[stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting

[LoriStay at aol.com]

Cute.
However!   Last year David and I were invited to the National Center for the 
Blind in Baltimore.   Some of the things we were required to do were:   Bake 
brownies under sleepshades; grill meat on the barbecue and operate a chain saw. 
  I am not fan of chain saws, so elected to bake brownies under sleepshades 
(I wrote a humorous piece about it, which JoAnne Wilson found totally 
unhumorous, but that's another story).   David, however, elected to operate the chain 
saw.   Dr. Maurer had been taught to do this by Dr. Jernigan, who used to take 
blind people into the woods in Iowa to cut firewood for the cozy evening fires 
they set in the fireplace at the Iowa Commission for the Blind.   Dr. Maurer 
felt, and still feels, that having blind people do this instills confidence.   
So on a shelf in our bedroom is a section of a tree (branch) that David 
sliced with a chain saw.   I regret to say the brownies have long since 
vanished...like I said, another story.
Lori

In a message dated 2/25/09 11:44:24 AM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:


> 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
> 




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