Glassers

The second I stepped off the plane back into the Albuquerque summer sunlight, my eyes about jumped out of my head in protest. A year of cloudy Dutch weather had rendered my eyes sensitive to even the most gentle of sunbeams, leaving me with an instant headache as my eyes strained to do something, anything,…

Perhaps the enclosed comic can be incorporated.

Why I Prefer Glasses (To Contacts) Spencer Di Scala (For the Glasser project) Throughout my life, I have preferred eyeglasses to contacts. I was not quite sure why until I thought about it lately. Perhaps it was because when I started wearing glasses, contact lenses did not exist, so far as I know, or because…

It was a lot of fun to have read the various stories that have been shared here regarding our love/hate relationship with our eyeglasses. Each story being as unique as the eyewear chosen in developing that relationship. Whether you love them or hate them, the fact is, just about every one of us during our…

I ave had a life long fascination with optical devices and used corrective eye glasses or contact lenses my entire life.. Recently, I was asked to post something about my experiences,. as a contact lens wearer. At the age of 14, I became a hard plastic contact lens wearer. What I remember most vividly was…

I have had glasses for over 50 years now. When I lose them (Misplaced is a better word), I always have to stop what I am doing to find where they are. I cannot imagine what people go through who have vision problems. This is one of those great inventions that we take for granted–until…

I first played Little League baseball at age 11. My batting average was an underwhelming 0.037. Before the next season, my mild myopia was corrected. That year I batted 0.395. Sure, some of it was just being a year older but I think the major cause of the improvement was the glasses. The other memory…