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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Artist, Educator, Mom, Parkinson’s Advocate</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social</link><title>@salsbergmathews.bsky.social - Barbara Salsberg Mathews</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mqq6abk5xs27</link><description>Here is my recent acrylic painting, ‘ View from Haida Gwaii’. #acrylicpainting #landscapepainting #haidagwaii</description><pubDate>16 Jul 2026 02:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqq6abk5xs27</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mqmgzotmck2y</link><description>Working in a new #acrylicpainting of #haidagwaii</description><pubDate>14 Jul 2026 14:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmgzotmck2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mqcnawa2gk2i</link><description>Here’s my latest acrylic painting. It’s of my departed mom-in-law, who loved a beautiful view. It’s called, ‘Ruth’s View’.&#xA;#acrylicpainting #art #painting</description><pubDate>10 Jul 2026 17:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcnawa2gk2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mp77xvov3s2u</link><description>Try ‘locking your head in space’ (Point Fix) &amp; move your body in different directions. This exercise can help improve balance. #parkinson’s #aging #balance For more free trips check out MimeOverMind.com/videos&#xA;@parkinsons.org.uk @parkinsoncanada.bsky.social</description><pubDate>26 Jun 2026 15:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp77xvov3s2u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mm2d4hfgx222</link><description>Our #crabapple tree is in bloom. This happens ever 2 years. #trees</description><pubDate>17 May 2026 12:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2d4hfgx222</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mll7hbmur22w</link><description>#parkinsons tries to rob me of my Voice - so I take my voice back by having FUN with it.</description><pubDate>11 May 2026 11:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mll7hbmur22w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mjaexawlh227</link><description>Harvesting joy is focusing on what’s possible. ..I’m very much alive: my life isn’t limited, it’s enriched, and I keep growing in ways I never imagined.&#xA;&#xA;Wendy van Wijk-Lugthart&#xA;Diagnosed in 2017 at age 47&#xA;Linschoten, The Netherlands&#xA;@wendysparkinson.bsky.social @parkinsonseurope.bsky.social</description><pubDate>11 Apr 2026 17:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjaexawlh227</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mi3g4la5xk2w</link><description>Check out my article on page 9&#xA;in UHN’s spring issue https://www.canva.com/design/DAG_ilgDzBE/UrWqTHyz91LegLzFM1bMLw/view?utm_content=DAG_ilgDzBE&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=uniquelinks&amp;utlId=ha6e11141d5#9</description><pubDate>28 Mar 2026 00:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi3g4la5xk2w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mhsjn7uiqs2x</link><description>“I dedicate moments of lucidity by painting by the sea. Special moments are where I’m completely present, without thinking about the past or the future. It’s the emotional and mental freedom to be oneself.”&#xA;&#xA;Paqui Ruiz, &#xA;Diagnosed 2012 Spain&#xA;@parkinsonseurope.bsky.social @pruiz47.bsky.social</description><pubDate>24 Mar 2026 12:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsjn7uiqs2x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mhm6tsfd5c2a</link><description>“I harvest joy by playing with my cat - Princess Bellatrix Le Chat, or Bella for short.”&#xA;Ellie Finch Hulme,&#xA;Farnham, Surrey UK&#xA;Diagnosed in 2013 at age 29&#xA;@parkinsonseurope.bsky.social @parkinsons.org.uk @pdmama.bsky.social</description><pubDate>21 Mar 2026 23:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhm6tsfd5c2a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mhenyaasfs2l</link><description>#parkinsons and acting put dreams - yes, this weird dream happened to me.</description><pubDate>18 Mar 2026 23:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhenyaasfs2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mgmwaypqv22e</link><description>HOW DO YOU HARVEST JOY?&#xA;I made this illustration from a composite of many submissions.&#xA;&#xA;‘My on-line communities bring me joy. I’ve made many friends through my weekly on-line dance classes and PD support.’&#xA;@parkinsonseurope.bsky.social</description><pubDate>09 Mar 2026 13:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmwaypqv22e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mgjwzpptcs2h</link><description>Happy International Women’s Day - yes, women can get Parkinson’s too.</description><pubDate>08 Mar 2026 08:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgjwzpptcs2h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mggfxbgijk2a</link><description>Helping Others Through Art&#xA;&#xA;I work as an Art Teacher in a youth jail.  I manage to get them engaged, sometimes quite ably (them not me) in creating Art…This is how I find joy where it is not always obvious.&#xA;Matthew Jones&#xA;Person with PD&#xA;@parkinsonseurope.bsky.social</description><pubDate>06 Mar 2026 22:57 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggfxbgijk2a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mfr6lgozrc2r</link><description>HARVESTING JOY&#xA;A year visiting my local river I’ve synchronised to nature’s rhythms. What started out as a casual acquaintance has blossomed into joyful camaraderie…The rivers become my teacher &amp; helped me overcome many of my PD symptoms&#xA;Audrey Boyle &#xA;Suffolk UK Diagnosed 2019</description><pubDate>26 Feb 2026 12:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfr6lgozrc2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mf5g5aqeys2h</link><description>https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7094154&#xA;&#xA;Imagine, if Art were a Drug.</description><pubDate>18 Feb 2026 15:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5g5aqeys2h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mey5pokgy22a</link><description>https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/dancing-parkinsons-guelph-project-9.7089359&#xA;&#xA;If Art were a Drug? Prescribing Art for people with Parkinson’s&#xA;&#xA;@parkinsondotorg.bsky.social @parkinsoncanada.bsky.social @parkinsonseurope.bsky.social @parkinsons.org.uk</description><pubDate>16 Feb 2026 13:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mey5pokgy22a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mdo5zx7r522h</link><description>Mime + Dance = Synergy! I&#39;m grateful to @parkinsoncanada.bsky.social  for supporting our community partnership with Dancing with Parkinson&#39;s. Me and my co-facilitator, Sarah Martens trained DWP dance teachers how to integrate therapeutic mime into their classes. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tcHTuvhWh0dR4ZyGPoWJf-2Qa2J84jzM/view?usp=drivesdk</description><pubDate>30 Jan 2026 20:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdo5zx7r522h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mddo4inrlc2j</link><description>Meanwhile in Toronto</description><pubDate>26 Jan 2026 16:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddo4inrlc2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mcsgxim3322c</link><description>“I take great joy throwing a tennis ball for Luna, my black lab.” Matt Eagles, from Cheshire in the UK diagnosed in 1975, at age 8. How do you harvest JOY? 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Being really grateful for every little thing that we have.’</description><pubDate>17 Jan 2026 14:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmskbfsts2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mc3tply7ac2x</link><description>Here’s my niece &amp; her dog, Frankie, and my acrylic painting of Frankie.</description><pubDate>10 Jan 2026 20:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3tply7ac2x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mbi6z2gya22c</link><description>Here’s my latest acrylic painting of my son in common-law, an avid skateboarder.</description><pubDate>03 Jan 2026 00:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbi6z2gya22c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mbgx5udrws2q</link><description>Here’s my acrylic painting of ‘Frankie’.</description><pubDate>02 Jan 2026 12:59 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbgx5udrws2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mbelfs5g5k2b</link><description>Working on this little acrylic painting of ‘Frankie’.</description><pubDate>01 Jan 2026 14:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbelfs5g5k2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/salsbergmathews.bsky.social/post/3mayzxxgv4223</link><description>Here’s my latest acrylic painting, ‘Sunset in Southampton’.</description><pubDate>28 Dec 2025 00:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:zegdopp3w2o7l2aq422m5vfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mayzxxgv4223</guid></item></channel></rss>