No doubt, old lacemakers who fed their families with lacework; nutrition factored into some of the vision issues. I think it would be natural to consider close work the cause, but not realize how poor their diets might be. I was always told that it is important to focus very close and very far away (outside a window at the furthest object one could see) to exercise eyes, so glad to hear that is still valid.
I resented my extreme myopia when a child but have come to see that it is a blessing in middle age, as I can still see my work without glasses/contacts. It saddened me to see my grandmother unable to do her beautiful needlework when she was older, as she farsighted. Sadly, one never knows when something can come up with vision problems, as I recently had an extreme situation develop this summer and am compromised. We all learn to do the best we can with what we have left, and no matter how bad, it could always be worse. Things like Dr. Christopher's eye treatments (info available online), and acupuncture, have been amazing in countering and remedying as much as possible. Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
