Tag: seeing
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Birds, Buddies, And Binoculars
We’d had a team meeting on my back porch. With everyone’s concerns for safety and not wanting to chance exposure to anything viral, it was a safe, sunny, and sweet space to talk about the specifics of our jobs. The meeting lasted several hours, and lunch was a welcome break. We got our meals and […]
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Who Do You See Now?
I’ve worn glasses since I was in the fifth grade. I finally got contact lenses in high school, but I hated the “four-eyes” moniker with the ugly glasses I had. I avoided glasses for a full year by borrowing the pair of the boy who sat next to me. Seeing, even at a young age, […]
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I Can’t Spy With My Little Eyes
There are many routines we do daily that never factor into the think mode. Getting out of bed is rarely a choice. Using the facilities–we take in, we give out. Bathing–well, for most of us. I wear contacts, having very poor vision and not liking the way I look in glasses. I also see better […]
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Windows That Don’t Need Cleaning
I have a funny, wise-cracking optometrist. A generation behind mine, he finds great joy in telling me I have old eyes. They go with the rest of the old me. I was seeing him (no pun intended) for a checkup for those old eyes. My contacts felt scratchy, my glasses were the wrong prescription. Seeing […]