Flutterby™! ...was blind, but now... 2003-08-30 00:51:07.221294+00

Must read: After being blind for 43 years Mike May has an operation that restores his sight. He keeps a journal. There's a nice edited set of excerpts at Guardian Unlimited:

It is quite unsettling looking into someone's eyes, especially when you aren't used to it. When Ms DC to Denver casually leaned close enough, I couldn't even stammer out the answer that her eyes were blue. I might have been less shocked if she had taken her shirt off and asked what I could see. I had never seen someone's eyes other than those of my family and it was very disconcerting. Although I was tongue-tied, she was very sweet about it and probably didn't notice I was flustered.

This was a very intimate experience and I can't fathom how sighted people go around seeing each other's eyes without being flustered too.

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