Monthly Archives: April 2021

American Sign Language. I am still learning. I like signs that somewhat reflect the word. The sign for milk for instance, mimics milking a cow. Easy to remember, right? However, many ASL signs are similar, and some signs might be the same but have different meanings based on context.  For instance, the sign for ‘handsome’Continue reading “Fabulous…say it again…”

You don’t know me.  We crossed paths earlier today.  As I think back on our brief encounter, I suspect that I likely talked right over your attempt to introduce yourself and I am sorry for that.  I unintentionally do that sort of thing much more often now that I am deaf.  I voided a basicContinue reading “Been there..”

I had some hearing loss for a number of years, but the deafness happened in a heartbeat.  I was at lunch with my wife and youngest daughter.  The waitress stopped by our table and asked, “What would you like to drink?”  And in typical fashion within a couple of minutes she dropped off the drinksContinue reading “The Triple Naught”

I woke up yesterday morning with a song playing on my mental jukebox.  Willie Nelson’s Heaven or Hell.  That is a strange thing because I believe that the only recording of this song I ever owned was a vinyl album and since my stylus broke in the early eighties, it has been  awhile… Willie sings:Continue reading “Fire and Ice”