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Memoir Classes Zooming Along, Part One: A Student’s Point of View

August 26, 20207 CommentsPosted in guest blog, memoir writing, teaching memoir, technology for people who are blind

Back in march I wrote a blog post explaining why online memoir-writing classes wouldn’t work for me. Five months later, I’m leading three classes a week via Zoom. What happened? I learned to accept help from writers who were offering to help make it work. Sharon kindly volunteered to lead the Wednesday “Me, Myself & […]

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Blind Leading the Blind: Ali’s Guest Post May Convince Me to Try Yoga

May 8, 20201 CommentPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, technology for people who are blind, travel

What’s it like to be a recent college graduate who is looking for work and trying new adventures and then wham, a pandemic hits? Guest blogger Ali Krage is in that predicament and has generously agreed to write a post describing what that feels like. You might remember Ali from a post she wrote for […]

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Alone. Together.

April 9, 202042 CommentsPosted in blindness, Braille, careers/jobs for people who are blind, Mike Knezovich, Mondays with Mike, Seeing Eye dogs, teaching memoir, technology for people who are blind

 Every night at 8 pm, our neighborhood has a social distancing party. Saturday’s was an especially good party–it was Mike’s first. Two weeks ago today Mike was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago with the COVID 19 virus. Here are some things that happened at home while he was away: When I let […]

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