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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Sally’s July comments:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marcia: Well done! This article presents important information in a reasonable way and offers realistic management of many problems. Is this an op-ed piece for a local paper?Just some thoughts: “four-legged guide dog” needs to be changed to just “guide dog.” All working guide dogs have four legs. I wonder about adding the parts about overhanging tree limbs and the safety of wheelchair users at the end. The article begins with a focus on electric vehicles, but, then I went back and read the title and everything seemed to fit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> DeAnna: As a non-Braille user, I learned a lot from this piece. There isn’t anything I would change. I especially liked the depictions of your grandfather teaching you to read.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Leonard: The title is perfect. Reading this piece brought me to tears. You have walked a fine line here between honest love and sentimentality very well, given the fact that this topic could have come across as maudlin. You paint a good picture of Barney then and now and show in detail how much his life has changed. It is especially poignant to realize that you and Barny are both elderly, and there is an underlying, unspoken comparison between man and dog. The ending is rather abrupt; perhaps tying up some of the emotions succinctly would make a better last sentence.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cleora: The plot thickens. You use the word “time” twice in the first sentence. Perhaps you need to specify what conference Cleta is attending; we know, but other readers might not. I am not clear how the housekeeping staff member recognized the card and its significance enough to take pictures and report it. Cleta is faced with a conundrum at the restaurant. The ending is a good cliff-hanger. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>