by julie | Mar 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
This Friday, 27 March, 2015, I will have been blind for 18 blooming years! To celebrate I will be spending the day at Eden Flowers, 235 King Edward Street, South Dunedin where I will be giving out more of those blooming truffles as well as hot pink gerbera’s with Eco...
by julie | Mar 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Good morning Blind Wisdom seekers! Do you think that death has a smell? For me, it’s around the smell of the celebration of a life i.e. a funeral. I’ve been to many funerals in my life. Some happy, some sad, some tragic, some inevitable but in the main the smell is...
by julie | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Top of the morning to ya this bright and sunny St Patrick’s morning. The Blarney Stone (Irish: Cloch na Blarnan) is a block of Carboniferous limestone[1] built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) from Cork, Ireland. According to...
by julie | Mar 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Good morning blind wisdom seekers! I’ve been selected as a finalist in the Blind Foundation’s Star Awards and about to hop on a plane to Auckland so this week’s wisdoms come to you a day early. I don’t know what I would have done without the Foundation when I went...
by julie | Mar 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Well, what can I say. Life before going to Government House seems forgotten! 2 magical hours of marvellous magnificence that can only be described as a dream come true! I was asked to speak at Government House on Monday night as part of the Blind Foundation’s 125...
by julie | Feb 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
What’s audio description I hear you ask? It’s the non verbal action that is described for the vision impaired community either on TV or at the theatre! I could have said radio too but as you know, radio is already accessible to the blind! Ha ha! The idea is to give...
by julie | Feb 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Good Wednesday afternoon Blind Wisdom seekers! Last year when I was speaking in Ranfurly at an event, there was a lady in the audience who came up to me afterwards and asked if I would like to be their celebrity guest as part of the Rural Women’s Triple F Challenge...
by julie | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Greetings blind wisdom seekers! Another year older and wiser? Well, others can be the judge of that! I was always grateful to my mother for hanging on 14 days to give me a February birthday! I don’t know why but I just was. Born at 11 pm on February 1, 1966, at Red...
by julie | Jan 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Happy New year Blind Wisdom seekers! I hope 2015 is being kind to all your senses! For me, our gift has been the glorious feel of the sunshine on my back and the fulfilling job of having a skip to go with it! We’re in the process of cleansing our house for sale, after...
by julie | Dec 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Chocolate coated Christmas greetings to you all and thank you for following the Blind Wisdom blog this year! I hope you are in for loads of merriment over the festive season and don’t forget big joy can come disguised in little packages! One of the highlights at...
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