Random Ramblings, Kitchen Tours, And Community Calls

The weather, thankfully, cooled down where I am.  Parts of the UK were still dealing with extreme heat – maybe still are, though not as badly as they were during July and August – but not here.  Not in the part of Wales I’m in.  Where I am we even got some rain.  I love the sound of the rain, and it was even more welcome after the heat we’d been dealing with.

 

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When we first moved here, back at the end of 2020, we were offered a corner sofa.  They said we’d get the corner piece now, and eventually get the rest.  We’re still waiting.  So, when we were offered a free sofa – including free delivery of said sofa – recently, we accepted the offer.  We wanted a sofa, but only had hat corner piece of the corner sofa and two armchairs (one of which we only held on to for the extra seating, but really thought should be thrown out).  Now we have one.  And I happen to think it's a really nice one too.  It's really comfortable.
 

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Another September 1st has come and gone, and still no trip to Hogwarts for me.

 

You know what? One of these years I’ll have to plan things so I have a Harry Potter themed feast on the evening of September 1st, just so I get that part of the experience.  Maybe I can eat it while watching the first Harry Potter movie or something.  That would be fun!

 

Another fun idea would be a Harry Potter themed blog party.  But people aren’t taking part in blog parties so much these days, so I don’t know how well that would work out.  Still a fun idea though, even if I’ll likely never do that one.  Though I’d probably take part if someone else did one and I found out about it in time.

 

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After an almost month long battle, I FINALLY got a Bookshare account!

 

For those who don’t know, Bookshare is a service that gives access to books in alternative formats for those who have disabilities where sometimes lack of availability of a book in certain formats prevents them reading the book in question.  They provide several formats, including the one needed for my Orbit (Braille reader).

 

It shouldn’t have been that much work, or taken even close to as long as it did.  And, from Bookshare’s side of things, it wasn’t any hastle at all.  They were wonderful.  The trouble was on my doctor surgery’s end.

 

First it took them almost two weeks to get the document verifying I had a disability that allowed me to be able to qualify for Bookshare signed, and then they claimed they’d sent it to Bookshare directly and wouldn’t send it to me too, despite Bookshare being unable to find it on their end.  Eventually though - possibly just so I’d quit calling about it, but whatever – I was allowed to speak directly to one of the admin team who monitor the email for my doctor surgery, and she sent it to me, first sending a test email to ensure she had my correct email.  Then I was able to send it over to Bookshare for them to link it to the account I’d started setting up while waiting for a copy of the document to reach either me or them, and then finish setting up my account.

 

So many books...

 

If I disappear, you know where I’ll be.  LOL!

 

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I've mentioned before that I co-facilitate a cooking call on the ACB community.  Well, Herbie and I recently did an episode of "Herbie's Cooking Corner" where we gave audio tours of our kitchens.  Here's mine:

If you want to see the full episode, where you can get a tour of Herbie's kitchen too, you can find it on YouTube here. YouTube is where you can also find several other episodes of the show by checking out the Herbie's Cooking Corner playlist Herbie has created.

 

Also, if you’re subscribed to the ACB Community’s daily schedule – which you can subscribe to by sending an email to community@acb.org – you can join us on Zoom every Tuesday at 10:00am Eastern time (3:00pm UK time).  Alternatively, you can enable the ACB Media skill on your Alexa device and tune in to listen to us on Tuesday at 10:00am Eastern time (3:00pm UK time) on ACB Media 5.
 

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I'm going to end this post with another invitation.  Yes, it's part of the ACB community calls as well.  But you don't have to be blind to be a part of the community.  Anyone who has a visual impairment or a family member or friend with one is welcome.  So, why not join me and Patty on Thursday?

 

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Happening each Thursday: Free to Be Me1:30pm EST; 6:30pm BSTA place to enjoy free-flowing conversation about books and anything else that might come to mind. Come as yourself. All are welcome and wanted.Join us by emailing community@acb.org for all Zoom call in information.