Don't say...or hear a word.
Have just finished reading Helen Keller's autobiography.
I found it absolutely fascinating...it was interesting to read Helen admit that she was a very difficult child prior to her learning to communicate.
I will finish today with a bunch of other things I didn't know about her life:
1. her family was quite wealthy and employed Anne Sullivan as her personal teacher from the age of 6 well into adulthood.
2. she lost her sight and hearing as a result of scarlet fever at 19 months,
3. it's not simply that she learned to read, write and speak but that she became a prolific writer on women's rights,
4. the author Mark Twain was very involved with her from her teenage years,
5. Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the telephone - pictured) took a personal interest in Helen over many years as his invention came about as a result of his work into developing a communication device for the deaf,
6. Helen never married,
7. Helen died as recently as 1968 at the age of 88.
December 27, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Mmm... still haven't started my own B yet. Need a personal tutor to say "Put this here, stick that there" etc.
Interesting reading Damo. Read Twilight myself when I was all shingled out. Is it wrong for a 39yr old mother of 3 to be wishing Edward Cullen the vampire would walk into HER kitchen?....
Debe
December 27, 2008 at 3:29 PM
I think I wanna see that movie...you are good to read the book first.
I desperately wanna see your blog...you know I'll keep trying to remember things to add to your list.
The thing about blogspot is that you can edit and change your layout every day if you wanna...what I am trying to say is, HURRY UP !