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Cold enough for ya?

February 19, 20158 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, guide dogs, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, travel, Uncategorized, visiting schools, Writing for Children

The predicted high today is 4º. Some of our Chicago friends have escaped to Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica. Whitney and me? We took off north, to Wisconsin. I’m writing from our hotel in beautiful Menomonee Falls, just outside Milwaukee. Whitney and I are preparing for our visits to schools in nearby Mayville, which, according to […]

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Mondays with Mike: My partner's partners

February 9, 201525 CommentsPosted in blindness, guest blog, guide dogs, Mike Knezovich, Mondays with Mike, Seeing Eye dogs, Uncategorized

Beth here. We debuted our “Mondays with Mike” feature just about a year ago, and since then many of you blog readers have told us how much you enjoy starting your week reading my husband Mike Knezovich’s posts. Some of you newcomers might not know that Mike had been weighing in occasionally with guest posts […]

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That's 105 in dog years — but hey, who's counting?

February 4, 201511 CommentsPosted in blindness, Blogroll, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guide dogs, Seeing Eye dogs, Uncategorized, visiting libraries, visiting schools, Writing for Children

My retired Seeing Eye dog Hanni will turn fifteen years old this weekend! She was only five years old when I started sending Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound out to agents and publishers, and now, ten years later, the book and its star are still going strong. Just this past weekend a brand new […]

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9 tips from a blind New York City tourist

January 28, 201519 CommentsPosted in blindness, Blogroll, Braille, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, guide dogs, technology for people who are blind, travel, Uncategorized

I enjoyed reading a series of posts by blogger Blindbeader about a recent visit to New York City so much that I asked her to write a guest post for us with her NYC recommendations. I’ve never met the author of the Blindbeader blog personally, but I’ve come to know her by reading her posts there […]

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