SISTER RAIN NANTUCKET WEEK X2 2 / 10 I have spent the last 20 years reading books about Nantucket, written by Elin Hilderbrand and Nancy Thayer, both residents of the island located 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod. They write of fictional people in a non-fictional place, every…
SISTER RAIN NANTUCKET WEEK X2 1 / 10 “Nantucket is an island located 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The only ways to get there are by plane or ferry. Or by reading Elin Hilderbrand and Nancy Thayer books.” — Sister Rain #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindtraveler…
My husband and I travel well together, including navigation, which can be a challenge for some couples. It may surprise you to learn that I am the navigator. I am in charge of entering our destination into my iPhone, then aiding and abetting Siri to get us where we are…
While on one of our many cemetery trips for history’s sake, my husband and I found ourselves walking around the beautiful East Cemetery in Litchfield, Connecticut. Mister Rain immediately noticed that many gravestones had plants surrounding them, something we had never seen before. Speaking to a man visiting his wife,…
I hate to pack. HATE it. Always have, even when travel was as routine to me as driving a half hour to my office every day. I used to have Excel spreadsheets for packing, both personal and business. Now I have the list on my Apple devices. You would think…
At 7:12 am on the first morning of vacation, my husband and I heard the loud sound of machinery being operated close by. He investigated, reporting that there were landscapers mowing and weed wacking the yard of our rental home. I was enjoying my coffee and a mimosa on the…
As we crossed the bridge into Cape Elizabeth, Maine, I was transported back to an early morning last December. My husband and I were at Arlington National Cemetery, waiting for the gates to be opened for the start of Wreaths Across America Day. We had only been home from Washington…
During the first weeks after a vacation, I am always thinking about what I was doing at that same day of the week and time while I was away. Friday, 2 pm: Whale Watch, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Sunday, 4 pm: Seahawks game, Lunen Field, Seattle, Washington. Wednesday, 7 am: Pink…
I could never be a server at a restaurant. I don’t have the temperament for it, what I do have is tremendous respect for those who can do the job. Demanding customers, workload, hot kitchens, mercurial chefs, there is an endless list of challenges to be endured while I enjoy…
“For the past thirty years, I have returned to the same home after every trip. But I have never come back the same person I was when I left.” — Sister Rain #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindtraveler #travel #amigoingtoneedanewpassport
