It’s Time to Make Him a Saint
By Dennis Polselli | From BayLines Express, May, 2023 This may be an unusual column for Bay Lines, but I think the subject is familiar to you all. Lately I’ve been reading a book: Caution Blind Priest...
View ArticleA Weaver’s Journey
By Pam Loch | From BayLines Express, June, 2023 I learned to weave when I was living in Rochester, New York. I participated in weaving classes there for many years and then at The Worcester Center for...
View ArticleMobility Man
By DeAnn Elliott During the Bay State Council of the Blind’s annual convention held May 20th, the organization presented its 2023 Community Access Award to Joseph Kolb, an orientation and mobility (O...
View ArticleTalking Book Retrospective
By Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, August, 2023 This article comes from my memories and a few minutes of research. It is not an exhaustive history of NLS. “This book is continued on the other side...
View ArticleGetting the Competitive Juices Flowing
By Nona Haroyan | From BayLines Express, September, 2023 This summer I tried kayaking for the first time. How hard could it be? Sit in a little boat with an experienced guide and paddle around a lake....
View ArticleMy Recent Adventure in Flying
By Sharon Strzalkowski | From BayLines Express, October 2023 With some trepidation, I decided a couple of months ago to fly for the first time since before the pandemic. I wanted to go to a blindness...
View ArticleMiles Apart, Close at Heart: Keeping Up with My Daughter’s Appalachian Trail...
By Jennifer Harnish | From BayLines Express, November, 2023 On March 8, 2023, my daughter Celia and her boyfriend Jasper began their 2,198 mile thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail (A.T.). In A.T. lingo,...
View ArticleRecapping 2023 and Looking Ahead
by David Kingsbury | From BayLines Express, December, 2023 2023 has been a year of notable accomplishments for BSCB, as well as for the Massachusetts blindness community as a whole. I said it at our...
View Article2024 Fitness Resolutions
by Myra Ross and Cindy Wentz | From BayLines Express, February, 2024 Only one BSCB member contacted me (Myra Ross) with a health-related New Year’s resolution. I added a blurb of my own. From Cindy...
View ArticleA Positive Healthcare Experience
By Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, March, 2024 Along with Jerry Berrier and Jane Perry, I worked on the handouts for medical establishments about how to support blind patients. They are now on the...
View ArticleAccessible Puzzle Games
By Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, April, 2024 I’ve not been much of a gamer. I have had no interest in roleplay or action games. Several years ago, I purchased some of the Blindfold games. I...
View ArticleFeeling Portraits
By Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, May, 2024 Thanks to an e-mail I received from Mary Haroyan and a comprehensive feature story I heard on WAMC Northeast Public radio out of Albany, New York, my...
View ArticleBSCB Member Spotlight: ElizabelthAnn Johnson
Submitted by Sandy Burgess ElizabethAnn Johnson learned about Bay State Council of the Blind from member Rosemary Miller and joined the organization in 2017. She joined because she loves the diversity...
View ArticleAI and Mobility
AI and Mobility From Pam Loch: Would you use a robot to guide you like I use my guide dog now? I have been a guide dog user for over 30 years. Last Spring, I was contacted by doctoral students from...
View ArticleWord Games Continued
By Myra Ross | From BayLines Express, August, 2024 I received a few e-mails recommending other word games after April’s article. I am sharing them with you all. I confess to not having tried any of...
View ArticleAccessible Gaming
By Aaron Spelker | From BayLines Express, September, 2024 Since losing my sight 5 years ago, I have unexpectedly become an expert in the area of mobile accessible gaming. Over the past 5 years, I have...
View ArticleOur Wonderful Cruise
By Lill Johnson | From BayLines Express, October, 2024 I consider myself very fortunate to have done a lot of traveling to many destinations, including Europe, the islands, and of course elsewhere in...
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