Category: Daily Living
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Adding Some Spice to My Life with a Little Braille
January is Braille Literacy Month I would be remiss to let this month go by and not talk about braille. Although I use it sparingly it is a part of my everyday life and this month is Braille Literacy Month. This is also the birthday month of its inventor, Louis Braille. In my very first…
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Being an Introvert Helps Me Survive COVID-19
Reading with My Ears Book Review Although a vaccine for COVID-19 is on the way this pandemic is not over by a long shot. There are still a lot of unanswered questions that we have to deal with. As for me I am trying to learn as much as I can about the vaccine. I…
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How I Created a Vision Board without Vision
At the beginning of the year many people focus on their vision, dreams, goals and resolutions. In the past I have made New Year’s resolutions only for them to last a few months afterward. Or I set goals that I quickly forgot about. Or I didn’t set any at all. But in 2012 I stepped…
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Year 2020 is a Wrap!
Well, y’all the year 2020 is a wrap! And boy what a year it has been for all of us. Who what have known all the things that happened this year? Wild fires, hurricanes and floods, police brutality, racial tension, distressing elections and of course the big kahuna COVID-19. I struggle sometimes just to remember…
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Lessons Learned From a Frog: How an Amphibian Improved My Life
Once upon a time there were four frogs. They went for a little hop around town. There was a big hole in front of them, but, unfortunately, they didn’t see it until it was too late. All four of the frogs fell into the hole! Immediately after fallin into the hole, the frogs started jumping…
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Giving Thanks During a Pandemic
This year’s Thanksgiving Day will be one for the history books. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade will be virtual. We are encouraged by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to have small gatherings, remotely or none at all. Black Friday store sales will be more online to avoid large crowds. And even the iconic holiday…
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Audio Description Podcast on Current Events and News Gives Me Visual Perspective
I am sitting on my sofa watching the 6 p.m. evening news. The reporter stops the broadcast for a news break about a bombing, police shooting, natural disaster or terroristic attack. The reporter gives all the relative information, i.e. the when, what and why. But the scene is all visual and I can only speculate…
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Enjoyed Three Evenings of Diverse Shorts at the Virtual Superfest Disability Film Festival
The true story of a bi-polar American white woman who joins the circus in Vietnam. A young woman who has Cerebral Palsy and a sexworker share an unusual story of love which challenges social norms. An unemployed disabled actress takes a job advising a film star on how to be disabled for his latest role.…
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Review of For the Benefit of Those Who See
In a few days the month of October will end and so will Blind Awareness Month. I read this book where the author deals with her fears and curiosities about the blind and embarks on her own journey of blind awareness. The book is titled For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches From the…
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Blindness and Disability are Popular Themes for October
The fall is my favorite season and time of the year. The weather is cooler. The autumn colors of brown, orange, golden yellow, dark red and green are on display. October is the month when all of this jumps off. But one other thing I recently noticed is the number of blind and disabled observations…
Empish J. Thomas 