Uncle Lewy

Living out loud with Lewy Body Dementia

Humor

  • Paper Products

    Oddly, Matt has acquired a strange kind of thing with paper products I find paper products in strange places, in strange configurations Take this as an example Having an adequate supply on the ready is a fine idea Building a pyramid on the “throne’ is something else entirely, taking that concept to truly a new… Read more

  • Our 4 Legged Peach Picker

    Ok, so I have to intersperce some humor in all this We have a peach pick’n dog! This is an AI generated image (thanks to Mary) of what we captured on video this week Sheba, being a lab, is very food oriented, stating the very obvious here Introduce a fruit laden tree and its inevitable… Read more

  • Rubber Caps & Solar Balls

    (subtitle: drink more water) There is much debate about Matt’s beer joy He likes IPA, always has as far as I have known him Even now, when we go to the grocery store, he initially isn’t sure which section holds his friends, but he eventually gets there At home he enjoys the ritual of a… Read more

  • Family, Dancing

    I so love Matt’s family, I really do Yesterday, we got word that Elliot’s band was playing at a casual venue in Marin Unfortunately, I had plans with Lori……so I asked Jenna to take him img_5515 He was in such good hands Everyone made Jenna feel so welcome, it was her first time meeting all… Read more

  • Insert Humor

    Mary sent me a few things today: first, a piece of poetry based on the blog entries so far….. An Ode to Lewy A New Phase begins where the old paths end, Trying to honor the man, our love, our friend. In the quiet of Changes, as things start to shift, We look for the… Read more

  • One Sock

    If Matt had an native American Indian name, it might be “One Sock” Like “Soaring Eagle” or “Little Bird”, his would be One Sock Whenever the opportunity allows, he is wearing only one sock This morning, like many mornings, he wakes up, looking for coffee He is wearing one sock After we get home from… Read more

  • Arts and craft project

    So this morning after breakfast and meds Matt seemed to embark on an arts and craft project First, he gathered 3 clean cloth napkins, to which he found and added a dirty sock, a pair of underwear…most likely dirty He wandered around looking, looking….. Then he found 3 old bread bags in the kitchen garbage… Read more

  • ‘Splain Dat!

    I used to love it when Desi used to come home and find Lucy had been up to something Her eyes were always big, hoping she wouldn’t get caught, his hands on his hips, knowing she’d been up to something “Explain” the word, was closer to “eh-splain”” when he said it In other words, ‘splain… Read more

  • 2 Rights don’t make a left

    I just never know what I miss Seriously, seems like everything is up for grabs Matt and I took a road trip down to Capitola to visit friends Sunday Then we stayed the night with his sister Barb and hub Ken near by Sunday night We did quite a bit of walking around on Sunday… Read more

  • Angel Cecil

    I remember when I bot a semety two Chevy from Bruce Wayne’s granddaddy Cecil said that after an hour or so of picking through the garage Wait a minute, I said, if you bought a 72 Chevy from Bruce Wayne’s granddaddy, the you bought it from my granddaddy’s twin brother Ramos! (yes, in 1903, these… Read more

  • Gus, the therapy dog

    Gus is Lori & Mark’s dog He is a beautiful golden retriever Still a bit of a puppy, only 2 1/2 years old They came for a poolside happy hour Lori warned me as soon as Gus got into the pool gate, he would be immediately in the pool And she was right, not a… Read more

  • He has a tail

    His pants and belts are projects now A lot of time is spent fiddling with them Eventually, sometimes, he gives up and lets me pull the button thru the hole, buckle his belt Today, he put his swim suit on backwards. He put his jeans on top. His drawstring for his swimsuit dangles over the… Read more