1987. A hot, humid day in Champaign, Ill. Mike and I are perched on stools at the Esquire Lounge. My folded cane sits atop the bar, forming a rigid white line that separates my beer glass from Mike’s. The discussion? How can I get to the pool on my own to swim laps. The stranger […]
A story in the San Francisco Weekly last week described Tita, a Chihuahua service dog who works with a man suffering from bipolar disorder. A happy, feel-good story, except for one thing. Tita bites people. “She’s vicious,” Esler says with a smile, cradling the dog, which licks his face with abandon. Once the story hit […]
Remember my post last April about the kids TV show Martha Speaks? WGBH in Boston had contacted my children’s book publisher back then to order copies of our book for a new program they were testing out in Boston and New York City. Hundreds of paperback copies of Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound were […]
Anyone who lives in Chicago knows. You are either a Sox fan or a Cubs fan – THERE IS NO IN-BETWEEN. Chicago fans are not exactly fond of the folks who root for the team on the other side of town. For years, Sox fans have rooted for any team playing against the Cubs. And […]
A year ago I gave a presentation in the BookKids department at BookPeople in Austin, Tex. I started the presentation by explaining that even though my eyes are open I can’t see. “When I was little, I went to school just like you — and then when I lost my sight I had to go […]