"...it's all of the little things that have made my life memorable and joyful."
             Bad things happen to all good people eventually. This is definitely the case with Ms. Lucy Simpson Nieder. What would you do if you lost the thing you love most in the world? Or worse, if you lost the two things you love most in the world? This is what has happened to Lucy Simpson. Although she would just shrug it off and call it "old age", there is more to it than just that.
             There are many fascinating aspects to be found in Lucy Simpson, the most interesting one would have to be her love for art. Lucy collects all kinds of art from all over the world. From oriental rugs, to Pennsylvania Dutch Chests, to personal works, but what makes this love so special is that this love wasn't discovered till Lucy was 70 years old. One day Betty, a friend of Lucy's asked her to accompany her to one of her classes. It just happened to be art, but from that day forward Lucy has had a fascination with all kinds of art. Betty soon dropped her art class, but Lucy continued to attend. For sixteen years after her first encounter with art, she still can't get enough. Lucy has taken numerous art classes at the University of Nevada, Reno and being a senior citizen, she has never once paid for nor received any credits for the classes taken. She did it for the pleasure she got from it. What makes her love for artwork even more unique is that Lucy has macular degene!
             ration, a rare eye condition where all detail is blurred beyond recognition. There is no known cure or cause. Ms. Simpson, as she likes to be called, has lived with this disease for about twenty years now and her eyesight continues to deteriorate, but her love for art has never swayed and only grown stronger. Art isn't the only thing being affected by her eye condition though; her love for reading has also suffered greatly. Since Lucy was a child she has been enthralled with readi
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