Last week I had the priviledge of catching up with two of my aunts, 85 and 92 years respectively. The elder is in a retirement village, but continues to entertain  both residents and staff with old bush stories and ‘true’ yarns. This is a woman who climbed trees in her 60s during parties and had a party, rode bareback to muster sheep in the 40s, could shoot with the best of them and still manage to look like a doll way past her 40s. The other studied singing at the Sydney Conservatorium before heading out bush again, could cook up a storm and up until her late 70s was still singing and dancing in amateur bush shows. Both of these amazing women have lived on outback properties nearly all their lives, one still resides out west. Ask them anything and they will have an answer and usually thrown in is an amazing anecdote from 50, 60, 70 years ago.  The story of party goers catching a cab 110 km from Moree to our property in the 50s is apparently true. A show of enthusiam recently out done only last week when a ‘keen’ girlfriend turned up to visit one of our farming contractors-yep, plane to Moree, taxi to Boomi. It seemed such a major thing to me then when I was asked why people didn’t print books with larger type. Age, ill health, glare and cataracts can all combine to create reading disabilities and you dont have to have acquired the age of wisdom to suffer.  Read How You Want is an organisation that provides large print and braille works of selected titles. It’s a pity the organisation isn’t very well known. Out of a rough survey of libraries while I was on tour none actively promoted the service unless asked by a member and it would appear that bookstores either know little about the service or refer readers to their local library. Bookstores can in fact order works for readers or at the least point disadvantaged readers in the right direction ie their website www.readhowyouwant.com  One day, when I’ve acquired the age of wisdom I’d like to think that someone cared enough to point me in the right direction for such a service. Thinking today might be the time to start spreading the word…