[stylist] what I've been reading...

[Chris Kuell]

Hey Jackie,

No, I'm totally blind, and read exclusively by audio books. I know braille, 
but read at a snails pace. I have both a tape player and digital book player 
in my kitchen, so I listen to magazines primarily when I'm cooking and 
cleaning and eating lunch (Newsweek, Choice, Braille Monitor, The writer, 
Dialogue). I have a VR Stream for downloading books from NLS, and I listen 
when doing housework, gardening, sometimes in the evening if my family is 
engaged in stupid TV, and every night before bed. I'm also a bit of an 
insomniac, so it's not uncommon for me to lay in bed listening to a book at 
4 in the morning. I do read a bit faster than the average person would like 
to listen, but not so fast I can't pick up all that's going on. And with 
non-fiction, sometimes I'll go back and re-read sections to be sure I 
understand what's been read.

Having free audio books and the time to read them is number one on my list 
of benefits of being blind.

chris