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Duke Osborne

17 Again: Back to the Future of Cueing …

Written by Duke Osborne from on May 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment

… or, how the past is the present and the future. Two weeks ago, on May 2, Ben turned seventeen. Born just past noon on a bright Spring Saturday, he emerged a beautiful infant, and grew into an adorable toddler with blue eyes, curly golden hair, and a sweet disposition. Read More ...

Duke Osborne

London Calling

Written by Duke Osborne from on April 26th, 2009 | 0 Comments

No, not the storied 1979 album by the glorious British punk band, The Clash. The real city — the Roman military encampment founded in 43 A.D., grown into one of the greatest capital cities the world — London, England. To Ben, Maddie, and me, it was London calling, and we spent Read More ...

Barb Ballard

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Can He Cue?

Written by Barb Ballard from on March 30th, 2009 | 0 Comments

The answer is YES if it’s at the Adventure Theatre in Glen Echo, Maryland.  Adventure Theatre will have a Cued Speech performance of If You Give A Mouse a Cookie, on Thursday, April 9th at 1:30pm.  Adventure Theatre is willing to do more Cued performances if they see that there is a Read More ...

Barb Ballard

Want to learn to cue?

Written by Barb Ballard from on March 18th, 2009 | 0 Comments

Several Cue Camps are coming!  Here’s a listing of the ones I know about: CueCamp FriendshipUrbana, MD 6/18/2009 to 6/21/2009 Cue Camp Friendship–June 18-21, 2009Make plans now to attend Cue Camp Friendship in its NEW location at the Bishop Claggett Conference Center overlooking Read More ...

Hilary Franklin

Learning From Each Other

Written by Hilary Franklin from on February 23rd, 2009 | 4 Comments

I can’t count the number of times I’ve been in the hot seat. Or the number of times I’ve been on a panel of native cuers being asked questions about what it’s like being deaf, what we think about cueing, what our advice is for fellow cuers, parents, professionals, aliens, and maybe a Read More ...

Catharine McNally

Using Technology to Communicate

Written by Catharine McNally from on February 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment

In another blog, I wrote about the increasing use of digital technology and how Keen Guides is using it to create more integrated experience for people of all languages and communication modalities. We’re hopeful that it creates dialogue when everyone has access to the same information. I Read More ...

Duke Osborne

Argentine Journal — Fathers & Sons

Written by Duke Osborne from on February 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments

Super Sunday? Absolutely! The shared bonds of man, his son, and his son’s son. Yesterday I spoke with my 88-year old father in Florida, catching up with his weekend. The usual routines for him, attending church, breakfasting with friends, visiting my mother in the nursing home (stricken Read More ...