I have always capitalized the names of my contacts when entering them into my phone, starting with my first device back in the mid 90s. This has served me well since my vision loss when bigger and bolder is better for me to see with, my dear. But any time I…
I recently dreamt that I was throwing out the first pitch at a Major League Baseball game. And I was scared to death. Although I had impaired vision and couldn’t see the catcher, that wasn’t what terrified me. The fact that I had no idea what I was doing and…
“If my younger tomboy self, playing in the empty neighborhood lot with her friends, knew that forty-five years later she would be paying over $100 to have hot stones rubbed on her, she would have told the biggest kid in the group to throw stones at her.” — Sister Rain
My husband and I took our nephew to drive go carts at an indoor track. It was the younger of the two’s first time and he did great, beating his uncle’s time and leaving him in his dust twice. I LOVED to drive before my vision went on a one-way trip…
Do you have an old address book lying around somewhere? Perhaps it’s with your landline telephone, kept only because it’s cheaper to bundle it with your internet and TV cable than to do away with it, even though you never use it. I had to dust off my relic “Contacts”…
Trying to beat the impending snow, I headed out for my daily walk earlier than usual, as cars and school busses made their own morning treks. Bundled up like the Unabomber, constantly blowing my ever-running nose, eyes trained down on a sidewalk I can barely see, I found myself at…
Piper is a good eater but only when it comes to his birdie food: his blends of dried fruits and nuts and his oh so important pellets which provide him with critical nutrients. Since the day we brought him home from the rescue I chopped up fresh greens and made…
“I’m not sure how much more I can take but I’m sure I’m going to find out.” — Sister Rain
Writing this blog, I am constantly on the hunt for material. Sometimes it’s an obvious idea but in other instances I find myself mining for a nugget hidden deep, waiting for discovery. I never stop searching and my husband and friends often recognize a viable gem when we are together…
