Recently acquiring yet another streaming platform, Paramount+, I have been watching the shows and movies that have been on my list for some time. One of them: all the season’s of MTV’s Real World. My husband and I watched them when they originally aired, the earliest running in the first…
Category: Life

It Served Us Well
When I moved into my apartment at the age of 23, my mom gave me some dishes she never used. Over time I added Tuppperware plates and bowls, in those days being invited to a Tupperware Party was as common as receiving an LOL today. For my wedding shower I…

Water Blogged
For over 30 years I spent a lot of time at the beach with my mom, laying on the warm sand for hours. As soon as we approached the bridge connecting the mainland to the island of Ocean City, New Jersey, even in winter, we rolled the windows down to…

Snow(man) Showers
As I make my way to start my day In the winter months for years With the morning sun, high in the sky This shadowy snowman appears. #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #humaninterest #life #lifeisgood #lifestories #snowmanshowers

The Clean And The Mesy That Is Us
Your marriage will never become boring when your husband of 30 years thinks this is how you hang up a clean hand towel after it is newly laundered. When you have been together a long time, it is the little things, whether they be clean or messy, that can make…

It’s My Mom And I’ll Cry If I Think Of Her
I think it is a great milestone in your life when you know yourself. Its arrival time varies among us, prompted often by life’s events instead of age. I think I am at a good place with me, in so far as I know my flaws and my potholes. As…

Phone A Friend
I am a Tammy Texter. I stand in my truth. Texting is my method of communication with the people in my life. I don’t keep the ringer on on my phone, no one is calling me and vice versa. If I am expecting an voice call it is usually of…

A Thankful Setting
“Yes, the rising of the sun holds a promise of a new day, a fresh start. But it is the sunset that paints the sky and the sea with gratitude for the day that is done.” —- Sister Rain #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #athankfulsetting

If After All This He Can’t Get In, I’m Getting Out
A personal question, please. How do you manage your passwords? I know, I know. Touchy subject. Everyone seems to have their own process, either keeping them in their head, storing them in their phone, entering them in an app developed just for this purpose. And then there is the approach…

Visibility
“Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t there.” —- Sister Rain #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #portorchard #visibility