Archive for the “guide dogs” Category

A visit with Tootsie

April 27, 201812 CommentsPosted in blindness, guide dogs, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, travel, visiting schools

Hello from the Amodt Inn, the lovely Orlando home of my sister Marilee and her husband Rick Amodt — just got back from giving a short presentation at their granddaughter’s preschool. Experience has taught me that preschoolers have a hard time grasping what blindness is (much less formulating questions about it), but who could resist […]

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Getting fancy with our presentations now

April 19, 20182 CommentsPosted in blindness, guide dogs, Mike Knezovich, public speaking, Seeing Eye dogs, visiting schools

Hello from Champaign, Illinois! Whitney and I are doing our annual presentation for an animal sciences class at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today, but this time, we’re adding a special video. From an email I sent to the teacher: Mike put a Hero GoPro (is that what they’re called?) on Whitney to videotape her […]

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More questions from school kids, this time with a Long Island accent

March 28, 201811 CommentsPosted in blindness, book tour, guide dogs, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, travel, visiting schools

Mike, Whitney and I flew into La Guardia last Tuesday evening. The next day, New York City schools were closed due to snow. The next day, schools on Long Island were closed, too, so our Thursday visit to Rall Elementary School was cancelled. Eyebrows up! Whitney and I finally outlasted Mother Nature on Friday. We spent […]

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Part II: Interview with Robin Sitten, the narrator of Writing Out Loud

November 19, 20175 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guide dogs

In case you missed my last post: You heard that right: The audio version of “Writing Out Loud” is now available at Amazon.com. And Audible.com, too. But wait. There’s more! Thanks to my publisher — Golden Alley Press — you can win a free audio book! Just email bethfinke@goldenalleypress.com and enter WOL Freebie in the […]

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Guest post: Hanni left big shoes to fill, and this guy can fill ’em

November 15, 201714 CommentsPosted in guest blog, guide dogs, Seeing Eye dogs, Uncategorized

We’ve posted before about Steven and Nancy, our friends who generously volunteered to adopt Hanni when she retired from her duties as my guide dog. Steven and Nancy and Hanni had a great several years together–Hanni lived to 17!  But when she died earlier this year, Hanni left a big void. Nancy has posted here before, […]

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