It’s only been three days since Mike met Whitney my new dog and me at O’Hare, and in that short time my new 53-pound bouncing bundle of Labrador Retriever energy has successfully guided me to: The Chicago Cultural Center (to prepare for our walk there Wednesday to lead a memoir-writing class) Grail Café (for a […]

Whitney and I squeezed in a school visit last week before we took off for New Orleans, and during my talks with kids at North Barrington Elementary School, I explained three rules to keep in mind if you happen to see a guide dog with a harness on: don’t pet the dog, don’t feed the […]

Today Bark Magazine published a blog post I wrote about my first weeks at home in Chicago with Whitney. I start out the post describing how the Seeing Eye-dog thing is supposed to work. The blind person memorizes or finds the route, the pair gets themselves situated on the sidewalk, the blind person commands “Forward!” […]

Hey, everybody — Beth found time to update her “day in the life of a Seeing Eye Trainee” post from last year. So I’m off the hook for today, will check in again in a couple days–Mike. Had a visitor–Maria–last weekend. (Photo: Stephanie Bellucci) 5:30 a.m. dog-related Music comes through intercoms to wake us up. […]

I figured that once I told the animal sciences department at University of Illinois that Harper wouldn’t be coming with me, they’d cancel my guest lecture to their animal sciences class tomorrow. But I was wrong. Professor Amy Fisher wants me to come anyway, and I think the talk will be interesting. My plan is […]