A collection of essays about a stroke, rehabilitation, empowerment, living and dying, cats, spiders, horses, aliens and sex.
Thomas Matola is a retired human factors engineer, instructor and psychotherapist. Currently-but not permanently-in a wheelchair because of a stroke suffered in 1991, Dr. Matola is now a sexologist, educator, writer and disability advocate. He serves on the City of San Jose Disability Advisory Commission.
Roberta Johnson has been an administrative law judge, attorney, professor, newspaper reporter and lobbyist. In retirement, she is forging new occupations in writing and publishing. She has been active as a disability advocate since her companion's stroke ten years ago. She is an avid hiker, writes haikus and sits as a judge pro tem.