I lost the right to vote privately and anonymously in 1985. That’s the year I lost my sight. After that, I needed Mike to help me with a ballot. We’d squeeze into a voting booth – Mike, me and my Seeing Eye dog — and Mike would read the candidates aloud. I’d tell him who […]
A teenager came up to chat with me after last week’s event at the Oak Park Public Library. “I have a poem published on the internet,” she said. I was impressed, but I was busy signing books. I didn’t have time to ask what the poem was about. “Send me the link,” I told […]
This Thursday at 7 pm I’ll be speaking at the public library in Oak park, Illinois. Oak park is the birthplace of Ernest Hemingway. I like to think that the Nobel Prize winner and I have a special bond. It’s not true, of course, but I like to think it. After all, Ernest and […]
This just in: Home Education Magazine highlighted “Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound” in a recent blog post. The blogger said Blue Marlin Publications sent along a flier announcing some of their new books, and “This one caught my attention”: Block quote start Hanni And Beth: Safe & Sound By Beth Finke Illustrations by Anthony […]
When I answered a craigslist ad to write blurbs for Not For Tourists – Chicago, I didn’t have my heart set on writing for a guidebook. I was just curious to find out if 1. Not For Tourists would hire me if they knew I was blind, and 2. readers would notice my travel writing […]