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Teaching via Zoom? You Can Do It With Your Eyes Closed

September 2, 202010 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, teaching memoir, technology for people who are blind, writing prompts

In his guest post last week, Michael Graff said that when the idea of teaching memoir via Zoom first came up, “Beth was skeptical.” A very generous description there. Had I been editing his rough draft, it’d look like this : Beth was skepticalstubborn. Even before COVID, many people were suggesting I offer online courses […]

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Saturdays with Seniors: Had I Known I’ be Staying at Home for Three Months…

June 27, 202012 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, teaching memoir, writing prompts

I am pleased to feature Sharon Kramer as a guest blogger for “Saturdays with Seniors” today. Sharon is a graduate of the online Beth Finke Memoir Teacher MasterClass, and after I was put on furlough, she generously volunteered to start (and lead) the Wednesday “Me, Myself and I” memoir-writing class for her fellow writers on […]

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Saturdays with Seniors: Bill Gordon’s Picnic

June 20, 20208 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, memoir writing, teaching memoir, writing prompts

I am pleased to feature Bill Gordon as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. Born and raised in Kansas, Bill lived all over the country during his nearly 50-year career in library and association management. When he retired in 2002, he was the Executive Director of The American Library Association, located here in Chicago, […]

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Saturdays with Seniors: Guest Post by Gretchen McCann

May 23, 20208 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, memoir writing, writing prompts

I am pleased to introduce Gretchen McCann as our featured “Saturdays with Seniors” blogger today. New to Chicago, Gretchen joined the Thursday memoir class last summer and continues writing — and reading — essays while we meet via Zoom. Born in New England, Gretchen was raised in California, graduated from Berkeley and met her husband, […]

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Saturdays with Seniors: Hugh Brodkey’s Virtual Life

May 9, 20205 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, memoir writing, teaching memoir, travel

Think people “of a certain age” are not keeping up with current technology? Think again. For weeks now, two of the memoir classes I lead have been running Zoom memoir classes on their own, and now two others — the ones I lead for The Village Chicago — are combining forces to explore if a […]

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