Everyone knew about Jackie Robinson. Number 42. He was a great baseball player and was the first African American for the “major” leagues. Branch Rickey helped Jackie Robinson, who was the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers took the pre-season to Cuba to watch games in Havana. Bobby Madura […]
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When I worked in Covidien, our headquarters was in 15 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, in Massachusetts. I had an apartment during the week and worked on to the weekend to Philadelphia. I worked for Covidien from 2007 until 2011. Almost every Friday, I would take a flight from Providence Airport at T.F. Green Airport. It was
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As I continue to see progress on Aphasia many of my vocabulary. With starting back in therapy after Florida, we went over some of the tests to see how we did. In many areas, I have done great. However, we talked about something called “Working Memory (WM)” or “Short Working Memory (SWM)”. It seems that
It was March 16, 2016, and I was taking the Amtrak to Philadelphia on Friday. I had a nice nap and realized that Philadelphia was the next stop. I got up quickly, grabbed my bag, and got ready for the next stop. Then I realized that the next stop was Wilmington, not Philadelphia. I held
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From October 2007 until December 2011, I worked for Covidien in the Boston area. My first apartment was in Quincy, but after one year, I moved to Wellesley. As usual, I commuted back to Philadelphia every weekend. Occasionally, Becky would come back to Boston for the weekend. On Sunday in 2008, Becky had looked
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I used to live in Virginia, working for DXC (formerly CSC) in Tysons Corner. I worked there from July 2013 until December 2019. For the first four years, I had an apartment in Prosperity Flats on Dorr Avenue. It was easy to take the metro to the Amtrak and go back and forth to Philadelphia
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Aphasia is frustrating and difficult when trying to get things done on your own. You can prepare yourself for some things in advance- for a new day, a meeting, or a discussion. If you are ready, it makes our day more comfortable. Today was the day for me to go to get my Covid
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After the first game, Philadelphia Phillies lost to Toronto. The next night was game number 2, and I went to the same bar that I went to last night with the same fans. The guy next to me was clearly a Phillies fan. As part of what I usually do, I asked him where
1993 WORLD STORY – PHILLIES IN WORLD SERIES WATCHING ON TELEVISION IN HONG KONG – GAME 2 Read More »
I just spoke on my Small World when I lived in Munich in 2007. As you know that working on my aphasia language is to learn using stories on AphasiaRocks.com. When I started the story, there were pieces I could not remember. I went into google earth and found the map in Marienplatz and from
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I was working in Munich in 2007 for Sandoz. Every Saturday, I took to Marienplatz to go to Starbucks. A few other Americans would get together for coffee. One day, there were three people in front of me for coffee. I realized immediately they were Americans. I asked them, “Where are you
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