They say that a house is made a home by the people who dwell in it; I believe this is true. I also have come to learn that making a house a home requires tender loving care. My husband and I weren’t always the best at that. Blame it on…
Author: Sister Rain
Me And My Shadow
In the past 11 years, I have not been able to see my own face in detail nor anyone else’s features. It’s a very peculiar way to go about life, for the obvious reasons and some not so apparent. A stranger smiles or nods at you in a store or…
The Kennedy Compound
While we waited for our ferry to Nantucket, we drove around Hyannis Port, parking our car when we could go no further then walking down to the Kennedy compound. No one was around, the driveways were all uninhabited by cars. “The Big House” looked the same as when seen on…
Piper Doodle Dandy
While mom battled the enemy on the bed, pairing clean socks, executing search and rescue missions for AWOL deserters, Piper Doodle Dandy bravely kept watch . . . until he fell asleep. Being a patriot is exhausting! #sisterrain #birdmom #adoptdontshop #parrotsofinstagram #conure #ahelpingwingparrotrescue #piperdoodledandy
Puttering Around Our Nation’s Capital
We have been to Washington, DC many times and were heading there again for Mister Rain’s beloved Seahawks coming east to take on the Commanders. What could we do while there that wasn’t PAR for the COURSE? A golf cart tour! There are several companies offering similar excursions…
COVID Interruptus
It would be remiss of me not to address the pandemic in the room in one of my first posts back. It was an unexpected, everything comes to a full stop, oh my god people are DYING, there’s a monster outside the house horror we’d only seen in the movies….
Sister Rain Is All Thumbs
I haven’t operated a desktop or laptop computer since I lost my sight, something I used to be rather adept at. Now I do everything on my iPhone and iPad, both of which I have the larger sized models. Vision accessibility features are turned on, set to both bold and…
Sister Rain’s Cancellation Policy
When I stopped writing four years ago, “cancel” was something done to appointments, TV shows and memberships, not people. As I return to publishing my experiences, being careful as to not be cancelled is a concern. I find myself wondering about the decade of archived posts. If someone were to…
He’s Not Even Sneaky About It
Before adopting my husband and me, Piper spent two years at a wonderful rescue, A Helping Wing Parrot Rescue. They took excellent care of our little guy until we asked him to be our forever family. He’s only got two feet but he can have and chew as many shoes…
A Venti Is Just A Grande With More Coffee And A Bigger Cup
I live in a town of 5,000 residents, surrounded by other comparably sized boroughs. We have a grocery store and a McDonald’s four minutes from our house. Our favorite pizza place is 10 minutes away as is a Wawa, Home Depot, CVS – always a CVS – Staples, several dollar…