Try putting a pea on a fork and getting it gently to your mouth without shaking. I’ve not been able to do that for some time. I don’t have the tremor at rest which is so common with Parkinson’s often characterized by the “pill rolling” tremor at rest. But my mild essential tremor still can be annoying from time to time.
Adrenalin makes tremors worse. The shaking when under pressure. It’s not uncommon for musicians such a horn players to use a beta-blocker such as propanolol (Inderal) to slow down their heart rate and lip tremors. Public speakers sometimes do the same to suppress the “fight or flight” induced by stress.
Gordon Gray has sent along some news of new technology to help those with tremors to eat comfortably. Similar technologies are also being developed.
The Tuesday afternoon satellite image from today shows the extent of the smoke episode over Washington caused largely by smoke coming in from Canada and spreading south. More of the state monitors are now showing deteriorating air quality and conditions will likely get worse before they improve.
It is Filament Strapping Tape by 3M, used for wrapping the really heavy packages.
If you are watching for a solar eclipse, just hold a perforated leaf at arm’s length toward the sun, the way that a child instinctively does to backlight an autumn leaf. Look down at your chest to the leaf’s shadow — and see the little crescent of light in the midst of the shadow. The leaf is probably the world’s first portable pinhole device. As you move the leaf farther away, the light spot changes from the shape of the insect’s hole to the shape of the eclipsing sun. The smaller the hole, the sharper the image.
