"Shaft"

My white cane is a very important tool to the blind. After thinking about it, I think a cane is the most important aid that a blind person has. Mine is so tender to my heart that I gave it a name. Shaft goes with me all over Des Moines and while I'm home too. It is there when I wake up and there when I go to bed. My wife thought it would be fun to have a contest to name my cane. So, if anyone has any names that I could give Shaft, let me know. I'm warning you though, I am very fond of Shaft. It will have to be something that strikes a chord with me or I'm keeping the name Shaft.

I have two canes, my white cane and a fold up cane. I use the fold up cane when I take a bike ride. I fold it up, place it on my rear rack bag and use it when I get off the bike. It's really neat how it snaps to attention and very easy to fold up. It's similar to tent poles that utilize shock cords. But it is heavy. About twice as heavy as my white cane. It also gets caught in cracks in the sidewalk very easily. It's like combing your hair that has a few tangles in it and your comb gets hung up in the tangles.

My white cane, on the other hand, is lightweight and goes over cracks as smooth as a Lexus drives over bumps in the road. I must say that Shaft is my favorite. I don't even have a name for old foldy. It's a real clunker. Maybe I should trade the clunker in for one that gets better mileage.
More later.