While watching the Paralympics, during a visually impaired race in the pool, the announcer told us that the swimmers are unable to see their competition in the other lanes, so they don’t know how they are performing comparatively. Once they complete the event, someone has to tell them where they…
The day before the Purple Heart was supposed to pick up items I had for donation, I realized that I had not received a confirmation since scheduling the appointment. I began Googling “confirm Purple Heart pickup”. I glanced through the results then chose one to learn what it suggested. There…
When I was a corporate meeting manager, I oversaw a team of meeting coordinators and administrative staff, as well as outside vendors such as audio visual companies, translators, entertainment, production crews. I loved doing site visits at multiple hotels to pick the perfect venue for an event, then months later…
Growing up, our neighbor two houses down had an in-ground pool, I spent most weekdays each summer there. Once I was in junior high, I joined my friends at the community pool until I began working at age 16. The Junes, Julys and Augusts of my youth were spent in…
Although my husband and I have our annoyances with each other in the normal way that 30+ years betrothed do, we are good partners in the daily duties of life, as well as when the big things occur. We have very different personalities and dispositions, yet our interests and values…
In the previously published story, “Hats Off To My Hats,” I mentioned that a baseball hat brim is a useful tool for the visually impaired, as sunglasses often add to the darkness we are already living with. A ball cap cuts down on any glare we may be experiencing. It’s…
On the one year anniversary of an incredibly large, random act of goodwill having been bestowed upon me by a complete stranger in Sedona, Arizona, (“An Iced Vanilla Latte With An Unexpected Shot Of Kindness“), on the other side of the country, kindness strikes twice. Returning to our car in…
SISTER RAIN NANTUCKET WEEK X2 3 / 10 I had read about the Sconset Bluff Walk months prior to our trip, learning that it is on a public footpath along the east shore’s high bluffs behind private houses. The trail is very narrow at times and is not level. While…
Sister Rain is hitting the slopes! No, she’s not. Never has, never will. Sister Rain is sporting the latest sunglass trend, recently debuted at Paris Fashion Week! No, she’s not. Never has, never will. Then what the heck are these goggles all about? Prior to testing at the Hospital of…
