[blparent] naming and decorating canes

[Shannon Wells]

A friend of mine named her's Beowulf.
Shannon Wells
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>I have had Charlie and Trevor ... for some reason, canes seem kinda, 
>masculine to me. Hahahahaha.
> Maybe it's because they're ... well, never mind! Grins.
>
> -- Allie
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> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> Hmmm, I've never thought of it, but it probably does mean that. Is it
> spelled Palo? I know alot of canes with names.  Dave Andrews cane's name 
> is
> Harry, I think. Some of the names I've had are:  Emmi, Olivia, Bernard,
> Oscar, Mark, Emily and Casper.  i can't think of anyone else right now. V
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> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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>> Does that mean that Palo Alto means high stick?
>>
>> My canes have always just been Cain.  Or Cain Cane.
>> Barbara
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>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:09 PM
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>>> I love it, bubba.  My first cane's name was Palo which means stick in
>>> spanish.  When we started at the orientation center they told us we 
>>> could
>>> not call our cane a stick, so Palo it became. Smile. V
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Shannon Wells" <pwandmomx2 at suddenlink.net>
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>>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:35 PM
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>>>
>>>> you all will laugh, but my cane's name when i was a kid, was Bubba
>>>> Shannon Wells
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>>>> http://www.christianhomeplace.com
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>>> To: "blind parents" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:22 PM
>>>> Subject: [blparent] naming and decorating canes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I own 2 canes right now and they both have a name.  One is emily and 
>>>>>she
>>>>>is
>>>>>a straight cane goes almost every where with me.  The second one is
>>>>>Casper
>>>>>and she is a telescoping cane and goes out to dinner or to the moviees
>>>>>with
>>>>>me.
>>>>> I used to work in a little kids program and the kids made sleeves for
>>>>> their canes during the holidays.  Some of the sleeves looked like cany
>>>>> canes and others like snow flakes.  For Halloween, they were orange 
>>>>> and
>>>>> black and for Saint pats day, green with shamrocks.
>>>>> We had a lot of fun. V
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