BOLD VENTURES
November 2020
Blind Outdoor Leisure Development
BOLD welcomes persons 18 and older with all degrees of vision: blind, low vision, partially sighted and fully sighted.
PO Box 8114
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Editorial team: Veronique Schreurs, Nancy Leverett, Terri Winaught, Peggy Walsh
Email: boldwpa@gmail.com
Website: www.wpabold.blogspot.com
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!
Admin note: we are keeping the dues for 2021 to $12. Call Veronique 412-225-4038 if that is a hardship, and you would like to remain in Bold.
The following positions are up for reelection: second vice-president, Treasurer and recording secretary. Please call Tammi Swiantek 412-488-6298 if you are interested in serving Bold in one of those positions.
I am happy to report that YOGA KEEPS GOING! It is still free of charge to participate. Thank you to those who sent a contribution. Our teacher, Richard, does not think it is safe for us to resume yoga at the Schoolhouse yoga studio. We will continue doing yoga, which is going very well, by conference call until further notice.
For details on how to dial in, email Veronique at veronik43@gmail.com, or call 412-225-4038.
Every Thursday it starts at 2:45pm, call in at 2:42pm. It is a one-hour session. Don’t call too much before the starting time!
For people reading this by email, here is a link of our July 2 yoga session, which you can click on or paste into your browser to activate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v_BIbISDHM
Continuing our popular weekly chat session! Every Tuesday at 7pm, until further notice, we will have a one-hour chat session where our Bold members can tell each other how they are doing during this difficult time. This is also a time you can ask for help if you need it.
Number to call: 1-605-475-6777, passcode 265396# don’t forget # at the end.
If you don’t have free long distance on your phone, call Joyce 412-521-4385 or Peggy 412-683-6070 at least one hour ahead, one of them can tap you in.
Here is how it works best:
Call in and say your name, even if you hear talking. Then mute yourself by pressing *6. The board member who is moderating will check who is on the call at 7:05pm, then will say a person’s name. Unmute yourself again by pressing *6, then start talking about what’s on your mind. It doesn’t have to be Bold related. We are trying to have only one person talk at a time after the initial 5 minutes. Note that the board meeting is now private because we have the chat sessions. The moderators are:
Terri on October 20, 7pm,
Tammi on October 27, 7pm,
Joyce on November 3, 6:30pm, followed by the board meeting which is private.
Nancy on November 10, 7pm,
Joyce on November 17, 7pm,
Veronique on November 24, 7pm.
Monday October 26 from 7:00 to 8:00, Peggy Chong, The Blind History Lady, will tell us about the research she has been doing for many years about ordinary blind people and the unusual things they've done and why it's important for us to know about it. Call the usual phone number at 605-475-6777 and code 265396# to listen to this delightful lady and ask questions.
Monday November 9, from 7:00 to 8:00pm, In the Kitchen, with Maggi Ostrowski and Alison Leverett Davin. They will discuss using the Instant Pot, Cuisinart TOA60 toaster oven/air fryer and other cooking tools and more as a blind or sighted cook in time to add them to your Holiday list. Call the usual phone number 605-475-6777 code 265396#, to join the phone call to learn about these new cooking methods, and ask questions.
Monday November 23, from 7:00 to 8:00, Please come and join Penny Fleckenstein for a time of sharing poems and stories. You can share yours or someone else's. This is also an opportunity to be entertained, so feel free to be in our audience. If you desire to share, please call Penny at: 412-415-3871 or email: goodthaimom@gmail.com to reserve your spot. You do not have to be a BOLD member to participate. On November 23 call the usual phone number of 605-475-6777 code 265396# to join the call.
LOOKING AHEAD
Monday December 14, from 7:00 to 8:00pm, Ceinwen King-Smith will lead us in a Holiday sing along. By calling 605-475-6777 code 265396 pound-sign, join Ceinwen as she shares her gift of music with us as we sing our favorite Holiday songs.
Tuesday December 15, 7pm, virtual Holiday party during the weekly chat session, led by Penny Fleckenstein. Details in the next newsletter.
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
Pittsburgh Opera will offer a Sensory Workshop for each opera via Zoom on Sundays from 4:00–5:00 pm. Call Marilyn Egan at 724-612-1661 to register and get the Zoom dial-in phone numbers.
Sunday, October 25, 2020, 4-5pm
Così fan tutte
Pittsburgh Opera will offer the Audio Commentary service at the opera headquarters for each opera on the second Tuesday performance at 7:00 pm. Limited numbers of $12 tickets are available; call Regina Connolly at 412-281-0912 extension 213.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 7pm
Così fan tutte
Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artists will perform free Brown Bag Concerts on select Saturdays from 12:00–1:00 pm on both Pittsburgh Opera’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.
November 7, 2020, 12-1pm (The concert begins about nine minutes after the start of the video.)
Opera up close: Join Robert Boldin, Artistic Administrator, and special guests from the production, for an in-depth look at each opera. These programs will be livestreamed via Zoom webinar and are open to all viewers. Opera Up Close programs are scheduled on Sundays from 4:00–5:30 pm:
November 15, 2020, 4-5:30pm
Soldier Songs
(that opera will play in December, see details in the next newsletter).
BOLD BITS
Get Well Wishes to Kimberly Smythe who was recently admitted to the Cleveland Clinic for severe migraines, and Terri Winaught who is recovering from Shingles. Penny Fleckenstein continues to request prayers for her health problems and those of her sister. Natasha Brown is also requesting prayers regarding the recent diagnosis of a personal issue, and she also wishes all the best to her brother who is returning home from therapy camp.
If you are in need of a flu shot but don’t have a Primary Care Physician (PCP) neighborhood pharmacies like Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens, Giant Eagle pharmacies, and the Allegheny County Health Department can help. If you go to the Allegheny County Health Department (ACH), they will administer vaccines even if the person has no health insurance, the address is: Hartley-rose Building: 425 First Ave., Downtown Pittsburgh, 15222 (enter on Cherry Way). Walk-ins are accepted Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 3 PM and also from 4 to 7 PM on Thursday.
Happy November birthday to Bill Burgunder, Susan Etters, Donna McKendree and Mark Pugh and anyone else with a November birthday.
THE END
BOLD welcomes persons 18 and older with all degrees of vision: blind, low vision, partially sighted and fully sighted.