[Missouri-l] october issue of the Blind Post

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The Blind Post

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October 2010

Current subscribers to date: 615

Contents for this Month’s issue:

>From the Editor

For Sale

Announcements

Tips & tidbits from the Food Lady

Links of Interest

How to post an ad

Subscriptions

Note for navigation:

All headings will begin with +++.

All ads under headings will begin with ++ Ad starts here:.


+++ From the Editor

Wow it is autumn already! How the time does fly and soon the snow will too.
We have some great announcements and an excellent Holiday gift idea for you
to read about this month. We are live at the website! I will be posting all
of our monthly ads and announcements at

Http://www.theblindpost.com

The ads will stay there until the next month’s issue. Feel free to give me
feedback about the website and the Emailed issue. Also the monthly Email, of
The Blind Post, will now come in the form of a Word attachment. If anyone
cannot read this form of an attachment, please send me a message at:

foodlady at theblindpost.com

And I can send it to you individually in the body of the message. Also you
can go to the website to get the same information.

Please send me your announcements and links of interest. They are now free.
Read more under their headings.

If anyone has missed receiving an issue, or would like a past issue sent to
them, since June 2010, Email me and I can send it to you in the body of the
Email message.

Remember The Blind Post is free to subscribe so share it with all of your
friends and family, and please let them know about the website too.

Enjoy this month’s issue.

Lori AKA Food Lady

+++For Sale

++Ad starts here:

CHOCOLATE!!!
SWEET TOOTH  offers a variety of braille chocolate items  including candy
bars, chocolate guide dogs & other holiday items that can be customized with
braille.

Candy bar greetings include Happy Birthday, Love You, Thank You, Have a Nice
Day, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

A variety of other chocolate items are available.

Contact Judy Davis at 1-585-544-1853

or judydavis12 at rochester.rr.com

++Ad starts here:

For Sale:

Dell Desktop w/mouse,and keyboard $200.00

Clearview CCTV $1,000.00

Braille Note $1,000.00

USA Orders only-does not include insurance and shipping

Contact J B @ 205-353-2999

+++ Announcements

*New! Announcements that are from an individual or a nonprofit organization
pertaining to or about the blind or low vision community, will be free as
long as there is nothing for sale. Also these same announcements will be
posted on The Blind Post website.

The editor reserves the right to decide whether the announcement is
appropriate for the Blind Post.

++Ad starts here:

Read a wonderful E-book about applying for, obtaining or owning a guide dog,
along with other great articles and information, at:

http://guidedogmanual.weebly.com.

++Ad starts here:

All Books And Beyond shows will be archived at www.accessibleworld.org on
the Books And Beyond archives page. You can still call 773-572-3166 and hear
them on the phone as they become available.

++Ad starts here:

Blind or Visually Impaired? - How You Can Learn to Play Chess Absolutely
free of cost!
"The Gymnastics of the Brain" or "The Martial Arts of the Mind" feel the
"Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat" or just have lots of fun, a
fantastic hobby, wonderful inexpensive recreation, playing Blind or sighted
people alike.
A great way to meet others, take this games of Kings to whatever level you
like!
Please see the Web site of the United States Braille Chess Association

http://AmericanBlindChess.org

Or subscribe to our List group:

US_BCA-subscribe at yahoogroups.com

A very cordial group of Blind or Visually Impaired Chess enthusiasts who
enjoy playing Tournaments or just Friendly Games with those of their own
strength and knowledge of this wonderful sport of Chess, using email
messages or computer voice communication programs or even over the
telephone!
To join, or for more information about how to enroll in a completely free of
cost Beginning Chess Course, through the Hadley School for the Blind, in
either Braille or Audio Cassette format and receive your absolutely free
full size high quality accessible chess set, contact:
Alan Dicey, President
United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA
Email: adicey at bellsouth.net

++Ad starts here:

Play games online with Food Lady and Hungry at All In Play. Copy the link
below and try it for free, and if you join tell them Food Lady or Hungry
sent you.

http://allinplay.com/play_for_free.php?referrer=15267&reftype=RAF


+++ Tips & Tidbits from the Food Lady

Food Lady loves her new home and new town! What a change from no sidewalks
and country living! I can actually walk to my doctor’s offices and go get a
coffee if I want to. Hungry is just happy if I bring him home something
yummy to eat!

I have been talking with various blind individuals about their shopping
experiences and have found out some more information to share.

Some go shopping by taking public transportation or walking to the store,
and then asking for a customer service person to help them shop. This is
when they have just a few items that they can easily carry home. For more or
heavier items some call a taxi, when they are done, or arrange for
paratransit to pick them up. Many people have mentioned paying a person,
like a teenager, to drive them to the store and go around the store with
them to shop and then bring them home. This might be a great idea for some
of us who really want to know more information about the products we buy, or
be sure about what we actually bought. We all have funny stories about
ending up with wrong items when we unload our groceries, right?

A lot of people use the Internet to shop, which is what I do, for many
items. Depending on where you live, you could pay anywhere from $5 to $10
for a shopping helper. Also some areas have a local RSVP (retired senior
volunteer program) and they can match you up with a person who can take you
shopping, read your mail, and take you to appointments.

Your local churches sometimes have service and hospitality programs set in
place to help their local community with these types of things too.

If you have any ideas along this topic, please Email me and I will post them
in the next issue.

I have been asked to have people submit favorite recipes for me to post. How
do you feel about that? We can start next month. I can post a total of 5 in
each issue, and they will also be posted on the website. Please give credit
to the author of the recipe or list the website where you found it, or if
you created it, let us know.

I like to adapt a lot of recipes I find to my own tastes. This makes it hard
to know if it is truly my own or what. I try to state where I found the
original.

Sometimes I just make up stuff from my long history of working with recipes
and cooking.

This month I thought I would share the Pumpkin Bread recipe I made this past
Saturday, and it turned out oh so good!

Pumpkin Bread

Adapted from the one I found at Simply Recipes Food and Cooking Blog.

Double the recipe and make two loaves of pumpkin bread.

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

¾ cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 small can pumpkin puree, I used Farmer’s.

1/2 cup olive oil

2 eggs, beaten

1/4 cup water

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

½ teaspoon ginger

1 teaspoon cinnamon

¾ cup chopped walnuts

¾ cup raisins

Method

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Sift together the flour, salt, sugar, and baking
soda.

2 Mix the pumpkin, oil, eggs, 1/4 cup of water, and spices together, then
combine with the dry ingredients, but do not mix too thoroughly. Stir in the
nuts and raisins.

3 Pour into a well-buttered 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes until a
thin skewer poked in the very center of the loaf comes out clean. Turn out
of the pan and let cool on a rack.

I baked mine for a whole hour, but I live at 3000 feet.

Makes one loaf. Can easily double the recipe.



Enjoy your yummy pumpkin bread and share with your friends and family.

Goes great with a cup of tea!

Oh and Hungry…He loves it too!

The Food Lady


+++ Links of Interest

*This section of The blind Post will feature Links of Interest. The first 10
individuals or organizations that send me their link with a simple name or
title, by the 5th of each month, will be free of charge.

Gianfranco Di Cosmo's Home Page

http://dicosmo.ifreepages.com/

Christian music song lyrics at ShareSong.org

http://www.sharesong.org/

Talks for Growing Christians: Daily Devotions with audio and study guides

http://www.growingchristians.org/rfgc/index.html

+++ Posting an Ad

Post an ad to The blind Post

Now you can not only post an ad to the electronic magazine, that is Emailed
out to all subscribers, but it will also be posted on the website. If you
have an item to sell and have a picture, and you can send it to me via an
attachment, I can also post that along with your ad at theblindpost.com.

All ads need to be submitted and purchased by the 5th of each month to
appear in that month’s issue.

Your first ad of 50 words or less is free. Any ads after your first one, of
the same size, are $5.00 each.

I will also offer another size of ad over 50 words but less than 100 for
$10.00 per ad.

Please Email me at:

foodlady at theblindpost.com

With your post exactly how you would like it

printed under a phrase saying Ad starts here:

Then, go to PayPal

http://www.paypal.com

And under the link "Send money" you can pay for the ad using:
foodlady at theblindpost.com

And also put in the message field a duplicate of your submission.

This is so there is no mistake on which payment goes with which ad.

You can now go to the website and purchase your ads using PayPal, a credit
card, or a debit card!

If you need to send me a check to pay for your ad, you will need to contact
me to get my mailing address. This would have to be done so I receive the
payment by the 7th of that month for that month’s issue.

WHAT CAN YOU post on The Blind Post

*All ads that pertain to products or services for blind and visually
impaired persons, either by blind individuals or by companies or
organizations serving the blind and low vision community.

*Also any new and used items that blind and low vision individuals have to
sell.

*Any business opportunities that are offered by other blind or low vision
persons.

* Any announcements pertaining to the blind or low vision community.

* Any articles a blind person would like to share about a nonprofit venture
or an entertainment event featuring that blind individual.

So if you have an item to sell, a service, a business opportunity,
announcement, article, or an event, please send me your ads by the 5th of
each month to appear in that month’s issue, which should go out around the
10th to the 15th of that month.

The editor reserves the right to decide if an announcement or ad, of any
kind, is suitable for The Blind Post.

Ads posted are not necessarily the beliefs or opinions of the editor or The
Blind Post. Make sure your contact information is correct for each post you
submit.

+++ Subscriptions

Subscribing to The Blind Post is free so spread the word to all your
friends!

Just send me an Email message with"subscribe to the Blind Post" in the
subject line:

foodlady at theblindpost.com

And if you wish to unsubscribe send me an Email message with "unsubscribe
from the Blind Post" in the subject line to the above Email address.



Thanks everyone for making The blind Post a great way to share and sell!

Please forward to all of your friends and encourage them to subscribe.

Lori AKA Food Lady