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Guest post by Ali Krage: Blind Staycation, Part One

March 21, 20195 CommentsPosted in blindness, Braille, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, parenting a child with special needs, technology for people who are blind, travel, writing

I’m heading off to beautiful Grand Haven, Michigan today for Sisters’ Weekend, and while I’m away my young friend Ali Krage is stepping in with a guest post. I met Ali 15 years ago at a “low-vision conference” in DuPage County. “I’m blind like you and I can read Braille and I go to the […]

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Hey, Hey, Hey, Hello: my StoryCorps interview with Nancy Faust airs this Friday, March 15

March 13, 20198 CommentsPosted in baseball, blindness, memoir writing, Mike Knezovich, radio, travel

Remember when I wrote that post last September about recording a StoryCorps interview with renowned baseball organist Nancy Faust? It’s going to air this Friday morning, March 15, 2019 on WBEZ in Chicago! The timing is perfect: Mike, Seeing Eye dog Whitney and I are flying to Arizona tomorrow to stay with Nancy and Joe […]

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