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What Do You Mean You Put Money In It And Make A Telephone Call? How Do You Drive Around With It?

Posted on August 10, 2011 By Sister Rain

It used to be when you came home from a vacation, you would unpack, do laundry, maybe go grocery shopping, pick up the mail you had stopped delivery on while you were not home. Nowadays, if you have the Geek Factor in your DNA, there are a host of other…

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Plucking On The Beach

Posted on August 8, 2011 By Sister Rain

I am at the beach on vacation for a few days. I was sitting in my beach chair today, enjoying the cool ocean on my feet and legs and watching the little ones experience the ocean for the first time. Then I experienced something for the first time myself! A…

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The Week In Review

Posted on August 5, 2011 By Sister Rain

Monday is the day of ickTuesday you are still feeling sickWednesday you pass over the humpThursday it’s back to being a grumpFriday is the finish lineSaturday, if I’m lucky, the day is all mineSunday you see Monday around the bendThen it begins all over again.

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There But For The Grace Of God

Posted on August 2, 2011 By Sister Rain

I can’t stop watching it or thinking about it or tearing up when I see it. I don’t know what you believe, but this has to make you believe in something.

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An Unwelcome Visitor

Posted on August 1, 2011 By Sister Rain

If Monday was in my front yard, I’d be in my backyard. And vice versa. Actually I’d be in bed.

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Except For The Absence Of That New Car Smell, You’d Never Know

Posted on July 29, 2011 By Sister Rain

My car had to go in for inspection this afternoon (inspections are required every year in Pennsylvania) and on my way to work this morning I was thinking about taking the beach chairs out of the back and anything else I wanted to remove before taking it to the garage….

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What Do A Laptop, Peanut Butter And A Fuel Pump Have In Common?

Posted on July 28, 2011 By Sister Rain

Some weird stuff happening today, Friends. I drove 22 of my 23 miles to work this morning only to remember I left my laptop at home. I had to drive back home and then back to work again. A 70-mile commute. Lovely. Then a little before lunch my husband went…

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Autumn Turns To Winter, And Winter Turns To Spring

Posted on July 27, 2011 By Sister Rain

I have a theory that everything in life can be tied to a Brady Bunch episode. Wanna get out of something? = “Something suddenly came up!” Break something that you shouldn’t have been touching in the first place? = “Mom always said don’t play ball in the house.” Need money?…

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What Is Time On My Hands, Alex?

Posted on July 26, 2011 By Sister Rain

Things are pretty slow at work as we knew it would be since summer is our slow season. None of us are traveling and just a few of us have begun our planning for fall meetings. There is lots of downtime and lots of web surfing and Skyping back and…

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Everybody IN The Pool

Posted on July 25, 2011 By Sister Rain

I have always dreamed of having a pool. When I was growing up, my mom’s friend two doors down had one and I spent many hours in that pool while my mom and Mrs. F. talked about their stories (translation for you younger readers: soap operas), their husbands (there was…

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I am a wife, bird mom and friend.
I am a curious and passionate traveler.
I am an advocate for the visually impaired.
I am legally blind.

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