Living With Low Vision

Window-Eyes, GW Micro’s PC low vision screen reader software, now available for free to PC users with Microsoft Office 10 or newer. Having recently partnered up with Microsoft, the Fort Wayne, IN –based company now offers it’s screen reading software program (similar to JAWs or Dolphin) as a free download for the visually impaired community. […]

Have you heard that what is good for the health of your body is good for your eyes? Indeed that seems to be true when it comes to eating foods rich in carbohydrates and foods loaded with sugar. It all has to do with our blood sugar levels. This is how the body works when […]

Have you heard that what is good for the health of your body is good for your eyes? Indeed that seems to be true when it comes to eating foods rich in carbohydrates and foods loaded with sugar. It all has to do with our blood sugar levels. This is how the body works when […]

When I was going to school I had to make a portfolio of things that a visually impaired person might benefit from. I decided to do it entitled “a Day in the Life Of…” So I went through my daily routines and found out which ones needed assistance due to my vision. It surprised me […]

Polo. It is an old children’s game that I like to still play. When I am trying to find someone or somewhere I just call out and then a response guides me to where I need to go. At Christmas I bought everyone a small hand-sanitizer as a gift and it had a holder that […]

Two months ago there was a large Great White Pyrenees dog running up and down the road in front of the house. It was obvious it was a stray as it ran with no purpose and wild abandon. Around its neck was a red collar minus the tags.  At the place where the tags should […]

Dis Disease, disability, distance, distain, dislike, discount. Dis is a prefix that means  “not” simply. Not at ease, not able, not to count, Dis has a negative connotation. A new slang word came up to be “dissed” and it meant to be talked badly of or ignored to the point of embarrassment. How about discouraged. […]

Passing Through Many, many years ago my son and I took a great road trip to Mt. Rushmore. The first long day of driving took us through things that were not very interesting. We had to pass through them to get to our real destination. We went through monotonous amounts of cities with no appeal, […]

Recently I was blogging on about job applications and how I was going to conquer the world with my “can do” attitude. Turns out I am not as much of a roaring lion as I would have wanted you all to believe. I have a good friend who agreed to drive me down to the […]

I am not a fan of magic. Sleight of hand. Prestidigitation. Anything that is trying to fool me into thinking that something is either there or not there while giving the illusion to the opposite is unsettling. Just give it to me so that I can understand it for what it is without the smoke […]