[Journalists] Real journalists

[Cooke, AnneMarie]

Cheryl, please provide your individual email address; it won't show up
on the messages I receive. All I can say is that I feel like a slug
compared to you!
Talk more off line.
Annemarie

-----Original Message-----
From: journalists-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:journalists-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cheryl Wade
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 11:33 AM
To: Blind Professional Journalists List
Subject: Re: [Journalists] Real journalists

			Yes, I knew about the photo, and
protested,and didn't think they would EVER run it.

I'm way way too busy. We've had downsizing and a prolonged pregnancy
leave, so I have two new duties - one of whom is your favorite but which
I can't stand. It's helping with police stuff, and part of the time I
have morning meetings (because of my other new duty.) Do I want a
pension from Hearst? Hmmmmm. Not sure.

My dad is not doing well; he has dementia and Parkinson's, so I don't
want to be to far away.

On the bright side, I'm doing some cool volunteer work, much of it on
e-mail and on ethe phone, with young blind women interested in careers.
I pray for them daily (when I manage my time right), talk to them. I
would say that is my new passion, helping "my girls" succeed. 
I only wish I could do advocacy in the public schools for blind kids and
get paid for it. But I don't (yet) have the right degree and am not sure
I want to go for a master's unless a job were fairly - well, not
certain, but ...

I'm also having some fun collecting vinyl records and trying to get more
active with leader Dogs for ht Blind. I have elected not to join their
user group, but am hopeful I can do some more field work and public
speaking to help them. It would give me the time "out of Dodge" that I
need.

Don't know about SFL; it's gotten awfully pricey and a bit cliquish for
me, but, hey, try and comnvince me!

In the summers I spend a week teaching Braille music at a camp for young
people who are blind. That's been very rewarding. We now have the
software so our kids can get Braille copies of all the original music we
use in our choral and keyboard work for our recitals. I'm hoping we can
market the program, Braille Beats Fine Arts Program, around the Midwest.
I'm working on getting info together to write some pieces in some
magazines that i think would bite.

Chao for now. Write back!

Cheryl
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