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[William L Houts]

HI Barbara,

I live for these sounds, too, and for environmental sounds in general.  
family members frequently give me a kind of spooky acknowledgment for 
all of this, as if my blindness has resulted in wondrous enchanted 
powers.  I'm always saying, no, what's happened is that I've learned to 
pay greater attention to what I'm hearing than most people usually do.  
For instance, when I first went blind, I was thrilled to be introduced 
to talking books.  But I found it hard to listen to them without falling 
asleep; my attention nspan, trained for many years to be centered on my 
eyes, simply got exhausted.  Nowadays, some 16 years on, I can happily 
listen for hours without breaking a sweat or, what's worse, yawning and 
dozing off.

When I first lost my vision, I had a therapist whose job it was to guide 
me through my considerable anger at my situation.  He told me, Bill you 
will come to accept this.  No, I retorted, I will come to be resigned to 
it.  No, he said, unshakeable, I'm telling you, it's going to be all 
right with you.  Well, he was right.  I write, read, eat, enjoy cool 
breezes on our front porch.  I'm happy, most days.  Who knew?  LOL


--Bill



On 8/13/2015 4:53 AM, Barbara HAMMEL via stylist wrote:
> I love thunderstorms, too. Especially the kind of thunder that just keeps rolling and rolling. The wind, on the other hand, worries my soul. I love the sound of falling rain. I like to hear sleet, too.
> Barbara
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 12, 2015, at 22:35, EvaMarie Sanchez via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> So there are only 4 of us who have chimed in so far, but it is interesting
>> to see that we are all inspired by the weather. Especially strong weather
>> it seems. We are so cool.
>> The toddler thing kind of cracks me up Bill. I could picture it. The
>> little tyke saying something and you running to make a mental note. haha
>> Eve
>>
>> President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
>> President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
>> Committee Chair, Arizona Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Legislative Committee
>> Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Membership Committee
>> Member, Slate & Style Editing Team
>>
>> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Semirhage via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thunder storms rock. Especially when you're all cozy and inside. Here in
>>> OR we don't really get the thunder part very often. Rarely if ever did we
>>> in Southern CA, but when we were stuck in TX for 2 years I remember
>>> thinking the huge claps of thunder would terrify our bird because like me
>>> he got wigged out by the earth quakes. But he was chillin' with the
>>> thunder. Didn't flinch or complain a bit. Very cool.
>>> Sem
>>> I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed.
>>> I get along with the voices inside of my head.
>>>
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