It's a Cat's Life
Peggy Elliott plays with Sheriff
It's A Cat's Life
by Peggy Elliott
From the Editor: Having just enjoyed a little story that talks about mice,
you now have an opportunity to consider cats. The following story is reprinted
from Remember to Feed the Kittens, the sixteenth in the NFB's Kernel Book series
of paperbacks intended to educate the public about blindness. Peggy Elliott
tackles the job from a slightly different perspective. The article begins with
First You Have to Ask
Don Morris
First You Have to Ask . . .
by Donald J. Morris
From the Editor: Don Morris serves as President of the NFB's Merchants Division.
He is a longtime leader of the Federation and a businessman with a flare for
selling. In recent months he has been helping with our capital campaign. His
experience is instructive and should encourage us all as we invite others to
help change what it means to be blind.
If the program was "Jeopardy,"
Recipes
Recipes
This month's recipes have been provided by members of the NFB of Alaska.
Indian Fry Bread
by Carolyn Peter
Carolyn Peter is the Director of the Alaska Center for the Blind. She has
lived in Alaska since 1966 and has been a member of the NFB since 1992. She
learned this recipe from her Athabaskan mother-in-law.
Ingredients:
2
cups flour
1/4
cup sugar
a
pinch salt
water
Method: Combine first three ingredients,
Description of Image in Braille Monitor
We can see down the length of the Materials Center, which is completely empty.
The ceiling tiles are down so that the lights can be seen hanging from long
cables with duct work visible above them.
Mowing the Lawn
Tom Bickford
Mowing the Lawn
by Thomas Bickford
From the Editor: Tom Bickford is a frequent contributor to these pages.
He takes his Federationism seriously. Here he talks about mowing the lawn. This
is what he says:
When I was ten years old, I didn't care
who mowed the lawn as long as it was someone else. My parents had a different
idea about it, so I pushed the lawn mower around and cut the grass. Yes, that
Gelding the Bull or Shoveling the Manure
Lisa Mauldin
Gelding the Bull or Shoveling the Manure...It just Depends
on your Perspective
by Lisa LaNell Mauldin
From the Editor: Lisa Mauldin is a Federationist
who lives in Alabama. On April 6 she read an editorial in New York Newsday which
annoyed her. She undertook a good deal of research before sitting down to respond.
She first sent her article to the paper, inviting the editorial staff to use
A Fundamental Lesson
Michael Bailiff
A Fundamental Lesson
by Michael Baillif
From the Editor: Michael Baillif was a 1984 NFB scholarship winner. He had
just graduated from high school. Even then it was clear that with the help of
the NFB he was going places. Michael graduated from Claremont McKenna College,
used a Watson Fellowship to travel around Europe, received his J.D. from Yale
Law School, and earned an LLM at Georgetown. Today he is back in Washington,
Cat-and-Mouse Games
Lynn Mattioli
Cat-and-Mouse Games
by Lynn Mattioli
From the Editor: Lynn Mattioli was a 1987 NFB scholarship
winner. The following story of compassion and daring-do first appeared in Reflecting
the Flame, the seventeenth in the Kernel Book series of paperbacks we publish
to educate the public about the abilities of blind people. It begins with President
Maurer's introduction:
Not all of us have what it takes to stalk
Between Kindness and Honesty
Gary Wunder
Between Kindness and Honesty
by Gary Wunder
From the Editor: Gary Wunder is a Member of the Board of Directors of the
National Federation of the Blind. He is also a wise and gentle man who is not
above using subterfuge to acquire the information he wants. The story he tells
about his need to know appeared in Reflecting the Flame, the seventeenth in
the NFB's Kernel Book series. Here it is, beginning with President Maurer's
introduction:
Being a Role Model is a Responsibility
David House
Being a Role Model Is a Responsibility He Takes Seriously
by Steve Dolan
From the Editor: David House is Treasurer of the East
San Diego Chapter of the NFB of California. The following article appeared in
the August 31, 1999, edition of the Daily Californian.
As David House sits behind the desk of his office here,
he speaks about a vision he has as manager for House Properties. David would