Falling, Parkinon’s Society, Reduced Acid, Part 5 of “The Knight That Cried”
Hello Everybody.
For some unknown reason I seem to have an increasing sense of falling. It happens mostly when getting up and down from a sitting position. It is quite embarrassing and depends on the situation. Not that I actually fall but to wander through my day feeling this way is kind of new to me. Is anyone else experiencing this?
I wondered if anyone would contact the Parkinson’s Society re: finding out three things.
1.) are they interested in a disc I had made from their exercise program that seemed to be just on VHS?
2.) would they consider a link on their site re: my “Living with Parkinson’s.”
3.) how about some finances to go ahead and get a laser cane that has an LED light built in.
Just a few ideas.
Now good inventions. I found a reduced acid apple drink yesterday. I think I mentioned having trouble with acid lately. Anyone want any more info on that???
Part 5 of The Knight that Cried is next.
The Knight That Cried
Part 5
Well it was still fairly early in the day. Our Knight secured his horse and thought that maybe he would go into town and try to see just what he had been signed up for. He didn’t want to attract attention so he left his horse in the woods and walked along the same path that Donna had walked. Eventually he heard some yelling and headed in that direction.Then he saw what he thought was the most ridiculous thing he had ever seen. Actual Knights all dressed in armour were charging toward each other and it appeared to be a matter of trying to knock each other off or drive a long spear through each other. Well he had no patience with this so headed back to Starfire.
It was evening now and he was finishing up his supper when all at once Starfire took off across the meadow and it was not long before his friend came into view bringing Donna to the fire. Well Donna hardly had time to get off her horse and the two horses took off down the meadow like the wind. Donna and Sir Knight watched as they gradually disappeared.
“Well are you all ready for tomorrow? ” asked Donna.
“Yes sure no problem.”
The only problem he was having was trying to relax and understand why his only thought and feelings seemed to be centred around his visitor. He found as they sat and talked how easy it was to carry on a conversation. Unfortunately it was time for her to leave and she stood up and called her horse. She turned to thank her host and gave him a tender kiss on his cheek. He said good night and asked if she would be there in the morning for the tournament. She said she would definitely be there and then was gone.
Our Knight sat by the fire and of course it wasn’t long before Starfire was snoring. He poked at the fire and could still feel the spot that she had kissed him. He was so excited that he took off across the field running as fast as he could. He finally returned to the fire and sat all out of breath but feeling marvellous. He frankly had never done that before and began to realize that he wanted to have Donna at his side. He had certainly heard the word love and of course he loved his life, loved his horse and so on but he had never used the word love in connection with a woman. He had often wondered what it would be like. For Sir Knight it was a kind of longing to see her, to look around and see where she had stood and see her smile and where she had sat at the fire and where they had alked holding hands. He went to sleep right by the fire because that was where she had last been.
About 8:30 they arrived at the grounds where he had seen the tournament going on. Starfire was a little nervous because he had not seen what they were about to do but he had absolute trust in his master. The two of them watched while others charged at each other and Starfire rapidly planned a strategy that would fit with his rider not unlike the one they had used in all their real encounters. Sir Knight studied the crowd and could not find his Donna. Perhaps she would be here when he won. He then noticed that there was a special part of the stands where he guessed sat the royalty. Yes he could barely make out a kind of throne where sat a Queen. It was so far away that all he could see was a glistening crown.
Then the horns blew and he was announced as “The Extraordinary Knight”. Everyone looked around and could not believe their eyes when Starfire stationed himself at the one end of the field. The crowd gasped as neither horse nor rider wore any armour.
For what happened next we will have to rely on the story tellers that still tell the story that for the rest of the day various Knights went flying through the air with spears that never seemed to find their mark. Sir Knight and Starfire (as the story goes) never really seemed to be there at the second of impact.
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June 22nd, 2009 at 5:07 pm
USD$225 for a cane-mounted laser seems excessive given the component cost, unless it doubles as a blaster to deter marauding Martians. Have you tried one, where do you turn the laser beam on and off?
The Parkinson’s Society doesn’t seem to have anything like a link exchange for personal sites but does have a “Stories from the Front” section (link below). Have you tried contacting their communications office? Their e-mail address is communications@parkinson.ca.
http://www.parkinson.ca/site/c.kgLNIWODKpF/b.4197345/k.7D92/Stories_from_the_Front.htm