A Book Review: “Deadly Outbreaks” by A.M. Levitt, PhD
December 1, 2013 Phewww. It’s cold outside! This precious pic is my five-year-old grandson snuggled with a furry raccoon stuffed animal and wearing a soft and cuddly raccoon hat. For his nap. He knows...
View ArticleI’m back… Living with low vision
April 30, 2016 It has been awhile…. I gave posting a low priority as I learned to deal more and more with a diagnosis of low vision. Never heard of it? Me either. Until I was diagnosed with it. Over...
View ArticleBono and me…my orange lenses are not a fashion statement
May 1, 2016 A new identity. One with which I share something in common with Bono, tho it would take years before I would realize that. After more medical tests than I could keep track of, and literally...
View Article“Mother Earth living” and turmeric: I tried it and wished FDA regulated the...
May 2, 2016 People living with low vision trip a lot, stumble, and invariably too often fall, leaving them to seek solutions for the effects, which for me included trying turmeric for joint...
View ArticleWhat I saw on the last day I could see
May 3, 2016 Well, you may have heard people talk about–at least in the movies or on TV–what they were doing on a particular day before something significant happened to them or something important...
View ArticleWhy now?: The point of talking about low vision
May 4, 2016 I retired this past year. It is early, but I could, and so I did. Doing so allows me time to pursue projects I could not otherwise have done. It lets me quit worrying about whether I can...
View ArticleMy First Low Vision Device–An eye patch: “Ahoy, Matie” [and why pirates wore...
May 7, 2016 I woke up on a lovely Pennsylvania fall Saturday morning and something was not quite right. It took a bit for me to realize that my left eye wasn’t seeing… Well, it was seeing a little....
View ArticleThe U.S. National Eye Institute’s Intro to Low Vision
May 10, 2016 The National Eye Institute has the following video on the homepage:
View ArticleFace mask or food deserts–one in the same?
August 13, 2020 Post Hurricane Hanna, Matagorda, TX Remember when public health folks realized that it doesn’t do much good to promote eating fruits and vegetables if fruits and vegetables are not...
View ArticleWho’s Participating in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
August 14, 2020 Post Hurricane Hanna surge at Matagorda Bay beach Storm surge goes with hurricanes, but the storm surging in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic far outlives and outdistances the length...
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