By Helen Kobek | From BayLines Express, April, 2021 Is anything (besides chocolate) more satisfying than chowing down on a hearty, healthy, fresh salad? Yes! How about chowing down on a salad made of just-picked vegetables from your own garden? Whether it’s grown in your community garden plot or in space around your house, it’s … Read more
By Jerry Berrier | From BayLines Express, March, 2021 I am an Access Technology Director at the Perkins School for the Blind. I have been an ACB member since 1982. I have been learning, and often re-learning bird sounds since I was 19 years old. I have used professionally recorded training guides, lists of mnemonics … Read more
By Emily Luz | From BayLines Express, February, 2021 I am a missionary, professional artist/writer and technology expert. I have been an advocate for the blind for the past thirty-four years. I was born with optic nerve gliomas, rendering me legally blind in both eyes with a vision of about 20/800. I was mainstreamed in … Read more
By Barbara Black | From BayLines Express, January, 2021 I live in western Massachusetts. A retired early childhood educator and public school administrator, I am totally un-athletic, and something of a wimp. Also, I have Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and haven’t had any usable vision for at least 25 years. So, why am I writing about … Read more
By Brian Charlson, President, Bay State Council of the Blind | From BayLines Express, December, 2020 2020, a year that should have been all about literal vision, became a year filled with everything but that. Racial inequality, economic imbalance, health care shortcomings and frightening trends in our weather have all taken front stage, leaving very … Read more
Bay State Council of the Blind 57 Grandview Avenue Watertown, MA 02472 Phone: 773-572-6312 www.acbofma.org President: Brian Charlson 617-926-9198 president@acbofma.org Editor: Bob Hachey 781-893-6251 bhachey@verizon.net Assistant Editors: Dianna Leonard, Steve Dresser, Jerry Berrier, and Judy Savageau BayLines is published three times per year in large print, via e-mail, and on the Web. … Read more
On Friday evening June 21, the BSCB Social Committee hosted our first ever Story Slam at the Carroll Center. About 25 persons attended, and 15 story tellers regaled the crowd with sometimes funny and sometimes poignant tales. How did it work? A story slam is an opportunity to tell a favorite story to a crowd. … Read more
February 25, 2016 From the Editor Welcome to BayLines Express, the brand new monthly news digest of the Bay State Council of the Blind (BSCB). This is our inaugural issue. BayLines Express is intended to get news to you about recent and upcoming events of interest to BSCB members. It will be coming out on … Read more
