It was a dark and stormy day when my friend Dale Enstrom and I started out to do errands. We were both tired. The night before, we did three hours of music in a teaching concert for the junior and senior high youth of Calvary Chapel, Laguna Creek, in preparation
Month: March 2011
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There are a few significant people in my life who made such an impression on me that I remember the exact moment I first laid eyes on them. Jim Salinas was not one of them. It wasn’t that he was bland; he was a springy, jaunty, compact blonde guy with
I love visiting puppy raising clubs for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Hearing them talk about issues with the puppies gives me insights into the process of creating the dogs who become guides. I am always surprised at how much work it is, and how willingly these volunteers give their
When I was training to get my guide, Hedy, Debbie Kraimer was receiving her second dog. As a Retrain, she knew what it was like to live “the guide dog lifestyle,” and she impressed me with her knowledge of Access Laws and wisdom about the surprising kinds of encounters that
I’d been emailing Kathy Ulm for over a year—ever since my son Thomas gave me her contact information. He’d met her at a Disabilities Awareness Faire event in Sacramento. When he saw the puppy, he figured I’d want to talk with her. Until that time, I didn’t know that Canine