Cruisin’ With Cricket: The Journeys of Becky and her Guide Dog, Cricket, is a mix of personal postings, the practicalities of living with visual impairment, and cute Cricket pictures and stories. Becky is also a runner.

Emily McQueen: A Girl’s Guide to Wheelchair Racing, is a new discovery. It looks like Emily is just getting started putting together a comprehensive overview of racing resources for women.

NCPAD Blog: Endless Capabilities. Also new this month from NCPAD (The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability). NCPAD has a host of great resources, so I’m looking forward to great blog entries.

Scott is the wildly prolific and multi-lingual author of the Rolling Rains Report, concentrating on inclusive tourism, travel and universal design. Over dinner at Kincaid’s overlooking the San Francisco Bay, we tried to remember how we met and how long we had been corresponding – I’ve got email from Scott dated 2005, and I first linked to Gimp Eye for the Clueless Guy in 2003, so at least 7 internet years, which must be, what, 20 or 30 real years?

Wheelchair Dancer writes about dance, and life on both coasts, and especially about the body. Her writing is imbued with a physical sensuality that I’ve rarely seen in others, and in my efforts to become stronger and more connected with what my body can do I’ve gotten a lot of encouragement from her work.

She and I shared coffee and did a little sidewalk surfing (WCD rolling behind me, checking out my pushing technique). We dragooned a hapless bystander into taking our picture:

Wheelchair Dancer & Katja

Check out WCD’s post on the Meeting – all true. When we crossed the road together, we both rolled down the driveway together, both stopped at the same time, bending over and looking to the left around the parked cars to check for traffic, both speeded up over the crest of the road…it was fun.

I already have a feed for other people’s most recent posts (see the “Currently Reading” sidebar), but thought this would be better. So leave a comment and let’s try it out.

(If you’re reading this on Facebook, follow the “View Original Post” link back to brokenclay/journal.)

• Bali What? – the author has not updated her blog recently, but she writes about adaptive cycling, so it’s all good
• Enjoying the Ride – Mitch has started blogging relatively recently
• Mayday Productions – Sarah May Scott’s thoughtful posts are augmented with haunting photography
• recht auf klo – writing primarily in German, Kay Macquarrie advocates for accessibility to toilets everywhere
• The Deal with Disability – Eva has a wheelchair mounted video camera, and she’s not afraid to use it!
• When I Walk – filmmaker Jason Dasilva documents his life with primary progressive MS
• | not invisible | – the author’s description: “American literature, disability studies, popular music. Subbacultcha.”

If you don’t already read Rolling Around in My Head regularly, go over there and check it out. If you do, leave a comment today to celebrate.

Blog Herald reports on Glenda Watson Hyatt’s presentation at SOBCon this weekend.

She also helped us understand what text should go in the ALT description. Not just a title but a description. It must describe what the reader is looking at, not a bunch of SEO keywords or poetic license. In her example from last year’s SOBCon photos, it read, “SOBCon08 Devoured; SOBCon09 in the Oven.”? The crowd roared when she asked, “What is SOBCon? Food?”?

Bagel Quest
and
The Dash Down Amsterdam

His blog also includes many of his photos, and some thoughtfulness about disability and life.