Archive for July, 2012

I said I'd do what?

July 15, 201223 CommentsPosted in blindness, Flo, Uncategorized

My great-niece Anita turns 17 this week, and her mom, my niece Janet, had a birthday last Saturday. I must love those two: I offered to take Janet’s youngest daughter out of their hair overnight as a gift. AnnMarie Florence Czerwinski heads to Chicago Tuesday to spend the night with her Great Aunt Betha. AnnMarie […]

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Happy Inter-dependence Day!

July 4, 201213 CommentsPosted in blindness, memoir writing, technology for people who are blind, Uncategorized, visiting libraries, writing

A lot of the conversation during The Q&A after my talk with Skokie Public Library’s Talking Books Book Club last week centered around independence. After we shared tips for keeping track of our prescriptions, identifying colors of clothing, using talking computers to read and write, one senior citizen with macular degeneration piped up and said […]

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