The War Effort
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Diary entries by a man who tried to do his bit for 'King & Country'...and almost succeeded!
Annette Siketa
For those of you who have not yet made my acquaintance, my name is Annette Siketa, and I am totally blind. Were you aware that most blind and visually impaired people are extraordinarily perceptive? To sighted people, this ability must seem like ESP, and I suppose to a certain extent, it is. (I'm referring to the literal meaning of Extra Sensory Perception, not the spooky interpretation.) To compensate for the lack of vision, the brain and the other four senses become sharper, so that we can discern a smell or the identity of an object. I promise you there's no trickery involved. It's simply a matter of adapting the body to ‘think’ in another way.Being blind is no barrier to creativity. Like most things in this world, life is what you make of it, and after losing my sight due to an eye operation that went terribly wrong, I became a writer, and have now produced a wide variety of books and short stories, primarily of the ghost/supernatural/things that go bump in the night genre.So, how does a blind person write a book? On the practical side, I use a text-to-speech program called ‘Jaws’, which enables me to use and navigate around a computer, including the Internet, with considerable ease. Information on Jaws can be found at www.freedomscientific.comOn the creative side...well, that’s a little more difficult to explain. Try this experiment. Put on your favourite movie and watch it blindfolded. As you already ‘know’ the movie – who does what where & when etc, your mind compensates for the lack of visualisation by filling in the ‘blanks’. Now try it with something you’ve never seen before, even the six o'clock news. Not so easy to fill in the blanks now is it?By this point you’re probably going bonkers with frustration – hee hee, welcome to my world! Do not remove the blindfold. Instead, allow your imagination to compensate for the lack of visualization, and this will give you an idea of how I create my stories. Oh, if only Steven Spielberg could read my mind.
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The War Effort - Annette Siketa
1915.
July 12th. The army intends to establish a training camp in some nearby fields. Good for the economy I suppose.
July 14. Cook reported seeing two 'soldier like' men peeping over rear garden fence.
July 16. An important looking soldier came to see me. Introduced himself as Quartermaster Smith. Salute rather limp. Stated that his battalion was setting up camp next week, but as he'd arrived too early, could I billet him. Said he was a man of clean habits and utterly respectable.
I agreed, and he bade me goodbye, and then with the air of a man suddenly remembering something, he asked if I could billet his stepbrother.
Excused myself and spoke to my beloved C.O, who was standing behind the dining room door, though she insists she was only polishing the doorknob. She instantly agreed, muttering something about 'breaking the monotony'. I have not the slightest idea what she meant.
Q.M. so overjoyed that in his rush to tell his stepbrother, he tripped on the scraper by the front door. Seemed to have jogged his memory, for he asked if I could take a third man.
Excused myself and had another discussion with Mrs C.O. She returned with me to the front door and explained to Q.M. that we only had two spare rooms. He smiled, told us they would all fit in, and went off with a jaunty step.
July 17. The two extra billets arrived. Both are Privates, and with the unfortunate surnames of Crook and Swindle.
July 18. Spoke to Q.M. about additional household expenses. Matter not ratified.
July 23rd. No sign of camp.
Aug. 4th. Private Swindle, an electrical engineer, offered to reposition the doorbell and install a wall