Monthly Archives: December 2021

Many people reflect on changes to make in the new year. Since this is a blog about the experience of a blind individual, I will put forth curtersy rules when interacting with the blind. People don’t have conversations often with a blind person. When they do, they may need some guidelines of what to doContinue reading “Thoughts for the New Year December 30, 2121”

There are two informal holidays that interest me today. The first is call a friend day. I imagine that many of you have done this in the past several weeks. But what about that email or card that appeared from someone that you haven’t thought of for months or years? I have several old friendsContinue reading “Call a Friend Day December 28,2021”

We are making up for the shut down and sheltering in place of Christmas 2020. We are determine to celebrate as usual but at what cost? Recently, my husband and I went to the grocery store to pick up several needed items. There were many empty shelves of items that are normally available. There wereContinue reading “Christmas protocol December 23, 2021”

Natel Luz or Christmas festival of light is held in Fermata Brazil from November 12 to January 13, Making it the longest and largest Christmas festival in Brazil. It started in 1986 with a concert and a Christmas light show. It is now the largest Christmas festival in Brazil. Earning Fernatta the name Christmas capitalContinue reading “Natal Luz, December 21, 2021”

Tis time for the final step in getting the presents under the tree and labeled with the recipient’s name. This is a joy and challenge for a blind person. When buying rolls of wrapping paper, I would look for paper that had a texture or foil on one side. Without the texture clues, I wrapContinue reading “Wrap It Up, December 16, 2021”

Dear readers, It was brought to my attention that the author’s husband first name is Sanford Rosenthal not Samual. My apologies to Sally Rosenthal and to you, the readers. I heard it incorrectly with my voice over program. Carol Farnsworth

On a cold drizzling day, I listened to this book by Sally Rosenthal. Her poetic memories, take the reader from an English cottage to a small village in Pennsylvania. Along the way we are introduced to Sally’s grandparents, parents and her husband Samual. Her family’s circle was complete with three guide dogs and the sevenContinue reading “Peonies In Winter December 14, 2021”

Before I get into the peanut brittle story let me offer you a MP3 to listen to of an interview at my local library. They have a podcast studio and asked me to come and talk about my poetry book, “Leaf Memories.” I read four of my poems. The recording is about a half anContinue reading “Peanut Brittle and aging December 9, 2021”

In 1976, my parents took a trip to Hawaii with the Knights of Columbus group. They paid for me as a graduation gift from college. I spent a week exploring the island of Oahu. One of the memorable moments was accompanying my Dad, a WWII veteran to the memorial in Pearl Harbor. We took aContinue reading “Pearl Harbor Remembered, December 7, 2021”

A second tradition of the holiday season is the writing and sending of Holiday cards. As a blind individual, I start early writing braille greetings to my braille group. I found some three dimensional cards in a dollar store. They had paper inserts, making the brailling easy. At a dollar a card, they beat Hallmark’sContinue reading “Christmas Cards, December 2, 2021”