In January BrailleTouch from the University of Georgia was launched. Now there are two and more. The newest addition to the family is called MBraille. I started writing this post with it but it mysteriously disappeared from Blogsy on my iPad. But nonetheless, I am writing here now on my Mac. Good Things: Supports Grade [...]
As i am blind I am a curiosity studied from an early age to see what people could find out about blind people in general. The media exposure is also an interesting phenomena. All my blind friends were in ads for Guide Dog Day and Braille Week, the two major campaigns by the RNZFB. I [...]
Judy Henske is a singer-songwriter who lives in Pasadena, Calif, with her husband of over 30 years keyboardist, Craig Doerge. The latter was recently featured in Rolling Stone. Sometime last century Henske was born in a little farming community in Western Wisconsin. She went on to become “The Queen of the Beatniks” but was not [...]
This past month have been indulging in a lot of opera- Debussy, Donasetti and so on. Some very heavy stuff that I am trying to appreciate. As to books I have been reading a lot lately as always — some very interesting stuff. Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews. Very interesting hope there [...]
For the past four days I have been in northland enjoying the hospitality and company of my friends,, Collin and Diane Brown. They are WWOOF [world wide opportunities on organic farms] hosts. This means they take in people from overseas who work for their food and lodging. Collin, who has lived in the area for [...]
This morning I broke out the tarot cards. I had not done so in a long time for various reasons. I read the cards for myself. It is a special deck of tarot I have though I also have two other tarots- the Rider-Waite and the Sybilla oracle [the latter is not a tarot perse]. [...]
This month I have been reading much stuff about psychoanalysis and listening to lots of different stuff. Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic thought Classical Music: A novel by Joy Cowley — a children’s writer who had at the time of publication of the novel in 1999 written 8 for adults. The Orphan Master’s Son: [...]
On May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington, the world first heard the beauty of a voice. Her name was Judith Marjorie Collins and she would go on to introduce the symphony to popular music and bring such artist as Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell to international acclaim. Collins, in the 60’s had a reputation as [...]
Got an email yesterday saying that the movie is finished. This is great news but more on that later. I have just discovered that Joanne Harris [author of Chocolat etc] has a tumblr. What’s more she has interesting things to say on it. check it out at Interesting news is coming from her corner — was just [...]
I have been very busy with Uni and stuff. Nonetheless always reading. A Monk Swimming — Maliki’s McCourt’s memoir. He’s the brother of Frank [Angela’s Ashes ] who comes out a lot more virtuous. M. just whoers and drinks all the time. catching The Current Jenny Patrick’s prequel to her Denniston novels. Is okay. Perspectives on Personality — had [...]