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Thoughts on My White Cane and What It Means to Me
October 15 is designated National White Cane Day and Blind Americans Equality Day by the President of the United States, and White Cane Safety Day by the Governor of Wisconsin. It recognizes people...
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Confessions of a Bibliofile
I love to read and always have. I remember pestering my mother to read the Little Golden Books when I was about three, and trying hard to make sense of those dark marks on the page. Mom told me they...
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Amahl
A bit over fifty years ago, I almost performed in an opera. It was the winter of 1965, and it had not been a real good year for me. During the summer I spent five weeks in the hospital due to glaucoma....
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Editor's Note: This month, I am posting an article from the convention issue of Future Reflections, a quarterly magazine published by the Parents of Blind Children division of the National Federation...
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Walking In A Winter Wonderland
With the strange weather we’ve been having the past couple of weeks, we’ve been experiencing snow, ice, rain and everything in between. This makes for unpredictable street and sidewalk conditions, and...
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It is said that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, and sometimes the other way around. Here at WCBVI, March means preschool conference. My first year as an employee of the school, I...
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A Special Time of Year
Spring is always a special time. Growing up, I could see a little bit, and I was always excited to wake up and notice the light outside my bedroom. When I lived in the dorm at the school for the blind...
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Surprise
Every April, since I bought my house in Janesville, the same amazing thing happens in my driveway. Now, let me preface with the fact (preposterously well documented) that I am not good with plants. It...
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An Accidental Mentor
Every summer, I came home from the school for the blind that I attended during the year. I looked forward to the end of school. I looked forward to going home and seeing my mother. I wasn’t excited...
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My Parkour Story
Once in a while I find something that I just have to share. The following caught my interest because it involves an activity I have never done, and, at my age, will never do. The writer is a former...
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