14 Nov

DISAPPEARING OBJECTS

I remember when I was in my 40's knowing that I was in "mid-life" when I needed those drugstore reading glasses. I call it the good old...
28 Nov

MY DAD

Ken always says that when someone in the family has eye disease, the whole family is affected. That was certainly the case for my famil...
28 Nov

CLUTTER BUGS

"Clutter bugs" have the biggest challenge, I think, in living with low vision. The more things on the table, the more like wallpaper th...
29 Nov

RECOGNIZING FACES

One of the most annoying aspects of having macular disease is losing the ability to recognize faces. With macular problems, your sharpe...
30 Nov

INTRODUCING OUR BLOG

Beginning this blog is highly personal. While Ken is engaged with it, the writing is my project. It feels natural to begin sharing my t...
11 Dec

MEETING TECHNOLOGY

I have found it interesting to explore with different people I meet the point when they decide to look into electronic reading machines...
11 Dec

THE WHITE CANE

People who feel at risk for falls or insecure about bumping into things, either in their apartment or outside in the world, should cont...
21 Dec

COURAGE

I think we all benefit from a good dose of courage. It challenges a person to the core to lose the ability to see the million daily det...
01 Jan

HAPPY NEW YEAR

A Blue Moon welcomed a new decade last night, and no peek could be had from the rainy northwest. I did manage to reflect on the wild ri...
07 Jan

PRESCRIPTION GLASSES

I so clearly remember when the bubble burst on my notion that the optometrist could fix everything with his glasses magic. "This is as ...
10 Feb

CONTRAST ENHANCING FILTERS

I have an abiding interest that people who are living with vision impairment investigate contrast enhancing eye wear, certain specific ...
30 May

MAGNIFYING ON THE GO

Several people have suggested I write more product reviews in these pages. Readers are correctly getting the idea that I use a lot of d...
21 Aug

THE GIRL WITH THE FOCUS CONUNDRUM

My world is full of puzzles as I seek a semblance of clear vision. I am determined to do what I love to do, at the moment I want to do ...
05 Nov

DON’T START A FIRE

Anyone who purchases a hand-held magnifier from us will receive in their box a sheet of information about the Lifetime Warranty that co...
29 Nov

IN MEMORIAM

Marjorie Sundvahl Newton passed away on April 30, 2010. She was 94 years old. She was my mother and the love of my life. I have been ab...
01 Dec

MOTIVATION IS EVERYTHING

Motivation is everything as a person adapts to a life with diminished vision. It takes motivation to find low vision aids in the first ...
12 Aug

IS A BIGGER MONITOR BETTER?

Now that LCD monitors, for the TV, the computer and for the CCTV, come in all sizes, is bigger better when it comes to low vision? N...
17 Aug

TIPS FOR WRITING UNDER A CCTV

Here are my tips to get the hang of writing under a CCTV: Go into the Photo Mode of your CCTV Take magnification down to its lowest...
26 Dec

CHICKEN CHRISTMAS 2011

When I took the plunge and got a small flock of chickens a year ago, I was thinking I was pretty smart to get different breeds and colo...
01 Mar

ACCESSWORLD REVIEW OF IBIS

Access World has just published a review of the IBIS HD. John Rempel authored a thoughtful review, acknowledging IBIS HD on a national,...
15 Oct

GOOD DIRT

I remember when I was little that I loved being in the dirt. I suspect like most kids I probably tried to eat it, too. 2012 was the ...
08 Dec

SEEING CLOSE-IN

I get excited when I have an experience that is a metaphor life with low vision. Why the excitement? I’m not sure. Possibly new metapho...
04 Mar

MAGNIFYING ON THE GO

It’s time for another installment of this occasional series about especially handy magnification aids to take with you. People still li...
09 May

CREATING CLARITY

I always say that clutter on a table is like wallpaper. You set something down on a table where lots of other objects are left, and the...
04 May

GROWING WINGS

No matter what motivates someone to try our devices, that motivation is like a master key to a new world where gains, not losses, rule ...
14 Jan

WINTER KNITTING PROJECT

It is already ANOTHER year!! Where does the time go? With winter in Vancouver in full swing, I am obsessed with my knitting! I am ma...
11 Sep

WEBSITE UPDATES

As the seasons turn, life continues to hold mysteries. Ken and I have renewed our website once again. This time the change makes the we...
19 Oct

TOO MUCH ACTUAL LIVING I GUESS!

I have not posted a blog for way too long. Too much actual living I guess! The backyard garden has made spring and summer fly, now w...
19 Dec

ORCAM MYEYE 2

OrCam MyEye 2 The OrCam MyEye 2 has come in time to dazzle us for the holidays. It is truly a breakthrough in technology. The two...
13 Mar

THE GOOD EYE

The Good Eye Smack dab in the middle of my visual field, in the eye I absolutely depend on, a cataract has been growing for some yea...
17 Apr

A PERFECT GETAWAY

Earlier this month, Ken and I took an anniversary retreat to an isolated peninsula on the Washington coast. We delighted in fresh razor...
24 Jun

PERFECT LIGHT

Perfect Light Everyone confronting diminishing vision at some point turns to the hunt for perfect light. People identify perfect lig...
13 Dec

SEASON TO CELEBRATE!

A Holiday Wish The holidays are right around the corner, and a new decade is about to begin! Ken and I decided to toast this eventfu...
15 Apr

COPING WITH A NOVEL VIRUS

Last Saturday Ken and I celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary. We did our best to honor the occasion. Admittedly, our hearts are heav...
20 Dec

END OF 21

Another year closes. The holidays are upon us. What a year it has been for just about everyone we know. Since its earliest days in t...