Several days ago, I was given a gift that has made my heart & soul skip a beat. It was given to me by my new friends (altho it seems like we've know each other forever!)Nancy & Brenda. These two have developed a wonderful website know as "People Living With Parkinson's"-(PLWP). This site has tons of info about PD & lots of different ways to participate...but what is different about this site is that it is bursting w/ energy & positive feelings about living a life w/ PD. Anyway, Nancy & Brenda have gifted me with an offer to keep an online journal at their website & am I ever delighted! For my many friends who think that I have abandoned you, please know that I have not-it's just that I have this driving need to promote Parkinson's Awareness. All of my energies are spent in this direction, it seems. But now, with a journal online, I would like to invite you into my world whenever the spirit moves you in my direction! It's accessable thru either netscape or microsoft explorer and it is my hope that you will drop in from time to time to catch up on my life. It's easy to reach-you go to: <http://www.plwp.org/> then you click on the navigator bar & go down to the second floor plan to click on journals. When that page appears, you scroll down to Joan's Journal & there it is!! Imagine-a whole lot of room for all of my scribblings!!! Please take the time to check out some of the work of the really talented others who are keeping journals there, also!! My best to all of you & may God Bless Us-Everyone!! j -- Joan E. Snyder 48/10 [log in to unmask] <http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/snyder.htm> "Hang tough.....no way through it but to do it." Chris-in-the-Morning (Northern Exposure)