I used to make over 1,000 cookies each year, giving them as holiday gifts. After my vision loss, it became very difficult to tell if the cookies were done in the oven. My husband would be glad to help, but he is color blind and struggles with the same issue,…
Arriving at Washington Crossing Historic Park for the annual reenactment of Washington Crossing the Delaware on Christmas Day as we have done the previous two years (click here for He’s No Chicken But He Crossed The River To Get To The Other Side), my husband immediately noticed that there were…
Sister Rain’s Note: Fridays are for stories about Piper, but this week Piper has graciously permitted mom to use his spot for a bird story of another kind. It wasn’t until my husband turned the car onto a road and I saw the sign with the gigantic letters, “Z-O-O”…
I once again have led my long-suffering husband to new treasures along the highways and byways of this great country. I never tell the poor man where we are going, I navigate us to the address, telling him to be on the lookout for anything “unusual.” Mister Rain is not…
You know how they say couples who are together for a long period of time start to look alike? We can also rub off on each other in other ways. My husband has become more organized and the tiniest bit more forceful. I have calmed down a little and have…
Nearing the entrance to the parking garage after a football game, a man stood holding the door for my husband and me. “Thank you,” I said, as we had almost reached him. “Is she really blind?,” he asked, obviously speaking to Mister Rain. I never looked up from the end…
One of my recent trips to Washington, DC was during the government shutdown. It was eerie how empty the streets were. I had experienced this once before, during COVID, both times there was a sense of finding oneself in a post-apocalyptic world where you are one of the few people…
Meet Piper Hemingway, whose talents have been reduced to helping his mom with tales about his tail, his beak and his feathers. It’s only fair. We all deserve to write our own story. #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #piper #birdmom #conure #parrot #adoptdontshop #ahelpingwingparrotrescue
The Seattle Seahawks drumline, Blue Thunder, is a talented team of musicians who incorporate rock and roll drumming with drum corps style. Established in 2004, they perform at Lumen Field before, during and after Seahawks games. You will hear them before you see them, and that applies to everyone, not…
Let me preface this story by assuring you that I have never nor will I ever use AI to write my stories. EVER. I started this website in 2011, long before most of us could have imagined such a thing as Artificial Intelligence. I write because I love to, and…
