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Questions Kids Ask: Did Anything Scary Ever Happen to You?

January 28, 20244 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, memoir writing, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, teaching memoir, visiting schools, writing, Writing for Children

Two days ago our friend Ruth drove my Seeing Eye dog Luna and me to the Admiral At the Lake, a retirement community where I lead memoir-writing classes every Wednesday. I wasn’t there this time to lead a writing class, though: we were there to answer questions from third-graders who attend Goudy Elementary, a Public […]

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A Tribute to Hanna Bratman

December 2, 202311 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, memoir writing, politics, teaching memoir

Earlier this week I got word that Hannelore (Hanna) Bratman, a writer in the memoir-writing class I used to lead at the Chicago Cultural Center, had died Monday, just short of her 104th birthday. Hannelore had age-related macular degeneration and found out about my “Me, Myself and I” writing class decades ago from volunteers who […]

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Mondays with Mike: Itty Bitty Benetti

July 24, 20238 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guide dogs, Mike Knezovich, Mondays with Mike

Last December, Beth posted here about a couple of children’s books she wrote for a series on disabilities sponsored by Easterseals. She penned two of the books: “What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?” (2nd-5th grades) and “Service Dogs” (3rd grade). They turned out great and besides being distributed by Easterseals chapters and other agencies, […]

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