Category: Life

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…

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…

“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

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…

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

People don’t seem to be able to talk about New Year’s without bringing up resolutions, whether they believe in them or not. And although one thing most people agree on is that you should look ahead and not back, I offer a different approach to the next 12 months. I…

A few weeks ago, my husband and I, along with our friend, Linda, made our annual pre-Christmas trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We have been doing this for several years, it has become a treasured tradition each December. Mister Rain and I go out there a few other times each year,…

Where is your happy place? The beach? The mountains? Somewhere in between? Maybe it’s your home or a particular football stadium in Seattle. Mine is a little location called The Container Store. My belief is that it is what heaven will be, that the smell of hard plastic bins will…

I took 5 years of Spanish in school but there is another language I spoke that no one talks about anymore. I doubt if my 19-year-old nephew has ever even heard of it. It is the language of lines and squiggles: SHORTHAND. My mom took it in the early 1950s,…

I have never used a meat thermometer, although I do have one that was provided to me by Blind & Visual Services when they came to the house about a year after my vision loss to see what tools and gadgets they could offer me to assist with daily living….