The Ribbon of Road Ahead

It has been a wild three weeks.  We put a few miles on our typically garaged Ford Fusion.  It served us well in rain and cold.  A fuel miser it was as we got 41 mpg!  I had three traditional book launch parties and two presentations I added time into to talk about the book. …

Since The Ribbon of Road Ahead was officially released on March 15, I have spoken to 4 groups and did two impromptu “readings”. On March 21, I hosted a gathering at Prodigal Son Brew Pub in Pendleton, OR. It was truly fun and a delight to see friends, former co-workers, community members and even the…

There are still patches of snow where the warm finger of the sun’s rays have not been able to reach.  Mounds of ugly snow are pushed to the ends of parking lots,  their melt water streaming to find a drain.  The temperature has risen up to the 40’s.  It’s time to get the bike out.…

This appeared on the Davis Phinney Foundation FaceBook page today. Moments of Victory® – Carol Clupny Doesn’t Let Parkinson’s Slow Her Down Living Well, Moments of Victory March 16, 2019 What has your journey been like since your Parkinson’s diagnosis? After being diagnosed in 2008, I continued to work as a Speech-Language Pathologist. When I…

For the past several days I have received emails with links to newspaper articles inviting people of the community to one of several book parties. These articles were written by what I will call “e-interviews.” I sent a press release, a response was given for some pictures, or “please answer these questions”. Amazing how this…

Charlie turned the car the opposite direction of home. “Gotta stop at the hardware store” he said. Oh my, I knew to get there from this direction meant several obstacles: a stop sign, a hard right, two speed bumps, a gravel parking lot with a huge mud puddle and the transition between the gravel and…

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

and why its so important! I don’t know for sure who took this photo. It has to be one of two people. The two women in front of me ( me with the green coat and pink hat) are walking companions from the US. The person next to me appears to be a mystery pilgrim.…

Medtronic is a leading manufacturer of medical devices.  Their products include pumps and pacemaker type devices, including Deep Brain Stimulation neurostimulators. Other producers of these devices include Boston Scientific, Abbot and St. Jude. I did not have a choice at the time of my implant.  The Medtronic Activa was placed in my chest, just below…

Unexpected Encounter On a recent visit to my sister Beth in California, I discovered that my husband Charlie had visited 16 of the 21 Spanish Missions.  These Missions were founded by Spanish Franciscan  priests between 1769 and 1833 to bring the Native Americans to Christianity and a whole lot of other more political reasons.  I…