[Blindtlk] new to list/blogging
Sally Friedman
sfriedman2 at nycap.rr.com
Fri Aug 27 20:45:09 UTC 2010
Hi All,
I'm relatively new to the list and, first, I just wanted to say thank you:
I really appreciate the many concrete suggestions that come across on this
list as well as the deep honesty of many of these posts.
My concrete question of the moment is advice about setting up a blog. I
started this morning with some place called WordPress because I heard it was
good. But accessible? Maybe not because a friend had to help me get it
started and just now when I tried to input a post Jaws seemed to be reading
words already on the screen the same time it was reading what I was trying
to write. Confusing!
A better way to do this?
Thanks,
Sally Friedman
-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Gary Wunder
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 12:57 PM
To: 'Jeanette Fortin'; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Grilling question
Hi Jeanette. I am so glad to hear you say that support you have gotten from
the NFB is helping you cope with the upsetting changes in your life. Little
notes like yours give those of us who volunteer our time and energy to
maintain the organization a compelling reason to work harder, keep sharing,
and transmit the love and concern we feel for you and others who are blind.
Being a friend, advisor, and confidant are all important things we do, and
sometimes they are overshadowed by the arguments and conflicts which all too
often crop up in organizations, and especially on e-mail lists. It is
refreshing to know that once in a while our real message and mission come
clear. Thank you for this affirmation, and thank you also for keeping us all
focused on the real objective of extending a hand of Hope to our fellow
travelers.
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jeanette Fortin
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:03 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Grilling question
Gary,
Your words are encouraging to me as well even though i have been blind since
i was 8 years old, NFB, which is new to me, is encouraging and all the folks
i have met so far have been amazingly encouraging and helpful.
I have raised three teen agers and managed a home for years but still have
moments of fear and discouragement. I habve been a single momfor three years
and i think living on my own with the kids after 18 years of marriage to a
sighted man has been one of the most frightening but rewarding times in my
life. I have truly learned how gracious the Lord is and how much i ca ndo
through his strength. Jeanette
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To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Grilling question
> I'll second that motion.
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> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Bonnie Lucas
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:34 AM
> To: gwunder at earthlink.net; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Grilling question
>
> I just love your kind, genuine and loving responses that you give to
> people.
> Keep adding your tidbits because I am certain that those who read them
> are greatly benefitted.
> Bonnie Lucas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Gary Wunder
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:44 AM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Grilling question
>
> Hi Mari. I think the way most of us get over the ups and downs is by
> living with them so long that they go away, or mostly so. I think
> there are times when everyone of us goes through a day when we say
> "man, I wish the transportation system were better for blind people.
> What a bummer it is not to be able to drive my own car!" For many of
> us, however, we've simply learned to plan, to work out arrangements
> where we pay people to do things we can't do or trade them volunteer
> activities so that what we need gets done. It isn't always easy, and
> it certainly isn't intuitive. It is something one has to learn, and
> sometimes it means that we who are blind or less spontaneous about
> things we do. If, for example, you are going to use the pear transit
> system. You won't decide today at two o'clock that you are going to
> the mall and be there by 3:30. You will decide today that you would
> like to go to the mall, and you will go there sometime tomorrow. If
> you get a stack of mail and don't happen to have technology that will
> let you easily read it, you put it in a mail basket and you wait for
> your weekly visit from someone who can sort through it and help you
> make appropriate responses.
> These things won't seem normal at first, but they will over time, and
> they are techniques which have been shown to work.
>
> If you can arrange it, I think going to an NFB center is a splendid idea.
> You will learn many techniques, but more importantly you will learn a
> different way to think about being blind. I think it is a stretch to
> say that I think of blindness as a blessing, but it is no exaggeration
> to look at my life and admit that though blindness has cost me some
> opportunities, it has also given me some. It has limited some of my
> decisions and has made others possible. I don't know if I would have
> gone to college were it not for the vocational rehabilitation program
> that offered to pay every red cent that it took to get me through
> school. I doubt that I would have the current job I have, or probably
> even the jobs before it. Most likely I would have followed in the
> footsteps of my father who ran a successful excavating and
> construction business, and who knows where I would be now. I might be
> substantially better off based on thirty-five years of building a
> quality business, or I might be suffering through the significant
> recession which now finds many people in the construction industry out
> of work and fighting to keep their own homes.
>
> I think the key to being happy is captured, at least to some degree,
> in the words of the serenity prayer, and then having the humility to
> be thankful for what one has. Maybe if I could write all of the
> specifications God used before placing me on the earth, I'd have
> designed a human being with the brains of Bill Gates, the looks of
> Brad Pitt, and the sincerity of Jimmy Stewart. As it is, God did the
> designing, so I'll just do my best to be Gary Wunder.
>
> It is very nice to meet you, Mari, and you'll make it through this
> transition just fine. You have brains and a good heart. Those two
> assets are golden.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Mari Hunziker
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 6:13 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Grilling question
>
> Thank you so much for sharing that Mike. I would love to learn more
> about the NFB centers. I am now needing more assistance in finding
> creative ways of finding transportation for my son to get to and from
school each day.
> Not
> being able to drive or to do other things is a constant struggle. I
> wish there was someway to get over the emotional roller coaster I ride
> every day.
> Some days thinking its a blessing to be blind and other days it is a
> curse.
> How have you all gotten over this?
> Thanks,
> Mari Hunziker
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> As a matter of fact, one of the things done at our NFB centers is to
>> do some grilling and other chores that involve working with fire
>> precisely to get people over their fear of being burned. It's not
>> thatanyone wishes to be burned but (a) blindness doesn't increase
>> one's risks assuming one is careful and (b) we want to turn that fear
>> into what might be termed healthy respect for fire which still allows
>> one to work with it. At the end of the day, it becomes another lesson
>> that blindness need not prevent us from leading normal lives.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews"
>> <dandrews at visi.com>
>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Grilling question
>>
>>
>> A totally blind person can grill or smoke. i have a gas grill, and
>> a
>>> large off-set smoker and use them regularly. I have also grilled
>>> with charcoal -- although the gas grill is easier.
>>>
>>> There are lots of techniques to do stuff. One good source is our
>>> blind cooks list
>>>
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-cooks_nfbnet.org
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> p.s. You mentioned a "fear of getting burned." Just like with an
>>> oven, a pot of boiling water, a gas stove etc., you can get burned
>>> if you don't do stuff carefully and correctly, but like with the
>>> other things there are ways.
>>>
>>>
>>> At 08:42 AM 8/24/2010, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> Was anyone of you grillers afraid of the fire and the potential for
>>>> getting burned. That is what keeps me from doing it. We have a
>>>> charcoal grill/smoker. My brother, father and husband have mastered
>>>> the great taste of grilled food. I have always thought that I could
>>>> not grill or do things of that nature because I am blind(visually
>>>> impaired). I now think it might just be a fear of getting burned. I
>>>> do cook fairly well in doors, I never thought about trying it
>>>> outdoors. The next time we grill out. I will have to pay more
>>>> attention on how it is done so that I may someday try it. Who
>>>> knows, I may like doing it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> David Andrews: dandrews at visi.com Follow me
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