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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Vejas and all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, hitting the water hurts or stings when it isn’t planned. I hit the water pretty hard but not enough to knock the wind from me, thanks to the floatation belt. My legs stung from it a little.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Annie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Author<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>` Making meaningful connections with others through writing `<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.annchiappetta.com</span></a> or <a href="http://www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.dldbooks.com/annchiappetta/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Blog: <a href="http://www.thought-wheel.com/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.thought-wheel.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Facebook Annie Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 5, 2019 5:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] writing prompt<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Chris, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Does it hurt when you fall in the water? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>One thing I like about surfing, as opposed to snow skiing which I have also done, is that you just land in the water without rolling down some random hill. I know the water can cushion your fall but it depends how hard you hit it! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Vejas <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On 5 Oct 2019, at 14:22, Chris Kuell via Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hey Ann,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Nice job. Water skiing is much more difficult than most people think, especially when they watch people who know how to do it skiing so gracefully. I tried twice when I was sighted, and couldn’t get up. After I went blind, a friend invited me to a clinic for blind and disabled skiers, and with instruction I was able to do it and it was a blast. We were in fresh water, though.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>One question—I don’t really get the ‘misconnection’ theme in your piece. Admittedly, I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but did I miss something?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chris</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Writers Division web site<br><a href="http://writers.nfb.org/">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br>Stylist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/alpineimagination%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/alpineimagination%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>