This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column. I went to a wake on Friday night. I wasn’t very eager about going, of course. But as I entered the funeral home, I was greeted by a packed room. People were laughing, chatting, and hugging. I immediately thought, “How perfect!” You[.....]
This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column. The waiter came over to us and handed me a note. A friend and I were at a restaurant having dinner, laughing and exchanging animated stories. The note said, “The man that was sitting behind you earlier paid for your tab and[.....]
This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column. I featured a local deaf student in a recent issue of the magazine DEAF SUCCESS. Last Saturday, one of her classmates came up to me and said, “I’m angry! Nobody ever told me about this magazine! I wish I knew so I[.....]
This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column. For about two years, I was on a constant high. I discovered Home & Garden TV (HGTV) a few years ago when Mom, who’s an interior designer, was watching a show that actually was captioned. Within five minutes, I understood why paint[.....]
This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column. This issue featured a “topic issue” with articles answering this question: Who Should the Next President of Gallaudet Be? The ideal Gallaudet president, for me, must have firsthand knowledge about the university’s impact upon the deaf community–as a child, as a student,[.....]