My visit to Ochoco Elementary last week was great fun. The children were thrilled when they learned that their very own music teacher, Blaine Cameron, is actually one of the vocalists on the CD accompanying the book. He played the Big Frog in “The Frog Song”. Blaine actually was one of the talented people instrumental helping produce all of my grandmother’s music. She did a good job in 1949 getting her songs on 78rpm records, but today’s technology did the magic!
During the presentation, there was a darling little girl about age ten who came up to closely see my big picture displays. The teacher told me that she is seriously visually impaired. She has had surgery on one eye at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland and she will have the other eye done very soon. I put my arm around her and whispered in her ear that I am sending her something special. Today I sent my book I “Can’t See, But….I Can Imagine” and signed it “May my grandmother be your inspiration! Happy Imagining! God Bless You! Patricia Bennett Wilson .” She may have trouble seeing the colorful illustrations, but the entire book (words and music) is on the CD. She will love that! Perhaps her imagination will make the illustrations even more wonderful!
Friday, March 13, 2009
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