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I started out writing this post to help deaf and hard of hearing request captions on Zoom meetings, but really, everyone who hosts should enable this setting! It should be enabled by default. Even with it enabled, I have to request captions or transcription and the host has to turn them on. Changing this setting […]

I wish outdoor cats groups were more active. My cats have always gone outdoors. I blame this book: https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/RsaCcEXvE-IC?hl=en&gbpv=1 My girl cat tortie, Babe Ruth, didn’t come home last Saturday. She has a Sure Pet Networked cat door so it’s pretty easy to keep track of when she’s in or out. She (and my boy […]

This long boy has tufts of fur on the tops of his toes.

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. – Leo Dworken

This was posted on one of the mailing lists I receive. If you are 18-65 and late deafened (hearing loss age 12 or later; or majority of loss age 12 or later) this is for you! My name is Jill Meyer and I am a doctoral student at the University of Missouri. I am currently […]

So Don and I purchased a high quality, American made, 40 Watt laser cutter. I’ve had it about a month now. Back in March, a week or so before the iPad came put I picked up the most boring domain name I have owed so far – iPadLaserEngraving.com. I added minimal content since I didn’t […]

I have a bit of writer’s block lately so forgive the stream of consciousness post…. I figured it was better than not writing at all. aaaannnd.. that as far as I got…. d’oh…

Here’s a medley of views and music from a gig the saxophone ensemble had at the Scottsville Farmer’s Market on May 1. We’ve been playing together for well over two years now and our two year anniversary for our first performance is coming up next month. Check us out on Facebook to follow the latest […]

One of my favorite places ever to ski and to visit is a tiny town in the Southwest corner of Colorado called Telluride. I’ve been there four times over the last five years staying around a week each time.  The town is small but very nice to walk around with many places to visit.  You […]

One thing I’ve noticed since getting CIs is that I’ve never been as deaf in my life as when I don’t have them on. It isn’t so much the change in my hearing but more the fact that I was never without my hearing aids and never without spare batteries. I even slept with my […]