Author: Dianna Leonard

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 retreat called Candle in the …

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. Well to my complete …

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 of this record.”  It was time …

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 and M) specialist at the Carroll Center for the …

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 Crafts once I moved to …

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 Driving The Story of …