Wednesday’s blind wisdoms – you are invited to
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...
Wednesday’s blind wisdoms – the smell of death
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...
Kiss me – I’m Irish!
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...
Tuesday’s blind wisdoms!
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...
Wednesday’s blind wisdoms – speaking at Government House!
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...
Wednesday’s blind wisdoms – what’s audio description?
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...
Wednesday’s blind wisdoms – Training for the trail!
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...
Wednesday’s blind birthday wisdoms!
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...
Wednesday’s blind wisdoms – the feel of letting go!
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...
Merry Braille Christmas from the Blind Wisdom blog!
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...