[stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting
James Canaday M.A. N6YR
n6yr at sunflower.com
Wed Feb 25 22:42:24 UTC 2009
just makes BBQ more exciting, keep the garden hose nearby.
jc
Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS
At 03:52 PM 2/25/2009, you wrote:
>All I can say is y'all are brave. I have some useable vision and I won't do
>the grilling thing. Of course, I am also a clutz which is far more a
>disability than my lack of eyesight.
>
>Nikki B.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Angela fowler
>Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:31 PM
>To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting
>
>I love to BBQ, do it all the time. Yes, you need to use your ears to
>determine how much the BBQ's flaring up, and your nose to tell you if the
>fire's ready or not. If you can still smell the junk they treat charcoal
>with, its not ready.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 1:22 PM
>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting
>
>very funny!
>
>oh, then somebody's worked out the ways to use it safely. I have B B Q ed,
>cooking on fire of charcoals. I remember that was discussed in a braille
>monitor article some years ago. how to use your ears, touch, even smell to
>cook that way.
>my okie uncle simply taught me many years ago. he didn't know much about
>blindness except what he'd gotten from me.
>jc
>
>Jim Canaday M.A.
>Lawrence, KS
>
>At 11:34 AM 2/25/2009, you wrote:
> >Was that before the depression?
> >Seriously, they teach people to use a chain saw at the national center.
> >Maybe I'll go there just so I can learn. Besides, Lori posted a
> >description of the National Center on here a couple of months ago, and
> >I have wanted to see it ever since.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> >Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:27 AM
> >To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> >Subject: Re: [stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting
> >
> >I'm not so sure about chainsaw in the hands of a blind person, but
> >maybe there's somebody out there who does?
> >but when I was a teen helping on our family farm (insert old fahrt
> >sound effect here) I did swing an axe, sledgehammered a maul to split
> >logs, and utilized a poleax.
> > now, you kids get off my lawn!
> >jc
> >
> >Jim Canaday M.A.
> >Lawrence, KS
> >
> >At 09:12 AM 2/25/2009, you wrote:
> > >Well, split it anyway. I haven't found anyone with enough guts to
> > >teach me how to use a chain saw yet.
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> > >On Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:20 PM
> > >To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> > >Subject: Re: [stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting
> > >
> > >you cut your own firewood? what an excellent woman,
> > >
> > >I did that too. no fireplace in homes I've lived in in the city.
> > >jc
> > >
> > >Jim Canaday M.A.
> > >Lawrence, KS
> > >
> > >
> > >At 09:57 PM 2/24/2009, you wrote:
> > > >Good article, Lori. Yes, as Judith said, blind people are just people.
> > > >We laugh, cry, get mad and experience happiness just like everyone
> > > >else. We are writing to people's perception however. The majority
> > > >of people don't know what Judith, I, and so many of you know
> > > >without thinking about it. We write to educate people without their
> > > >knowing they're being educated. It is the implicit education we
> > > >engage in every time someone sees us doing something they didn't
> > > >think a blind person could do. When we go to college we achieve
> > > >this
>education.
> > > >When we get a job, raise our kids, cook, clean, cut firewood, on
> > > >and on
> >and on.
> > > >When we write realistic stories about blind people we educate the
> > > >imaginative part of people which drove them to the story in the
> > > >first place. When we write true stories about ourselves and our
> > > >lives, all so
> > >much the better.
> > > > So what am I, an editorial and analysis writer for the
> > > >most part, doing espousing the value of writing stories about blind
>people?
> > > >I know the value of the anecdote, as I use it in my own writing. It
> > > >appeals to the emotion, grabs the heart, and so, if used
> > > >judicially, is a powerful tool of persuasion.
> > > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > > >[mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> > > >On Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
> > > >Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:08 PM
> > > >To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> > > >Subject: [stylist] Good writing
> > > >
> > > > >From Slate & Style, volume 18, #2, July 2000
> > > >
> > > >The Purpose of Writing
> > > > by Loraine Stayer
> > > >
> > > >Why do you write? I've no doubt that we each have different reasons
>for
> > > >wanting to put words on paper. For some, writing is a means to earn
> > >money.
> > > >
> > > >Those lucky souls who earn their livelihood at the computer have
> > > >under their belts all the tricks of the trade, including marketing,
> > > >research, the proper contacts, and a way with words.
> > > >
> > > >I recently read a short article about genre writing. This involves
> > > >tailoring your work to a genre that has a niche already carved out.
> > >People
> > > >will buy
> > > >your work. They will, in fact, clamor for it. On the other hand,
> > >writing
> > > >
> > > >to a formula rarely satisfies the soul. It's a means to an end, not
>the
> > > >end
> > > >itself.
> > > >
> > > >But good writing is an end in itself. Timeless writing will stay in
>the
> > > >minds of the readers, becoming tomorrow's oft quoted nuggets of
> > > >wisdom, or if one
> > > >is lucky, tomorrow's cliches. What would be an example of good
>writing?
> > > >The
> > > >Gettysburg Address springs to mind. The Twenty Third Psalm is another.
> > > >Most of the work of Shakespeare falls under this category.
> > > >
> > > >If you can sell your work, more power to you. If you can produce good
> > > >writing and sell yur work, even better. But if you can produce good
> > > >writing, sell
> > > >your work, and change the world for the better, that would be best
> > > >of
> >all.
> > > >
> > > >Members of the NFB Writers' Division are in the best position to
> > > >write about blindness, and to write well enough so that what we
> > > >write can be published and
> > > >sold. If one searches through the literature for images of blindness,
> > > >accuracy is difficult to find. Dr. Jernigan told us in his banquet
> >speech
> > > >at the
> > > >NFB National Convention in 1974 (Blindness, Is Literature Against
> > > >Us?)
> >that
> > > >damaging stereotypes of blindness abound in published fiction. Here
>and
> > > >there
> > > >one can find exceptions, but one needs to search.
> > > >
> > > >We need to change this. The way to do it is to sit down and list
> > > >situations
> > > >in our own lives and write about them honestly. Were they funny?
>Were
> > > >they painful? Do they illustrate some truth about blindness that
> >doesn't
> > > >fall
> > > >into a stereotype? What did the situations lead to? This isn't
>genre
> > > >writing, and it may not make us a great deal of hard cash, but
> > > >writing truth that springs from our lives will produce work that is
> > > >original and
> > >honest.
> > > >
> > > >Where can we publish our stories? Slate & Style will consider them
>under
> > > >2000 words. NFB's Kernel Book series (now ended, sorry folks) such
> > > >stories.
> > > >If we were lucky enough to get into a Kernel Book, our stories
> > > >would be read by
> > > >many more people than the number who read Slate & Style. It's even
> > > >possible
> > > >that the story will appear in The Braille Monitor, or in Future
> > >Reflections.
> > > >
> > > >Is the story universal enough? Blindness alone won't interest
> >commercial
> > > >publishers, sad to say. Is there romance, or adventure? Is there
> > >danger?
> > > >
> > > >Did we solve problems that anyone might have? Will our stories
>interest
> > > >people who are not blind?
> > > >
> > > >I think sometimes a danger exists that in the interest of getting
> > > >published, or piquing the imagintion of the average reader, we may
> > > >buy into
> > >fantasies
> > > >that in the long run can be damaging. The blind person as super-man,
> >for
> > > >example: A super sense of hearing, or a super sense of smell. Sure,
> > >some
> > > >people
> > > >have great hearing, and some people have sensitive noses, but
> > > >blindness doesn't cause these characteristics.
> > > >
> > > >Some year ago, I read a story about a blind detective named Longstreet.
> > > >His
> > > >abilities were phenomenal. They were not, however, realistic. Could
>a
> > > >blind person be a private detective? Certainly, bearing in mind that
> > > >alternative techniques would be brought into play. But rarely do
>these
> > > >alternative
> > > >techniques have supernatural qualities.
> > > >
> > > >Would such a story sell? Yes it would. Are you a real life
>detective?
> > > >For heaven's sake, write about it! How do you do your work?
>Inquiring
> > > >minds
> > > >want to know.
> > > >
> > > >At a recent NFB chapter meeting, one of our members asked, "How do we
> > > >educated the public?" My answer was, "One person at a time." That
>is
> > > >true of
> > > >personal contact. But if we can write, then we can educate the public
> >in
> > > >bulk.
> > > >
> > > >It's not a genre. It may not make you rich. But I bet it will be
>good
> > > >writing. It certainly will serve a purpose. It certainly will
>improve
> > > >our
> > > >lives.
> > > >
> > > >What are you waiting for?
> > > >**
> > > >
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