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Senator Gallego visits Arizona Alzheimer’s Association

Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures (PDF), an annual report released by the Alzheimer’s Association, reveals the burden of Alzheimer’s and dementia on individuals, caregivers, government and the nation’s health care system.

The accompanying special report, Brain Health in America: Understanding and Supporting Lifelong Cognitive Health (PDF), offers new insight into how Americans understand, prioritize and act on the desire to sustain brain health across their lives.

NEW! Sometimes the Dream – When you find the one true love they replace your dreams.

I am the Image – If we are all just a perception that lives in our and others’ consciousness, what happens when another person dies? Do we mourn the person or the part of us in that person’s mind?

Half a World Away – Charlotte asked me to write a song for her to sing. So here is my first effort at Motown. I tried to incorporate something that was important to her.

Two Kinds of Power – For my niece Olivia and her new husband Christian on their wedding day

The Profile of You – We all create images of the people and events in our lives. These come together in profiles in our consciousness.

Spinoza’s Dream — A father walks the shoreline with his daughter, teaching her that every wave is God — not a distant God who listens and decides, but the ocean itself, vast and unbroken, love and matter and meaning all woven into one. Rooted in Spinoza’s vision of a universe where everything is an expression of a single infinite substance, “Spinoza’s Dream” finds something tender and devastating in that philosophy: if God is everything, then forgetting is also God, and even the memories slipping away are still part of the whole.

Soul Sister – My sister in law is the strongest person I know. I love her dearly. Bro, you hit the jackpot!

Theory of Mind – We are living in the same world, but don’t really understand that we all have different perceptions of how it works.

The Invisible Man (in the leather chair) – When you are there, but people look through you.

Set Me Free – Battle hymn for the demented. Trapped inside my mind but still better than most.

The Long Way Home – This describes my early signs of Alzheimer’s. Getting lost, but then found.

Scrapbook in the Shadows – I was adopted as a baby. This is for the woman that gave me life and more love than I can express.

Zero Point – I tried to put life in the context of quantum entanglement. Probably not exactly correct, since we are larger than particles, but still…

Morning Grass (晨草) – The love of my life

Bougainvilla Fire – While trimming the bougainvillea in our yard, getting my arms and legs poked like a pin cusion, I thought of this.

The Peaceful Warrior – Watch some of Charlie Kirk’s debates on college campuses. Don’t just believe the media, see it and listen, then you will know why I wrote this.

The Angel on the Sand – On New Year’s Day, my little nephew went out on the beach to play.

My Little Angel – Written for my daughter on her wedding day

Fading Thunder – Angry old man rant, but grounded in truth

We had Heros, You have Zeros – Today’s “music”, politics, and celebrities suck. Sorry, they do.

Genetic Gasoline – My genes carry poison. Gotta cure Alzheimer’s before my kids realize their inheritance.

“Spinoza’s Dream” — exploring memory, identity, and Alzheimer’s disease through the lens of Spinoza’s philosophy that the mind and body are one. Lyrics and Music by Robert “Bob” Ehlers. Sung by a computer.

“Invisible Man (in the leather chair)” – If you are not perceived by others, are you really there? Lyrics and Music by Robert “Bob” Ehlers. Sung by a computer.

“Set Me Free” – when your brain imprisons your mind, you can scream, but only you hear it. Lyrics and Music by Robert “Bob” Ehlers. Sung by a computer.

“Zero Point” – Everything is everything. We are energy connected through space. Lyrics and Music by Robert “Bob” Ehlers. Sung by a computer.

“The Peaceful Warrior (The bullet and the word)” – I pains me that people have such a divided view of Charlie Kirk. I listened to hours of his speaking and debates. Never once was he rude, condesending, or disrespectful. He made strong points and his rhetorical advisaries rarely had a retort. Lyrics and Music by Robert “Bob” Ehlers. Sung by a computer.

“Fading Thunder” – I don’t need your hash tags or a pity parade. I built a life for myself and my family. What did you do? Lyrics and Music by Robert “Bob” Ehlers. Sung by a computer.