Make Epilepsy Great Again
Show me a hero, and I’ll write you a tragedy – F. Scott Fitzgerald The Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California held their annual gala at San Francisco’s Four Seasons Hotel on Saturday, November 10, 2018. It was a 1920’s themed event with dinner, dancing, auction and speakers. The fundraiser was pretty good, but it left […]
Run Run Run
I have had epilepsy since I was 16. I had my first seizure one month after running the San Francisco Marathon. For many years afterwards, I continued running with limited success. Mostly, I ran away from the truth about my health. Last weekend, I attended the first annual Seize the Moment 5K walk/run for Epilepsy in […]
Defining Epilepsy and Creativity
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from November 1 through November 30. Follow along and add comments to posts that inspire you. (View my photos from the recent EFNC Gala if you wish too.) Last weekend when I was photographing the 2015 Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California Gala at the […]
For All The World To See
For all the world to see… or not see. Preface The time has not yet come for a complete history of people with epilepsy. For a complete history to be told, those of us who live with epilepsy must create our history. We must write and gather our stories. We must research the topics that we believe […]
EFNC Picture Day
Last week I photographed the Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California staff. We met near the Walt Disney Family Museum in the San Francisco Presidio. The Presidio is a historical military fort that guarded the Golden Gate. Although the fort did not protect us from the wind, it provided many places to shoot. I especially enjoyed shooting next to The Walt Disney […]
Paisley Epilepsy Apology
We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine. – H. L. Mencken Last Friday, Brad Paisley performed at the same Sacramento area venue where I met him in August 2014. On Saturday, he performed at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. (Both tours support his recent Moonshine in the Trunk album.) I have […]
A Birthday Epilepsy Stroll (with my favorite aliens and the NSA)
Writing is linear. Living with epilepsy is not. So this blog post has started to resemble my life. I am trying to translate it for “you normals.” First: I had an amazing birthday on Saturday. My two children spent the day with me. They woke up early and followed the schedule that they had created. We […]