Good afternoon Blind Wisdom Seekers! I was going to post a photo of me as the Christmas Pudding Truffle brailling up Christmas cards but I don’t quite have enough skills to download from the camera and upload the right photo yet!!! So, I’ve decided to wait until...

On Sunday we picked up our Christmas tree from our favourite Dunedin drug and alcohol rehab house and Christmas tree provider - Moana House! Trees are sold outside their premises on High Street and have been so for 27 years as their annual fund raiser. The reason we...

This year I have written to Santa! In braille of course and sent it to one of his elves at the Blind Foundation! It’s been a while since I’ve been able to write to him and I was wondering what I would say! What does a 48 year old blind woman ask Santa for??? I gave it...

Good morning Blind Wisdom Seekers! My mother turned 75 last year and for her birthday we put on a party and I gave her a card with an over sized braille “B” on it – B for Betty! She responded with “I must get better with my braille” Yes you must I thought. But how...

Good morning Blind wisdom seekers! I know I’m back in New Zealand when I participate in a 12 km walk along Dunedin’s coastline in the Coastal Challenge! The latter word we only noticed once we had finished the race. I must say my sister was lured by the muffin at the...

Good morning blind wisdom seekers – I’m back! We did it! Who would have thought? On the way home from the bi-centennial celebrations of Louis Braille’s birth in Paris in January 2009, Ron and I came home through Egypt and Jordan! Egypt? Jordan? “Can you imagine me in...

Good morning blind wisdom seekers! Well, with my bag half packed, I’m nearly ready to head off on my South American adventure! I was out speaking to a group of students at Taieri College yesterday and I was telling them “who would have thought that someone could go...

Good morning blind wisdom seekers! It always amuses me the way some people tell you how it must be fore you. How do they know? Could they possibly have access to my sub conscious? Or am I that transparent? I’ve always been told I have an expressive face, but is it...

Good morning all! Wow – I forgot yesterday’s blind wisdoms! Blame the new moon energy! It’s playing havoc on everything! Has anyone else noticed the last 36 hours chaotic? Anyway, apart from that - Have you ever noticed how when you step into a church that they are...

Good morning Blind Wisdom seekers! You’ve heard of the Life of Brian right? Well now we have the sound of Brian! Audio Description is a service delivered by Able and it enables blind people to view television with additional support. In the non verbal, or particularly...