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Four-Star Hotel. For Free. For Real!7 comments

bethfinke wrote 6 days ago: A whole slew of generous hotels across the United States are participating in this very cool Give a … more →

Tags: Beth Finke, Seeing Eye dogs, Travel, Visiting Schools, 4 Stars, free hotel room, Get a Night, Give a Day, Renaissance Blackstone

Wanna be a Seeing Eye Instructor?2 comments

bethfinke wrote 1 month ago: Last Thursday Hanni and I gave a guest lecture for an animal sciences class, and some students came … more →

Tags: blindness, guide dogs, Seeing Eye dogs, Visiting Schools, Apprenticeships, guide dog trainer, Job Satisfaction, Seeing Eye instructor, Seeing Eye trainer

On Wisconsin4 comments

bethfinke wrote 2 months ago: Showing the girls how the harness works. I spoke at the Milwaukee Montessori School last Wednesday, … more →

Tags: Seeing Eye dogs, book tour, Travel, blindness, writing, Visiting Schools, Chicago, Milwaukee, Olympic Bid

What Happens When Seeing Eye Dogs Retire?3 comments

bethfinke wrote 2 months ago: “How much does Hanni weigh?” That was the first question asked after our presentation at Jackson Mid … more →

Tags: Seeing Eye dogs, guide dogs, book tour, Travel, Visiting Schools, Retirement, Jackson Middle School, Florida, Orlando

Our Dirty Little Secret4 comments

bethfinke wrote 3 months ago: To celebrate its 80th birthday, the Seeing Eye invited all its canine and human graduates to a reuni … more →

Tags: Seeing Eye dogs, Beth Finke, seeing-eye, ABC TV, Charles Gibson

Hanni and Bobbie: Two Award-Winning Guide Dogs5 comments

bethfinke wrote 4 months ago: Last Friday Bark Magazine sent me the link to a story in the Daily Telegraph about a blind Border Co … more →

Tags: guide dogs, Writing for children, ASPCA, Henry Bergh childrens book award, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anima, Two Bobbies, Bark Magazine, Daily Telegraph

Bomb-Sniffer Dogs3 comments

bethfinke wrote 4 months ago: A story on All Things Considered last Monday reported that U.S. soldiers are teaching Iraqi security … more →

Tags: Seeing Eye dogs, guide dogs, radio, writing, npr, The Bark, Ann Patchett, Augusten Burroughs, bomb-sniffer dogs

Doing a Trade Show? Bring a Dog Along!15 comments

bethfinke wrote 5 months ago: A suggestion to anyone trying to lure conventioneers to your trade show booth: Perch yourself at a t … more →

Tags: book tour, Writing for children, visiting libraries, ASPCA, ALA, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anima, PAWS Chicago, Chicago Anti-Cruelty Society, American Library Association convention

Martha Speaks...Again!8 comments

bethfinke wrote 6 months ago: Remember my post last April about the kids TV show Martha Speaks? WGBH in Boston had contacted my ch … more →

Tags: Writing for children, Martha Speaks, pbs, WGBH, Recommended Reading List

Root, Root, Root for the...White Sox? Brewers? Cubbies?!??3 comments

bethfinke wrote 6 months ago: Anyone who lives in Chicago knows. You are either a Sox fan or a Cubs fan – THERE IS NO IN-BET … more →

Tags: Travel, Baseball, White Sox, Brewers, Cubs, Interleague Play, Crosstown Rivalry, Twins

Hear my Mustang Ride for Yourself14 comments

bethfinke wrote 6 months ago: The great comments you left after reading my post about driving a Mustang convertible got me thinkin … more →

Tags: Beth Finke, braille, radio, blindness, writing, chicago public radio, WBEZ-FM, 2010 Mustang, Ford Mustang

Click and Clack Clicked Here7 comments

bethfinke wrote 6 months ago: The Tappet Brothers knew they had to link to my blog after seeing this groovy picture of my sisters … more →

Tags: guide dogs, radio, blindness, writing, npr, Car Talk, Ford Mustang, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, Click and Clack

Freeport Library is Goin' to the Dogs!7 comments

bethfinke wrote 7 months ago: A column in the Freeport Journal-Standard touts the upcoming Freeport Family Book Fest. Born to bark … more →

Tags: book tour, braille, Travel, blindness, visiting libraries, Leone Castell Anderson, Cheryl Bardoe, Marlene Targ Brill, laura crawford

Questions from the Actress8 comments

bethfinke wrote 9 months ago: I’d been sound asleep in our Milwaukee hotel last month when I heard someone trying to get in our ro … more →

Tags: book tour, Beth Finke, Travel, blindness

TVland6 comments

bethfinke wrote 9 months ago: Hanni and I like to think of ourselves as divas, but I gotta admit – it’s pretty unusual for us to e … more →

Tags: book tour, Beth Finke, Travel, blindness, writing, Visiting Schools

We Win! Happy Birthday, Hanni!16 comments

bethfinke wrote 10 months ago: It’s Hanni’s ninth birthday today, and she just received a terrific gift: a message from an iPhone t … more →

Tags: Beth Finke, Seeing Eye dogs, Writing for children

Dignity10 comments

bethfinke wrote 1 year ago: Over 300 kids gathered in Nelson Elementary School’s gymnasium Thursday morning to hear me give a ta … more →

Tags: blindness, book tour, guide dogs, Seeing Eye dogs, Nelson Elementary School, New York Times, Service Dogs, Sue Downes, Veterans Day

Hanni & Me on Chicago TV4 comments

bethfinke wrote 1 year ago: It’s official. Hanni and I are the Chicago poster children for disability issues. And why not? … more →

Tags: Beth Finke, blindness, ABC TV, Karen Meyer, Presidential Candidates, Disability Issues, Elections, Deafness

Hanni + White Sox = Winners!12 comments

bethfinke wrote 1 year ago: White Sox fans who found out Hanni was coming with me to Monday’s game against the Tigers, and then … more →

Tags: Major League Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Jim Thome, Playoffs, American League, Central Division, John Denks


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