This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column.
I remember being a teenager and having to wait for weeks for letters from a boy I liked in Washington, DC, and from another boy in England (we won’t discuss how many crushes I had in high school)–the wait was almost unbearable. I[.....]

This article originally appeared in Community Voice, March 2004.

One cannot help but marvel at the majestic designs of some of the buildings in Faribault. Driving through town, it’s easy to conjure up images of days long gone, buildings richly filled with stories. It is no wonder, then, that Olof Hanson, one of Minnesota’s very own[.....]

This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column.
Basketball season is coming to an end, and there’s been something bugging me about the past season: the cheerleaders.
One of the most overlooked aspects of any basketball game or tournament is the cheerleading squad. We all take them for granted: smiling faces,[.....]

This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column.
Reality is harsh sometimes, especially if you’re a newcomer to a community.
I have two late-deafened friends. One is a New Yorker who has progressive hearing loss and is in absolute love with her new language and culture. The other friend, currently doing an[.....]

This originally appeared in The Tactile Mind Weekly in Trudy’s ON HAND column.
A friend of mine told me once he always gets irritated by how hearing people at deaf schools immediately start signing whenever a deaf person enters the room or walks by. “It’s so ridiculous,” he said, “Why do they immediately pick up[.....]