{"id":2305,"date":"2012-03-07T05:56:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T11:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2021-12-06T23:32:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T05:32:15","slug":"well-heres-an-impromptu-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2305","title":{"rendered":"Well, Here’s an Impromptu Post…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m visiting this week (as a “special guest”) at a Highlights Foundation workshop in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Last night at dinner, my former career as a sign language interpreter came up, and before I knew it, the ever-effusive Katie Davis<\/a><\/strong>—who could probably talk a cat into a long, leisurely bath—had convinced me to interpret her latest picture book, Little Chicken’s Big Day<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, into American Sign Language, while she read it — all in the name of World Read-Aloud Day 2012<\/a><\/strong>, which is being celebrated today, in fact. <\/p>\n

I haven’t interpreted in—gulp—nearly eight years (with the wonderful exception of having the opportunity to interpret for Walter Dean Myers’<\/a><\/strong> 2009 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture at the Alex Haley Farm<\/a><\/strong> in East Tennessee). This is far from a perfect interpretation. There are even mistakes. I feel like I should point this out to any Deaf folks or interpreters watching. Did I mention it was very impromptu?
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