[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Western Wayne County Chapter Christmas celebration

Sun Dec 13 17:41:35 UTC 2009

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Posont" <donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com>
To: "Donna Posont" <donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com>
Cc: "Karen Simmons" <karenbethsimmons at gmail.com>; "Katie Tonarely" 
<ktonarely at gmail.com>; "Sharon Kingsbury" <sharonkingsbury at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Western Wayne County Chapter Christmas celebration


> It is time for me to share another celebration.  This very week I 
> completed my chemistry lab at the University of Michigan Dearborn. Many of 
> you may know that I was very challenged by the administration when I 
> needed and wanted to participate in my regular chemistry lab.  It is 
> finished. Thanks to many of you for your encouragement, love, and support. 
> You may not know that 35 years ago I was not welcome in my chemistry or 
> biology lab when I entered college so I changed my major to social work. 
> That did not turn out to be a bad thing, but this time around I was 
> determined to stay in the class. That determination has come from my 
> involvement in the National Federation of the Blind.  Every day we are 
> changing what it means to be blind and I appreciate the opportunity to 
> contribute to that changing attitude about blindness. Let's keep helping 
> one another. Take care and be blessed, Donna Posont
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna Posont" <donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Michigan List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: <donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:53 PM
> Subject: Western Wayne County Chapter Christmas celebration
>
>
>> Last call to one and all to attend our annual Christmas party meeting 
>> this Saturday at the Senate in Dearborn. A highlight will be the drawing 
>> for a fifth generation ipod nano and the Christmas Stocking full of 
>> goodies knit by Laura White. There will be lots of meat balls, mashed 
>> potatoes, and gravy along with brosted chicken, Greek green beans, lemon 
>> rice soup, pie and rice pudding and all you can drink. Free gift card 
>> give aways, a Christmas package auction and plenty of making music will 
>> help make the occasion a good time to be had by all.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
>> To: "'NFB of Michigan List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] more christmas tree light questions
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just talked to Larry, and it is hilarious that he said to start at the
>>> top.  I guess it is what you are used to.  I plug them in and start at 
>>> the
>>> bottom, as I mentioned.  Regarding getting them to stay, this is no 
>>> problem.
>>> They do not need to be at the very ends of the branches.  I just lay the
>>> wire across the branches on the first tier that I have arbitrarily 
>>> decided
>>> to start on. On an artificial tree, the branches are pretty uniformly 
>>> lined
>>> up from left to right.  It is like a shelf and the wire lays on there 
>>> and
>>> the needles provide enough resistance to prevent them from sliding off,
>>> unless you have a cat who gets rambunctious.
>>>
>>> Regarding working bulbs, this is a visual thing, unless you have a light
>>> detector.  Our newest color identifier has a light detector on it.  It 
>>> has
>>> come in handy several times, though I would not have purposely purchased
>>> one.Another way may be to plug them a while and touch them to see if 
>>> they
>>> are warm.  These little lights may not be as easy to test that way, I am 
>>> not
>>> sure.Here in Lansing, the electric company is exchanging 2 strings of 
>>> lights
>>> for free for  2 strings of LED lights.  I have no experience with LED
>>> lights, but I assume they are much more reliable than incondesscent 
>>> lights.
>>>
>>> As Larry and I said, everyone critiques their own tree and thinks how 
>>> they
>>> would improve it.  It need not meet some unwritten standard of 
>>> excellence.
>>> Trial and error is a really good teacher.  By the time you are my age it
>>> will be eligible for the House Beautiful Tree of the Year competition.
>>> (smile)  Christmas is a family togetherness activity.  Creating 
>>> traditions
>>> and collecting ornaments each year that remind us of people and events 
>>> is
>>> what makes a tree a joy.
>>>
>>> One year, we had a 2 foot tall tree that I bought a few days before
>>> Christmas.  I brought it home when we lived in Ypsilanti and put it on 
>>> top
>>> of a table.  We had 1 string of lights and maybe a dozen or less 
>>> ornements.
>>> The next morning all the needles had fallen off.  It was just a bare
>>> skeleton of a tree.  We loved that tree and all our friends had fun 
>>> looking
>>> at it and talking about it.  Here I am 32 years later retelling the 
>>> story.
>>> That is what Christmas is all about.
>>>
>>> I love Christmas.  I make it a point to tell everyone Merry Christmas. 
>>> I am
>>> not offended if they tell me happy some other holiday that is meaningful 
>>> to
>>> them.  Sharing our traditions is a good thing that we all may benefit 
>>> from.
>>> This may give me an opportunity to share my faith in Jesus with them, or
>>> not, depending on their openness.
>>>
>>> All that to talk about having fun putting up a tree.  Don't worry.  Have 
>>> fun
>>> and enjoy your time with Nick and anyone else who happens to be around
>>> during the decorating process.
>>>
>>> Warmest Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
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>>> On Behalf Of trising
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:06 PM
>>> To: NFB of Michigan List
>>> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] more christmas tree light questions
>>>
>>> Thanks Larry and Fred for the ideas. I am still not exactly sure how to 
>>> do
>>> this. Sorry for being dense. The thing is, everyone has always urged me 
>>> to
>>> stay away while they were stringing lights, so I would not inadvertently
>>> step on them or tangle them. I have three boxes of lights, so we can 
>>> fill
>>> the whole tree, but I do not really understand how they actually go on.
>>> Ornaments have hooks or loops that go over the tree. The lights do not 
>>> have
>>> anything like that. I wish I could do this once with someone who knows 
>>> what
>>> they are doing but would not mind showing me. How do you get them to 
>>> stay on
>>>
>>> with no fasteners? How do you know the strand is working with no vision. 
>>> Do
>>> you start at a plug or at another end. Sorry I am being dense. I have 
>>> never
>>> tried to do them before. Nick can reach much better than I, and he is 
>>> going
>>> to try and help Grandma with them. She helps us a lot, and means well, 
>>> but
>>> she is not at all good at explaining in words.
>>>
>>>
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