by Mike Keithley

Welcome to the winter, 2018 Blind Californian. Wherever the holiday train happens to be when you get your BC, here's to a happy season!

The holiday season seems to be starting so early this year that I wonder if goodwill and peace will be kinda blasé by the end of 2017. King says I've been drinking too much sour pesi-mist and needs to go to the dog park for some sweet opti-mist. I'll do that when it's not raining and the sun is out!

Anyway, there's a lot for you to read here. Judy Wilkinson talks about CCB's "scarlet letter," the 2017 CCB scholarship winners are announced, we have a very nice review of "Smart Glasses," and Bev Clifford tells us about her ride in a developing self-driving car. Of course that's not all, read on!

O, King brought me a bottle of Opti-mist. It's sweet and fizzy with a bit of lemon, and I'm keeping it away from my braille display. And he told me about a new podcast called "Out of Sight Dragons" (enter that in your Victor Stream) that are stories of visually impaired dragon boat paddlers. It's produced by Brian Yourish.

And remember to note CCB's new postal address in the masthead!