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Dec. 21st, 2018 07:28 pm1. We tried to go to the Old Oyster Factory for dinner, but realized rather quickly that it was impossible. We thought they had a ramp -- but no, some idiot thought it would be a good idea to install an outdoor freight elevator, that is difficult to operate and requires that you call some number for assistance. It was cold with wind gusts of 35 miles per hour. I took one look at it and thought, no.
Mother: Well? (She's finally gotten my father into the wheel chair.)
Me: The good news? You don't have an electric wheel chair, the bad news ...eh...
Mother starts taking Dad out of the wheelchair.
Mother (to confused father): Okay change of plan, this was a mistake. Going somewhere else.
Dude. If you are going to make something handicap accessible, get rid of the frigging stairs and put in a "ramp"! Elevators aren't going to cut it. Or, at least do the elevator right -- make it real elevator, easy to operator and safe. Say what you will about the MTA -- but it does work hard on this point.
Also...cars are wickedly hard to get in and out of, if you are disabled. My heart aches for my Dad. He can't get his body to work the way he needs it to. And my mother's running out of patience.
It doesn't have to be this way. We have enough money and resources to provide for the disabled and elderly.
But we don't.
2. Retreated to the Breezeway - office space that my mother created. We went to the Thai restaurant instead of the Old Oyster Factor. Much nicer, and food just as good if not better. Not as busy, older clientele, and easy to get in and out of by wheelchair -- they had no stairs, wide entry way and went out of their way to help us. I can see why my parents frequent it. Had lobster, shrimp and pad thai. Also some wine and green tea ice cream.
Anyhow in Breezeway now -- to escape the news. My father is a newshound. He likes the policy analysis. I can't deal with the news -- I listen to it and find frustrated and filled with disgust.
3. Children of Blood and Bone -- by Toni Adymei - is an interesting YA novel, about a couple of young women who decided to bring magic back. It relies heavily on West African Folklore. With a Goddess or Mother of the Sky as the head of the group. The world-building and setting are interesting. As is the narrative style -- which is first person close, multi-point of view. Each chapter is told in the perspective of one of three perspectives - Zelie, Amari, and Inan. Each perspective is wildly different from the others.
It doesn't have a lot of dialogue, and is fairly simplistic in style, but it is interesting, even if the plot is vastly similar to other YA's in the genre. The mythos is unique as is the world, for the most part.
Mother: Well? (She's finally gotten my father into the wheel chair.)
Me: The good news? You don't have an electric wheel chair, the bad news ...eh...
Mother starts taking Dad out of the wheelchair.
Mother (to confused father): Okay change of plan, this was a mistake. Going somewhere else.
Dude. If you are going to make something handicap accessible, get rid of the frigging stairs and put in a "ramp"! Elevators aren't going to cut it. Or, at least do the elevator right -- make it real elevator, easy to operator and safe. Say what you will about the MTA -- but it does work hard on this point.
Also...cars are wickedly hard to get in and out of, if you are disabled. My heart aches for my Dad. He can't get his body to work the way he needs it to. And my mother's running out of patience.
It doesn't have to be this way. We have enough money and resources to provide for the disabled and elderly.
But we don't.
2. Retreated to the Breezeway - office space that my mother created. We went to the Thai restaurant instead of the Old Oyster Factor. Much nicer, and food just as good if not better. Not as busy, older clientele, and easy to get in and out of by wheelchair -- they had no stairs, wide entry way and went out of their way to help us. I can see why my parents frequent it. Had lobster, shrimp and pad thai. Also some wine and green tea ice cream.
Anyhow in Breezeway now -- to escape the news. My father is a newshound. He likes the policy analysis. I can't deal with the news -- I listen to it and find frustrated and filled with disgust.
3. Children of Blood and Bone -- by Toni Adymei - is an interesting YA novel, about a couple of young women who decided to bring magic back. It relies heavily on West African Folklore. With a Goddess or Mother of the Sky as the head of the group. The world-building and setting are interesting. As is the narrative style -- which is first person close, multi-point of view. Each chapter is told in the perspective of one of three perspectives - Zelie, Amari, and Inan. Each perspective is wildly different from the others.
It doesn't have a lot of dialogue, and is fairly simplistic in style, but it is interesting, even if the plot is vastly similar to other YA's in the genre. The mythos is unique as is the world, for the most part.