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Mom's Lilac Bush
My favorite thing about spring, or one of them, is the smell of all the flowers, trees and shrubs as they bloom. It doesn't get any better than nature's scented gifts to enjoy.
One of the best things about living in Louisville, for me, was that spring breezes absolutely fill the air with these precious aromas. There is more abundant fragrance ( Read more... ) -
First and Only Monkey
I met a monkey once, just one monkey, just one time. It stole a large sweet tart right out of my hand before I could ever even pet it and see what it felt like and whether it was worth losing my candy. I was about eight and was so excited when Mom said there was a monkey and perhaps I could touch it.
It snatched the tart away from me and laughed at ( Read more... ) -
Recency Bias
I believe that because of my blindness, I live recency bias each and every day. Until this topic, however, I did not have a word for this most necessary way of life. From the moment I rise in the morning, until the slow slide toward sleep at night, I have a mental inventory of my environment. There is a rather fixed location for everything I own. ( Read more... ) -
There Can Be Too Many Potatoes
I have mentioned my neighbors, Fred & Kathy in a previous entry. They were my neighbors for almost 12 years when I lived in Louisville. They were awesome people who I cared about a great deal. They were very fun and funny and had quirks that were a source of interest and entertainment. I believe that it’s a plus to have quirks that can give some ( Read more... ) -
Belief is 99% of the Truth
While I lived in Louisville, my neighbors were a couple who both have disabilities. Fred had juvenile RA and it resulted in, among other things, his having to use a manual wheelchair. Kathy is blind and travels with a guide dog. When her dogs retire from guide work because of health or age, they are kept as pets. Fred is a dog lover and so he takes ( Read more... ) -
Eye Cables? Really?
Most of the fallacies that come to mind if, indeed I ever ponder the word, are external. The one I have chosen to write about is one I made up myself when I was very young. It was one of my first attempts to understand my blindness.
I don’t remember how old I was when I began to wonder what made me unique. I know that the very thing that was my ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 5
It was the summer of 1972. It was incredibly hut and humid as it can be in west Michigan in August. The only cool place was our dirt basement. It was cool, but not a desirable place to spend much time. Dirt and moldy walls were not very appealing unless you happened to be a salamander or a shrew or some kind of spider. All of whom seemed quite at ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 4
As a person who has been blind since birth, I have countless examples of a back that gets bent, but does not break. It gets quite a bit of riding, but straightens up again, only to repeat the entire process again and again ad nauseam. It is a large part of what life is made of if you are a woman with a disability. Below, I give you one such ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 1 Entry: "I Love A Parade"
Each year, in the beautiful and historic Clifton neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, a very festive parade is held to herald the arrival of spring and also to celebrate Easter. In April of 2001, I was in the city, and, in fact, in that neighborhood on Parade Day. I was spending the spring with my partner before moving there to be with her later ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Greeting
Hello,
This is my first time doing LJ Idol. I know! It's the last season! I'm just a bit slow, but I gut here!
I live in Michigan, and share my dwelling with my partner of almost one year.
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