Tag Archive for: ability

#19: Creating music brings peace and calm to struggle and volatility

Welcome to What’s The Matter With Me? Episode 19

Wild Fires

Wildfires are burning close to my family’s home in Santa Rosa.  The hill behind the house is Annadel State Park, currently on fire, and the fire department is bivouacked in the otherwise-evacuated neighborhood.

Accessible music

I’ve been making music to meditate and feel and comfort my body, accessible music using the computer and MIDI.  I am getting used to making “muzak” on the computer, and pushing my own boundaries.

Houseguest

I have a houseguest, a person that I don’t know very well.  It’s fun.

Leg pain

My leg has been bothering me.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Subscribe

#18: Artist Statement

Welcome to the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast, Episode 18

In this episode:
Fight/Cook Cycle — Spare rib recipe — Artist Statement
An artist statement is hard to write — it requires you to believe in your own importance.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Subscribe

#17: I’m Proud To Be Disabled

Welcome to What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast,Episode 17

Nurse Practitioners — BBQ — Sunday date blowup — Cognitive wall — Foot Wound — Radio — I’m proud to be disabled

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Subscribe

#16: Electromagnetic sock therapy

Welcome to What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Episode 16

Lamp destruction – Cognitive Exercises – Best American Sportswriting 2015 – Electromagnetic sock sales – The importance of this podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Subscribe

#15: In the garden

Welcome to What’s the Matter With Me? Podcast Episode 15

I start the episode off with the handicap space for the third episode in  row.  My garden gives me room to breathe from the grasp of disability — but I supplement with physical therapy and mindfulness practice.
I’m teaching my son to watch birds and he made a correct identification.

Handicap space Part 3 — Falls — Tomatoes — Gardening — Socks — Disability — Bird ID

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Subscribe

#14: Reunion as a disabled person

Hot Sauce On An Oyster, photo by Brook Lane.

 

What’s the Matter With Me? Podcast Episode 14:

Autistic son

I read the NY Times Disability column about an autistic son finding purpose.

Hot

It was hot: 114F!

Fell and hit my head

I fell hard and cracked my neck on dining room table.

20th High School Reunion

I looked for acceptance at my 20th HS reunion.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Subscribe

#13: Disability in the dog days

I took this picture with my wife at the home of the Japanese Consul General in San Francisco.

What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Episode 13

Figs growing in the garden — Charcot’s Triad — Feedback — 109 Degrees — Friends — Defending the handicap space

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Subscribe

#12: Gruesome fall & BBQ burn

This is a photograph of Hoffee’s Auto Body Shop in San José, California on the last day of business before closing. David Li owned the place and was my family’s mechanic for over 20 years.

Episode 12

Figs — Gruesome Fall — Charcot’s Triad — Controlling Emotions — Burn at the BBQ

I’ve been falling and hurting myself. I need to slow down and be safe. Hurrying makes accidents. At the same time, I need to control my emotions and manage my MS therapy for the sake of my family and my business.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Subscribe

#11: Stone in the ocean

Birthday Party — Steak — Cognitive Disability in the Dressing Room — Fish Oil — Garlic Season — The Deaths of Ted and Larry — Stone in the Ocean

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Subscribe

#10 – The Purpose Of This Podcast

What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Episode 10

Purpose — Ep. 9 Recap — John John Sick — Ballgame Fiasco — BBQ — Crying, Pressure — Rose Trimming

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | Subscribe