Later today I go under the knife – again. The surgeon will cut open my left cornea, break my clouded lens into pieces and remove them, then insert a new plastic lens. It’ll take about 15 minutes, and soon afterward, I’ll walk the mile or so home under the clear, mid-autumn sunshine. You see, I [...]

You know the old saying: “There is none so blind as one who will not see.” We hear it and we nod sagely, then go on our merry way, secure in the smug confidence that this old proverb doesn’t apply to US for goodness’ sake. Well, let’s slip our little pack of confidence back into [...]