[blparent] canes in pictures

[Veronica Smith]

Speak for yourself, my cane is cute as a button. Ha ha, or so I think. Ha ha

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 9:51 AM
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A dog is a novelty, I guess.  A cane isn't quite so cute.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "jan wright" <jan.wrightfamily5 at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 6:43 AM
To: "blparent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] canes in pictures

> White seems more universal than pink to me.
> Besides, with today's technology, can't you just tone down the glare
> of the white cane, if you want?
> That photographer would have infuriated me. You don't just take
> something from me. That was rude.
> But, if you are self conscious, you could decide yourself to either
> leave it behind you or fold it up or put it in a holder, or something
> to make it look less obvious.
> Amazingly, everyone almost always wants a dog in the picture: even
> though dog hair can get on all sorts of outfits.
> Isn't it interesting: photographers like to bring props to pose with
> you or children to make it look like you are either doing something or
> somewhere that you are not; yet, some have such an aversion to the
> cane which is not a prop, but a reality.
> Image, Image Image!
>
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