I was watching something on TV and was so irritated by twenty-something women constantly using “like”. It literally was nails-on-a-chalkboard to me. These women were very well-spoken except for the continual use of this word. After changing the channel, I forgot about it until my husband came home and we…

On Saturday I had gum for the first time in over three years. This is so strange to me. There had been no ugly breakup. No accusations were hurled and no one was hurt. We simply went our separate ways. But it’s as if I had forgotten it even existed!…

I can’t drink water during the night. To me that’s like drinking a glass of yuck-mouth. So I take a glass of iced tea with me when I head up to bed every night. At the age of 50, I got my first sippy cup. I don’t even think they…

I have always been a lover of a good quote. When I see one that makes me gasp, stops me in my tracks or makes my heart do a little flip-flop, it begins to take root in me. It becomes ammunition in my intellectual, emotional and often spiritual arsenal. I…

I have a long (to do) list and a short desire to get it done.— Sister Rain (1/6/16)

In the blackness of early morning, I headed to the kitchen. My vision is darkened all the time so when it’s dark for you, it’s doubly so for me. I turned the dimmer light on low, I’ve gotten good at maneuvering without light, and headed directly to the Keurig. While…

This is an empty bread bag and the little green tail you see at the top left off the picture belongs to my bird. Although I can’t see them now, prior to my vision loss I saw enough warnings about the dangers of plastic bags on children’s heads and suffocation…

Happy New Year! My wish, my hope, my dream is always the restoration of my full sight. But that is not something I can make happen, that’s in the hands of medical professionals, scientists and maybe technology too. So I can’t consider it a resolution. Yes, the “R” Word, thrown…

Twenty-seven years ago tonight I was single and in Times Square with a girlfriend, drinking a beer in a paper bag that we got at Howard Johnson. And I could see the enormous crowd and the insanely bright and colorful lights of the famous locale. A Bucket List moment long…

Me, speaking to my husband today around noon: “I’ve got nothing for my blog. I can’t keep writing about you being home all week and how bad it is and how you are driving me crazy. The authorities could use it against me.” And just like that, a blog is…