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Free Online Class: Unlocking Memories and Uncovering Stories

May 5, 20226 CommentsPosted in book tour, careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, public speaking, teaching memoir, visiting libraries, Writing for Children, writing prompts

Check out this free online presentation I’m giving next week: Unlocking Memories and Uncovering Stories< Sponsored by the Oak Park Public Library and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Oak Park Illinois Network DATE: Thursday, May 12 TIME: 7 to 8:30 pm central time, Author, journalist and teacher Beth Finke will lead […]

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Questions Kids Ask: He Can Play Football, Basketball and Fortnight, but…

April 22, 202212 CommentsPosted in blindness, public speaking, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, technology for people who are blind

Yesterday our friend Ruth drove Luna and me to Highwood, Illinois to visit third graders at Oak Terrace Elementary, a school that participates in an Educating Outside the Lines Disability Awareness Week program. Every day that week someone with a disability comes to talk with them about their disability and the “helper tools” that let […]

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Self-Advocacy and the ADA: Don’t Miss our Repeat Performance Next Week, March 31, 2022 at 7 pm

March 23, 20221 CommentPosted in blindness, guide dogs, public speaking, Seeing Eye dogs, visiting libraries

Remember that Self-Advocacy and the ADA panel Skokie Public Library presented via Zoom last November?I was on that panel along with Deirdre Keane (a teacher/librarian who was born with a hearing loss and got a cochlear implant during her freshman year in college), Michele Lee (an experienced finance professional who uses a wheelchair) and Tina […]

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Authors Night Rescheduled: Come on Down to Half Sour on March 2, 2022

February 16, 2022CommentsPosted in book tour, careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, public speaking, writing

At last! That dress that’s been yearning to come out of the closet ever since I bought it in early March, 202o has a place to go: Mark your calendars for March 2, 2022. South Loop Neighbors has rescheduled its Authors Night! The original Authors Night had to be cancelled due to a Chicago snowstorm, […]

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Mark Your Calendars: South Loop Neighbors Authors Night is One Week Away

January 26, 20221 CommentPosted in book tour, public speaking, writing

This just in: public health officials reported this morning that the number of COVID hospitalizations are continuing to decrease in Illinois. With covid “in retreat” now, we’re hoping people will feel more comfortable attending South Loop Neighbors’ Authors Night in person next Wednesday, February 2 at Half Sour, 755 S. Clark in Chicago. The event […]

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