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a new voice the roots my dad was born in glasgow of scottish stock my mom was born in toronto of english and irish stock my red hair and freckles are visible physical links to those lands my spirit came with its own itinerary i knew wanted to be an interior designer i wanted to know why jews and christians were at odds about jesus i wanted to know why the racial acrimony in little rock happened i wanted to know why the orange order hated catholics all before i hit puberty my life expanded with work and play into the big city and the big wide world til i hit the diagnosis of parkinson's i was being slowed down for a reason a hint was revealed to me the physical world lost its substance the financial world lost its value my spirit was ravenous it said feed me so i read and read and learned and learned and am still reading and learning over and over again that's why i am here that's why you are here with me i found a voice in the written word at the same time i found the internet and other parkies (a triple whammi) the song continues and has resulted (so far) in 700 pages on my website comprising 5000 messages 500 medical abstracts 800 news items which discuss pd (and other things) sharing what i have learned with you as you have shared with me janet janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky pd: 56-41-37 cd: 56-44-43 tel: 613-256-8340 email: [log in to unmask] my newsletter: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newvoicenews/ my website: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky pd: 56-41-37 cd: 56-44-43 tel: 613-256-8340 email: [log in to unmask] my newsletter: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newvoicenews/ my website: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn