While I realize that Piper is a bird and does not wear clothes (not for my lack of trying for a Christmas card photo shoot), it still feels a bit uncomfortable to post naked photos of him in the shower. Yet I have done it before (click here) and am…
Great Attitude, Great Altitude
I used to love looking at the world below during air travel, but since my vision loss, my ability to see what is out the window is limited to the clouds (the white) and the sky (the blue). In the case of the photo above the title of this story,…
I Would Like To Buy A Consonant . . . And A Vowel
Leaving Josephine’s Mercantile in Port Orchard, Washington, my husband stopped to show me a box of Scrabble tiles, all available for $.25, so that you may take home the “R” or the “X” you are missing to complete your set. It was an ingenious idea, one built on the most…
Cookie Nuggets
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,…
Low Level Of Water, High Level Of History
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…
The Last Time I Was Surrounded By This Many Tuxedos Was My Wedding Day
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”…
Such A Fine Sight To See – Part 9
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…
Our Seattle Seahawks Are Super Bowl Champions
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…
Blind At First Sight
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…
Empty With A Capitol DC
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…