Today, by phone, I met Gina G. for the first time. She has been blind for 12 years and is learning to function as a sightless person. The idea of being blind is horrifying to me. Not being able to see what I am eating, or to know where the stairs are, or to be … [Read more…]
Steve taught at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, for only one year, 1967-1968. During that time, he realized that he needed an advanced degree in order to teach in college and not be the lowest—and lowliest—person in the department. Very methodically, he chose two universities that he would like to attend based on … [Read more…]
When we first joined the work at Central in 1975, we soon became friends with Jeff and Laura Davies. They were younger than we were, but both were witty and clever and seemed to enjoy hanging out with us. Jeff was working on his Ph.D. in audiology and Laura was a high school physical education … [Read more…]
When we first joined the work at Central in 1975, we soon became friends with Jeff and Laura Davies. They were younger than we were, but both were witty and clever and seemed to enjoy hanging out with us. Jeff was working on his Ph.D. in audiology and Laura was a high school physical education … [Read more…]
When we lived in Bloomington, Illinois, 1968-1972, I had little interest in having children. I saw enough of children each day at school! But our friends Martha and Harry McDonald did have a child that appealed to me—their 6-year-old daughter Lisa. When my third grade students made mobiles, I made one that I gave to … [Read more…]
Another family that we loved in Bloomington, Illinois, was Steve and Cindy Tandy and their young son Brandon. They had moved there from Kansas and we all went to the same church, as did the Olberdings and Dick Wright. We started what we called our “Gourmet Club” with Olberdings and Tandys. I think there was … [Read more…]
The four years we lived in Bloomington, Illinois, brought many life-long friends our way. We were closest to Mike and Kay Olberding. We all went to church together at the Four Seasons Church of Christ. Mike worked at State Farm Insurance and Kay at that time stayed home with their children, Bruce and Amy. Since … [Read more…]
Friends. That’s a hard term to describe. I’d like to write about some of my true friends, but I hesitate to do so. How do I refer to them? I don’t want to number them, as though there is a pecking order, which there isn’t. Each friend is unique in time and place and personality … [Read more…]
This is my Writing Day. For years I have tried to eliminate anything but writing from this day, at least from 9-5. If I went to Zumba, as I did this morning, I’d start earlier so I’d get in my full day of writing. Steve would be in classes at NKU and I’d apply myself … [Read more…]
