Alzheimers Archives - The Grassy Road

Someone should have protected Tom Perkins

Yes, Tom Perkins' letter to the WSJ was shameful, but now, 48 hours later, I too feel shame. If you missed it you can read his letter to the Journal here, and then his follow up here. The Twittersphere lit up, everyone piled on (including me) that his comments were stupid, and the rants of a now irrelevant old man, and tone deaf about the gap between the 1% and the 99%, and an insult to the Jews, venture capital etc. etc. But this morning I am wondering how did [...]

By Penny Herscher|2017-12-06T09:50:20-08:00January 27, 2014|Equality|0 Comments

A living example of how the “princess romance” theme can backfire

If you were raised on Disney princess movies, and Hollywood musicals, as I was, you were probably brainwashed into thinking that to be happy you had to find a man. Even a few years ago in Sex and the City, the girls were all pursuing relationships as their ultimate goal. Most movies don't pass the Bechdel test because what few women are in the movie have only one topic of conversation—relationships with men. But this weekend I was reminded of how very toxic this brainwashing can be. My mother-in-law is [...]

By Penny Herscher|2017-12-06T09:50:39-08:00January 13, 2014|Equality|0 Comments

Riding the Alzheimer’s rollercoaster

It's Saturday about 11:15 and every time I don't know what our next 3 hours are going to be like. My mother-in-law has Alzheimers. Not the advanced kind. She knows who we are, remembers our names, and remembers a lot from fifty years ago but she doesn't know what day it is and what she wants to eat for lunch -- and we don't know who she is going to be each day. Today I went to pick her up for our Saturday lunch date. She was in bed and [...]

By Penny Herscher|2017-12-06T09:52:13-08:00September 22, 2013|My Personal Journey|0 Comments

It’s a mad world

All around me are familiar facesWorn out places, worn out facesBright and early for the daily racesGoing nowhere going nowhereThe tears are filling up their glassesNo expression, no expressionHide my head I want to drown my sorrowNo tomorrow, no tomorrowAnd I find it kind of funnyI find it kind of sadThe dreams in which I’m dyingAre the best I’ve ever hadI find it hard to tell youI find hard to takeWhen people run in circlesIt’s a very veryMad worldMad world Tears for Fears 1982 -- Mad WorldOn the train racing [...]

By Penny Herscher|2017-12-06T17:10:26-08:00January 25, 2011|My Personal Journey|0 Comments