I can't say that I live right in a deep dark forest, but all I have to
do is to step out my back door and walk uphill a few yards until I come
to a deep dark woods that continues to the top of a mountain where there
is a gas pipeline and a cell phone tower. The walk uphill all the way
makes it seem a lot farther than it is. Nevertheless, I haven't made
that climb for years. The coyotes have taken over the woods. I can hear
them up there every night. I have to keep warning my two cats to stay
near the house. Coyotes love to snack on cats. Ironically, with that
cell phone tower right above me I am still using a land line phone. A
cell phone should work excellently right here underneath the tower.
_________________________________________________________________
Isaac Asimov
“Don't you believe in flying saucers, they ask me? Don't you believe in
telepathy? — in ancient astronauts? — in the Bermuda triangle? — in life after
death?
No, I reply. No, no, no, no, and again no.
One person recently, goaded into desperation by the litany of unrelieved negation, burst
out "Don't you believe in anything?"
Yes", I said. "I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement,
and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how
wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous
something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.”
― Isaac Asimov
On 10/24/2018 12:21 PM, Evan Reese wrote:
Living in the deep, dark, forest Carl? I hate you!
Just kidding. Actually, I envy you. But my life partner can't see well enough to drive, so living in a forest isn't really a feasible option for us.
In all seriousness, I'm happy for you. I can imagine that is quite a place, especially in high summer with the crickets in full song. That must be something to hear.
Evan
-----Original Message----- From: Carl Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 11:50 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: New member
Hello and welcome, Mary.
If you have a natural curiosity and a sense of adventure, you've come
to the right list. We do try hard to stay on target and not fall into
name calling, as happens on the ACB chat list at times. But a good
sense of humor and a moderately thick skin, and you'll soon be right
at home.
As for me, besides being Carl Jarvis, I am a self proclaimed
Progressive, an Agnostic, and 83 years old. My wife and I provide
services to older blind and low vision folks on the Great Olympic
Peninsula, through our organization named, Peninsula Rehabilitation
Services. We've been at it almost 24 years and have worked with well
over 3,000 clients. I'm totally blind...for the past 55 years. Cathy
and I work as a team since living here in the deep, dark forest does
not allow a blind man the ability to travel to many of our clients
alone.
And just for the record, eating, sleeping, working, vacationing and
breathing the same air day after day finds us still deeply in love
with one another.
Carl Jarvis
(PS. Cathy's horse is down this morning. She's called the vet and is
trying to get him up and moving. I was going to buy a new keyboard
today, but it's looking as if I'll have to make do with these sticky
keys for a while longer.)
On 10/23/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Mary,
This list is suddenly becoming busy. We've acquired two new members and
will, I believe, be acquiring another one. It's an ill wind that blows no
good, they say. I do believe we can thank Mr. Trump for the rejuvenation of
this list. At any rate, I'll forward one of the Real News Network digests to
the list. It's a website which has excellent little news videos that you can
listen to and also, there's a text of each one, I believe. I'll forward one
of the digests. You go to the heading of the story in which you're
interested, which is also a link, and then, you move down until you find a
play button and press enter. If you find the website, you can sign up for
your own digests. The website is in Baltimore. Its founder, Paul Jay, comes
from Canada, and it does national, international, and local Baltimore news.
Some of my favorite people are on there: max Blumenthal, Ben Norton, Dean
Baker, etc.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Mary Otten
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 8:44 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] New member
Hi folks,
I just joined this list, of whose existence I had no idea until a friend
forwarded me a book recommendation from one of the BARD lists, where this
list was mentioned. I recognize Miriam's name from the bookshare list of
many years ago. We liked lots of the same books on political/historical
topics. Anyway, I joined out of curiosity to see what the list was like.
I've seen a couple posts, one of which mentioned the real news network, with
which I am not familiar. what is it?
Mary
