[stylist] Collecting Books

Sun Feb 19 01:06:05 UTC 2012

Hi Jackie,
I have a Kurzweil scanner. Yes, I experience the same things as you do when 
trying to scan books. It is not so easy to do. I did figure out how to put a 
piece of blank paper over one of the pages, while I scan the other though. I 
cut the paper to the dame size as the book page - and just slip it in then 
scan. It works well for me.
But it still takes a lot of time to scan a book and that is why I have not 
done very many.

I do not use a cell phone any longer. I decided I really do not need to - 
and don't want to make a monthly payment on something i really do not need. 
But, I never did use my cell phone much even before sight loss. I never 
wanted to be so accessable to anyone, and I am still like that. I live in a 
rural village, so I have no need to be on the phone as I am not out unless I 
am with someone else.  For now, I am just fine without one.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Collecting Books

> Linda and Henrietta,
> Though I only buy new books for others now, I am guilty of having kept 
> about
> 500 books of the one thousand five-hundred I needed to get ride of. Even
> now, I know in what room and bookcase those books are located. I loan them
> out, and sometimes ask friends to read portions to me. Some are too 
> precious
> and rare to just haul to the thrift shop. Most trigger memories. Many are
> small poetry books published by even my mother's friends from perhaps 85
> years ago.
> A question from your most recent e-mail, Linda, is about your KNFB 
> scanner.
> Would that be like my KNFB Reader that is a cell phone also. I have tried 
> to
> use it so many times, but usually I cannot get it focused properly because
> the book will not lie flat, and I cannot cover the other page, hold it in
> place, hold the book open, and also hit the right buttons. I need at least
> three hands.
> Any suggestions?
> Jackie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 5:17 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Collecting Books
>
> Henrietta, you and I are surely kindred spirits - two peas in a pod. I
> thought I was the only crazy blind lady who still bought real books that I
> cannot read or see. I am not alone!  I seldom have ever mentioned this to
> anyone at all - and my husband never has questioned me when the books show
> up on the Visa statement. One of these days, I think he just might ask a
> question about it.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Henrietta Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Collecting Books
>
>
>> OH, Hi, LInda,
>> It has been so many years since I could read an actual book. I think I 
>> was
>
>> in eighth grade. Then they were large print. but the books i have
>> purchased since then would probably pay for a college education. Well,
>> maybe a couple years. lol
>>
>> I love my book shelf. I love the feel. You are right, the heft and smell
>> are wonderful. I love to sit in the library and just enjoy. There is
>> always the hope someone you love will want to read your books. Then you
>> can share them with a special meaning.
>>
>> Don't feel bad about buying books. But I will say, we need to keep this 
>> in
>
>> check. If we spend so much on print books that we can't afford things 
>> that
>
>> would help us as people who are blind we might need help. lol
>>
>> When the Grand Kids were young, I would check books out of Grandma's
>> library. No, I rarely saw them returned but I knew where they were.
>> Henrietta
>> On Feb 18, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Lynda Lambert wrote:
>>
>>> This morning, i was checking out some books for sale on www.amazon.com
>>> and I ordered a few. I ordered books by Irene McKinney, a WV poet who
>>> passed last week. I ordered the new Dorianne Laux book; and a couple of
>>> Robert Bly books.  After I ordered them, I began to think about WHY I
>>> still order actual books for my collection. I cannot read them, of
>>> course. There is something in me, still, that needs to hold a book in my
>>> hands, feel it's heft, and it's smell, and put it on my book shelf in
>>> alpahabetical order.  Does anyone else here do this?  I am thinking that
>>> when my box of new books arrives, my husband must surely wonder why a
>>> blind person still buys books she can never read. He has never said
>>> anything about it, but he HAS to be curious. I am curious myself.
>>>
>>> Lynda
>>> Lynda Lambert
>>> 104 River Road
>>> Ellwood City, PA 16117
>>>
>>> 724 758 4979
>>>
>>> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>>> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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