[stylist] A New Member

Sat Dec 27 00:24:32 UTC 2008

John and Angela,
Have either of you read the book "Blind Rage: letters to Helen Keller?"  
It's by a blind woman college professor who apparently got sick and 
tired of being continually compared to Helen.  I borrowed it from NLS, 
but haven't gotten to it yet.
Donna

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Angela fowler wrote:
> Picking on Helen Keller, I love it! We should start our own picking on Helen
> Keller tag team.
> 	I write about current events type stuff, from a conservative point
> of view, but lately I've been writing about issues relating to blindness, or
> rather society's paternalistic treatment of blind people which is born of
> its ignorance of the alternative techniques we use in our every-day lives to
> do ordinary things. My recently completed paper on the ADA is an example of
> this. Would you like to read it? 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of John Lee Clark
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 2:23 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] A New Member
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> Angela:
>
> Hey, thanks for the cordial welcome.  
>
> An editorial writer, that must be fun.  I write quite a bit of social
> commentary related to the signing community, deafblind issues, and I love
> picking on Helen Keller.  What do you like to write about?
>
> John
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Angela fowler
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 1:10 AM
> To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] A New Member
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> Hey John,
> 	A quick shout-out from just North of Sacramento California, Angela
> Fowler here. I'm usually a lot more chatty, but I've been shuffled from one
> family gathering to the other today, and didn't go near my computer all day.
> Christmas is over, however, and the family is in bed, so I finally have a
> moment to myself.   
> 	I'm more of an editorial writer, haven't taken a crack at fiction
> yet. I have a paper on the ramifications of the ADA for blind people which
> has drawn some interest. I also have a web site aimed at informing folks
> about the adaptive techniques used by blind people. 
> 	I would like to cordially welcome you to our list. I know you'll
> find it interesting and entertaining. We're a friendly and supportive group
> of folks here, and we love to laugh.     
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of John Lee Clark
> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:11 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] A New Member
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> Lori:
>
> Oh but it is quite easy to ignore Christmas.  At least, that has been my
> experience.  I suppose part of it is because I live in downtown St. Paul,
> where many places are good about being still open.  Today, for example, my
> sons wanted candy from the food store on the skyway level in our building,
> and sure enough, it was open.  Then later we ate out at our favorite
> steakhouse, which was also open.  So that's very nice.
>
> Now, your half-finished story.  If you'll resend it, I'd be glad to read it
> and find out if I am up to finishing it.
>
> John 
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