Archive for the “blindness” Category

Is your husband blind, too?

February 22, 20157 CommentsPosted in blindness, Blogroll, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, Uncategorized

If you haven’t signed up to follow BlindBeader’s Life Unscripted blog yet, I highly recommend you do. BlindBeader is a gifted young writer who lives in Edmonton, Alberta with her husband, three cats and guide dog Jenny. She wrote a guest post for our Safe & Sound blog last month with recommendations for visiting New […]

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To get to the steamy scene, scroll right to the bottom

February 13, 201527 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, Mike Knezovich, technology for people who are blind, Uncategorized, writing

Four different editors at University of Illinois Press went over the rough draft of my memoir before they published it. All of them suggested changes. One of the most common request? Stronger verbs. They also wanted descriptions that were more precise, more colorful, more heartfelt. Now, 12 years after my memoir, Long Time, No See […]

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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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