When I broke my ankle in three places 25 years ago, requiring three surgeries, it was a difficult time. Titanium parts were implanted, they remain to this day. For years I carried a 4” x 6” photo of my ankle x-ray in an envelope when I went to an airport,…
Sitting in a chair out of the way in the Eyewear Department at Costco, I waited for my husband to find new frames he liked. Although I can’t really see his face, I am able to take photos of the options he selected for both of us to look at…
Driving through the town of Mullica Hill, New Jersey, I noticed two structures of the same height side by side. With my visual impairment, I am not always sure what I am seeing. “Was that the Twin Towers?,” I asked my husband. “I didn’t see it,” he replied as he…
Drowned rat? Porcupine? A fire-breathing dragon? No, it’s a conure after his weekly shower, sporting his springtime pin feathers as new plumage grows in. It’s an itchy, slightly uncomfortable, tiring process for my little man. While he natures, I nurture, giving him extra cuddle time and reminding myself not to…
J, my thoughtful and supportive friend of over 30 years (we met on the playground, of course, ahem), sent me a New York Times story about packing using the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Method. J knows of my great disdain for packing but my love of travel; she sent…
While having a very late lunch at an Italian restaurant during a day trip, two older women sat at the table next to my husband and me. One had her back to me, the other her side. Their table was tucked in the corner, above them was a television set…
Stopping at a candy store I had read about online, Damask Candies in Swedesboro, New Jersey, my husband and I selected a few chocolate treats to take home. The smell inside the shop was divine, the greatest advertising campaign there ever was. Given that it was a few weeks before…
Fourty-four year old Bodo Otto, Sr., his wife and children moved from Germany to the English Colonies in 1755, he ws 44. He opened a medical practice in Philadelphia; it quickly became prosperous due to the large German population in the city. Dr. Otto, Sr. believed in American liberty…
Although eating chocolate would kill Piper, an empty Reese’s box is perfectly safe. The irony? I can eat chocolate at no risk but this little guy’s sweetness just may be the death of me. #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #piper #birdmom #conure #parrot #bird #conuresofinstagram #parrotsofinstagram #birdsofinstagram #parrotlife #instaparrot #adoptdontshop #ahelpingwingparrotrescue #reeses…
I recently paid a visit to Dalton Farms in Swedesboro, New Jersey. Family owned and operated since 1790, it was covered in vibrantly colored tulips for as far as the eye could see. Or in my case, as far as the photos I later enlarge can capture. Using my trekking…
