A few free fun adventures you can have this month: Free hotel room.March 31 is the last day to take advantage of that free hotel room deal I blogged about, you know, the one where you volunteer 8 hours and get the room free. Sounds like a come-on, but it’s really true. Here’s proof: All […]
After hearing that my great-niece Anita had been invited to compete in a high school girl’s three-point tournament, I dug up an ESPN.com story about Matt Steven, a blind teenager who shoots free throws for his high school team. Matt’s older brother Joe coaches the team, and he stands under the hoop to rap a […]
One of the seniors in the memoir–writing class I teach will appear on the Super Bowl this Sunday! No, not in the game. In a commercial! With the 1985 Chicago Bears! From the WGN Radio website: During the first quarter of the Feb. 7 game, an updated version of the classic “Super Bowl Shuffle” will […]
After reading that article about Braille in last week’s New York Times, a senior producer at Chicago Public radio asked if I’d be interested in writing an essay about Braille. I sent one their way, and while I was at it, I sent along another essay as well. The second one was about that fifth […]
The most interesting question asked at one of our school presentations came from a fifth-grader on Long Island. “If you could see for just one day, and you knew that at the end of the day you wouldn’t be able to see anymore, what would you do that day?” ”I try not to think about […]