There was a joke with my in-laws when they were still with us that my husband not be allowed to have any power tools for fear of doing harm to himself while using them. Ok, maybe it wasn’t a joke. Mister Rain has accrued quite a few tools over the…
Vision Loss Can Be Draining
I just tore the kitchen apart looking for the lid to my coffee mug. Found it. #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #blind #lowvision #visuallyimpaired #visionloss #blindness #blindnessisaspectrum #legallyblind #sightloss #vision #opticneuropathy #visionlosscanbedraining
Sunrise In Yosemite
Driving in pitch blackness from our hotel to Tunnel View in Yosemite, 5 am was unexpectedly beautiful. The surrounding barely visible ancient massive rock formations seemed to cradle us as we moved through the valley thousands of feet underneath them. When my husband and I pulled into the parking lot…
Toy To Piper’s World, It’s Christmas In July
Piper loves a plastic bag so a 310″ long , 7″ wide strip of plastic packing material sends him into a frenzy. I wrap it all around his play area (aka most of the living room) so that he can push and pull it until it falls to the floor….
Capitola’s Venetian Court
Capitola, California is a small seaside town located 40 miles north of Monterey. In the 2024 census its population was 9,456. Capitola’s Venetian Court consists of two rows of 24 multicolored pastel townhouses sitting beachside. Built in 1924 the complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in…
Hipster Rain
I try to keep up with things the kids are dong and saying. I didn’t think I was the only one. The other day my husband was poo-pooing something I had done and I replied with an expression I thought was part of the general lexicon, “Don’t yuck my yum!”…
Knife Happens
I wash and cut the fruit in our house every week during the summer months. My husband often cooks dinner, he is no stranger to the kitchen, but somehow I ended up with this job regardless of my visual impairment. The irony is we never really bought much fresh fruit…
What Do Bears Eat? Whatever They Want.
You know that feeling of entering someone’s house, being greeted by the host or hostess? Or how wonderful it is to welcome someone into your home?
This Some-Body Is A Some-Birdy
I read a quote that said “The reason why you feel so connected to your pets is because they were originally meant to be your children but there were no human bodies available when they incarnated so they came through in the form they could, just to be near you…
Santa Cruz, California
Arriving in Santa Cruz, California in the early evening we found a hotel for he night, asking the gentleman at the front desk for a dinner recommendation. On the way to the restaurant we drove around a little, passing the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk with its roller coaster and ferris…