By Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, April, 2024 I’ve not been much of a gamer. I have had no interest in roleplay or action games. Several years ago, I purchased some of the Blindfold games. I enjoyed Solitaire, but it’s not a game I would play often. Sudoku was just too hard. Several times … Read more
By Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, March, 2024 Along with Jerry Berrier and Jane Perry, I worked on the handouts for medical establishments about how to support blind patients. They are now on the BSCB website at https://acbofma.org/healthcare-guidelines. Recently I had my initial appointment with a new (to me) primary care physician. My antennas … Read more
by Myra Ross and Cindy Wentz | From BayLines Express, February, 2024 Only one BSCB member contacted me (Myra Ross) with a health-related New Year’s resolution. I added a blurb of my own. From Cindy Wentz: My top resolution for 2024 continues to be physical fitness and overall good health. And it’s the hardest one to … Read more
by David Kingsbury | From BayLines Express, December, 2023 2023 has been a year of notable accomplishments for BSCB, as well as for the Massachusetts blindness community as a whole. I said it at our Spring Convention and I will say it here again: BSCB was the only organization in the Massachusetts blindness community to … Read more
By Jennifer Harnish | From BayLines Express, November, 2023 On March 8, 2023, my daughter Celia and her boyfriend Jasper began their 2,198 mile thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail (A.T.). In A.T. lingo, they were doing a Nobo (Northbound) thru-hike, beginning at Springer Mountain in Georgia with the goal of ending at the top of … Read more
By Sharon Strzalkowski | From BayLines Express, October 2023 With some trepidation, I decided a couple of months ago to fly for the first time since before the pandemic. I wanted to go to a blindness retreat called Candle in the Window. My hesitation was not concerning Covid but, rather, how much help I would … Read more
By Nona Haroyan | From BayLines Express, September, 2023 This summer I tried kayaking for the first time. How hard could it be? Sit in a little boat with an experienced guide and paddle around a lake. Well to my complete disgust, I learned pretty quickly, that I had deluded myself into thinking that I … Read more
By Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, August, 2023 This article comes from my memories and a few minutes of research. It is not an exhaustive history of NLS. “This book is continued on the other side of this record.” It was time to turn the record over on the big, heavy, gray, Talking Book … Read more
By DeAnn Elliott During the Bay State Council of the Blind’s annual convention held May 20th, the organization presented its 2023 Community Access Award to Joseph Kolb, an orientation and mobility (O and M) specialist at the Carroll Center for the Blind. Many BSCB members are among the more than 1000 clients who have benefitted … Read more
By Pam Loch | From BayLines Express, June, 2023 I learned to weave when I was living in Rochester, New York. I participated in weaving classes there for many years and then at The Worcester Center for Crafts once I moved to Massachusetts. I have sold some of my weaving pieces but mostly have woven for … Read more
