted in Caring for Aging Parents, just wondering how many others of us in this community looking at the same thing......thanks in advance for the input, guys.
- Mom is almost 82, Dad 89 and deaf as a post, even with his hearing aids in. "We're slowing down," she tells me on the phone."You've been saying that for 20 years, Ma. HOW slow? Nursing home slow?""We're not that slow yet," she says.This year...
- aka The Foods I AteorConfection is Good for the Soul.Lately in my journal I've been moaning about this year's last-minute classroom setup. Due to a series of Summer Occupants, unfortunate roofing events (a case of BAD shingles, and fortunately not...
- hello all!Checking out the group at Jav's invitation (wow, looks really cool)! While I don't have any particular health issues I DO think a lot about nutrition as part of all that I do for improving fitness. I'm not especially imaginative in the...
- hello gang,yes I know, I'm an infrequent flyer here... but I might need some support next week.day after tomorrow I'm driving out to look in on elderly parents (80 and 88, if they have enough working parts between the two of them for one... and...
- short journal entry about it today - so whenever it's celebrated in YOUR locale... Happy Pride!
- ...how do you decide which treadmill-elliptical-stairmaster to use?A couple years ago a very amusing set of e-mails circulated about which stall in the bathroom men would choose, based on the proximity of other males in the facility. I didn't...
- hi all - I'm new to the group. My partner and I have been together 22 years, legally for the last 4 (thank you Massachusetts!). I have a general question I'd like to put out there: How do you talk about the big stuff? We get along fine day to...
- AKA what happens when you do too much too soon....thought you might enjoy this:http://www.cartalk.com/content/read-on/1998/11-21-98-1.htmlP.S. I'm not the music teacher to whom he was referring! :-D
- Okay, so it hasn't been the greatest weekend. Calf injury and sinus infection have kept me out of the gym, so my usual energy drain has been missing and I can't go to sleep. I'm trying to let go of all the problems I can't solve at midnight. ...
- Hi Gang!Here's the deal: I'm in a weight gain phase in my training. What I'm supposed to do is eat "clean" - namely chicken and vegetables. The goal is to put on as much muscle as possible. At the same time I will be gaining fat, that's okay,...
- StarlitCyn got me wondering on the Hallelujah Diet discussion...As a vegetarian, how do you get enough protein without over-eating carbs? I don't plan to become vegetarian/vegan (I like meat too much), but there are times when I've had so much...
- Hello all - I need some help brainstorming a next step...My adult sister Janie (pseudonym, aged 51) is living in a supervised apartment overseen by a mental health agency 600 miles away from where I live. Although we do not have a diagnosis more...