Archive for March, 2012

Stay tuned

March 27, 201222 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, radio, Uncategorized, writing

Seems like anytime an employer goes out of the way to thank you, you can bet on it: you’re being let go. Last week I got an email from WBEZ thanking me for the essays I’ve recorded for them over the years. The note went on to say WBEZ is reorganizing their local programming to […]

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Missing: 30 million words

March 18, 201214 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, Blogroll, Braille, travel, Uncategorized, visiting schools, Writing for Children

As a kid, spending three days with a bunch of schoolteachers would have sounded like the ultimate form of punishment. I guess wisdom really does come with age — when the Illinois Reading Council contacted me last Fall to see if I’d be interested in coming to their annual conference and spend time with thousands […]

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