Living The Questions

This is a youtube video of a deaf Chinese dance troupe. It's awesome and beautiful.

For those of us who cannot hear, phone communication poses a huge challenge. When we are late-deafened, it is sometimes difficult for others...

Recently our local ALDA president asked me to write about my experience of trying to get accommodations for my son's high school graduat...

Last week while digging through a pile of old books I came across a great mystery I'd read long ago called A Maiden's Grave by Jeffr...

Last night, my brother made the grievous error of calling me hearing-impaired. I didn't mean to jump down his throat, but I hate that te...

The Medieval Festival. Ever since I went to the Medieval Festival last Saturday I have been thinking about how difficult it would have been ...

My Top Five Hearing Aid Hate List: 1. Noise distortion. A) Over--amplification in frequency ranges where I don't need it. B) Under-ampli...

I found a YouTube surprise. This is a D-E-A-F band called Beethoven's Nightmare. Notice they don't sing much, but they DO sign to th...

I went to see The Flying Dutchman on Sunday. I know some of you might be wondering why I would be interested in the opera since I cannot hea...

Today's post is about deaf art and audism. The picture above, painted by Susan Dupor, is titled "Family Dog". The girl on the ...

Yesterday a deaf friend came over to check out my son's waterbed that we're planning to drain and dispose of since he's moving i...

I'm fussy. Yesterday I went to lunch with an old friend, meaning someone I've known a long time. She's no older than me really. ...

When you lose your hearing, one of the first problems you must learn to deal with is telling complete strangers all the time, everywhere you...

I was probably no older than three the first time I saw someone wearing hearing aids. It was, for some reason, one of those unexplained luci...

So Here is it Readers. The Most Challenged List of 2006 compiled by the American Library Association. "(They) reflect a range of themes...

Since I mentioned book challenging yesterday I thought it might be fun to post the top 100 most challenged list of the past decade from 1990...

Now that my library program is over I've decided to use this blog for personal ranting and raving. . . I have been spending a LOT of tim...