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 see, Maurice[.....]

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 said he[.....]

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 jobs[.....]

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,[.....]