Good morning blind wisdom seekers Who remembers the sound of dial up? My nephew certainly does, as do I! When I went blind in 1997 the internet was only arriving to the average household in New Zealand. I had, however, worked on computers in the 80’s so now that I...

Oops – I did the dreaded control enter, which in blind language is send! All without adding the recipe I was talking about in the last post! So, with apologies and love, here’s the recipe I baked at the weekend! This recipe made enough for me to drop sufficient...

10 things I have smelt, heard, tasted and touched in the last week: 1 the feel of thawed flaky pastry as I placed it in a baking tin at the weekend! The photo is for an upcoming recipe in the Blind Foundation’s Outlook magazine! Look out for it real soon! 2 the sound...

Here are 10 things my senses are grateful for this week! 1 the sound of the OARsome morning show music playing yesterday morning as Ron and I got ready to host the show for Jeff! Scary! Also the sound of our guest Pat Macaulay talking about our recent Rail Trail...

After making my truffles at an event in Middlemarch last week, I was in the Kissing gate café the next morning with one of the event organisers Joan Wilson. Sitting at a table nearby was Liz, the local school bus driver, who had attended the event I had spoken at the...

I said WHY NOT to going down the hydro slide here in Dunedin. I went with my walking buddy and friend Jo on Sunday afternoon. It’s pretty full on and when I was wwalking up to the top of the slide I thought “what the hell am I doing?” “What happens if I break...

Every time I say WHY NOT to an adventure, I record One thing a day I smell, hear, taste and touch. Below is my sensory diary for the Triple F Challenge – Fun, fitness and fellowship cycling along the Otago Rail Trail with Rural Women NZ which Ron and I did at the...

Good Wednesday afternoon blind wisdom seekers Yippy! Ultra fast broadband is up again this week so the wisdoms can get through! Wow wee! Yesterday I had a very powerful connection through one of my senses. I was making a fish pie for tea and in the process I peeled...

Good morning blind wisdom seekers! On Sunday I walked along Dunedin’s town belt as part of an 8.2 km event called Town Traverse! I’ve done loads of walking events before, but there was something different about this one. Maybe it was the magnificent views of the city...

Happy birthday to me Happy birthday to me Happy birthday that blind woman Happy birthday to me! Thank you thank you thank you to all those who have been there to help me in my first 18 years as a blind person! If you’ve responded to this blog, or listened to me speak,...