[nagdu] walking with a cane

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

David,

It's a special talent.  I think you have to be born with the ability to
reach my level of achievement.  /grin/

Actually, I've nearly done it a few times, probably from chatting while
walking and trying to turn a corner or something and losing track of the
cane or my feet or both...  It helps a great deal if you can arrange to have
your purse fall off your shoulder onto your wrist at just the right instant
to really shake things up!  /grin/

The time I actually did trip over the cane (and broke it, BTW), I was at the
dog park, so the ground was nice and springy and I could just do a nice
somersault and wonder if anybody saw...  I would say from the volulme of the
incredulous laughter throughout the park that quite a few people saw.

>From what I can remember, what I was doing at the time of the trip was...
Wait for it... Standing there!  I must have been absent-mindedly fiddling
with my cane and kind of swinging it while I watched my dog and chatted,
then decided to take a step forward and...  Like I say.  It's a gift.
/smile/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of David Baker
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:54 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking with a cane

OK, Tami, you have my curiosity up.  How on earth does one do that?

David
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I've tripped myself over my own cane, though, so that's a great
accomplishment.
/grin/

Tami Smith-Kinney


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