i don't know who martin bayne is, but i just checked his page of parkinson's resources. you may want to check this one out and bookmark it. http://216.150.16.116/parkinsons/index.cfm my thanks to martin bayne if he reads any of the list messages. barb k At 10:11 AM 9/23/00 -0700, you wrote: >Don, > >Thank you so much for alerting me to this wonderful and eloquent writer >and man. I had no knowledge of him or why he was * run off * as you >said. The reasoning would be none that I could understand after looking >at this website. Is there any way that he can be enticed or begged to >come back? He has so much to offer especially to those who are as >ignorant as I once was about Parkinsons and the destruction it does to >the lives of those who have it and to those who love and care about >them. I will write and respectfully ask him to come back if it is at all >possible. Could someone on the list who knows the particulars please let >me know if it makes any sense to approach him and ask? > >*seattle* Audrey >friend of pwp aussie John 49/42/38?