The short answer is no, but then I cannot speak for all blind people, just myself, it is entirely possible that there is someone out there with Daredevil-like super-senses but alas, that person is not me. However the long answer to this question is still no, but also, maybe? This is one of those questions […]
I Am Blind. I have been for most of my life in fact. But, according to some, I am not blind, but something else. Perhaps blind-ish? Visually-impaired? Vision deficient? What I have come to realize, after a lifetime of dealing with my low-vision and others perceptions of it, is that blindness, like so many disabilities, […]
“You deserve to take up space, just like everyone else.” I heard this said on a podcast that I was listening to the other day. The podcast is called Be My Eyes. It is produced by the folks behind the Be My Eyes app. This app is used to connect the blind with volunteers who […]
The Apple iPad. There really has not been anything like it since its introduction in 2010. When it was first announced, I was genuinely excited about it. I was excited to the extent that I went to Best Buy and waited for the store to open to get one of the very first ones sold […]
My daughter pointed this video out to me on YouTube and I was just blown away by it. It features the first computer to ever “sing” via programming. This was in the year 1961, the computer was an IBM 7094, and the song was “Daisy Bell”, also know as “Bicycle Built for Two.” It really […]
contrast \ ˈkän-ˌtrast: degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture What a simple term “contrast” is. Yet, as a highly visually impaired person, this simple thing can make a tremendous difference in my day-to-day life. Whether it be spotting a white bathroom door on a white wall in a dimly […]
Title: The Dark That DwellsAuthors: Ryan Roddy & Matt DigmanFormat: I read the Kindle eBook Synopsis from Author’s Website:In a galaxy far from their birthplace, humanity survives, raised from ruin by the only god whose name they remember. As their civilization expands across the stars once more, wondrous knowledge awaits them: pathways through space and […]
A little bit late but still great, here is my reading update for the month of April. I read a grand total of 10 books and 4,381 pages during the month. This was a great month for me and might have been my best month in years as far as statistics are concerned. It was […]
According to Goodreads, I finished 9 books in March which put me at 23 total for the year towards my goal of 100 books total in the year. That was 3,211 pages for the month. My intention this year is to finish and/or make progress on the numerous series that I have started. In looking […]
Even though the state government has relaxed their orders around gatherings during the pandemic, we are continuing our church time at home. Meeting with my dad and the kids has felt so important in order to continue building the foundataion that we have been building. This foundation is a solid understanding of who Jesus was […]
