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A Collection Of Sister Rain’s Work

2025
January

Two Pipers In A Pod

Been There, Grateful For That

Phone A Friend

Wiper Lids

A Little Sight, A Lot Of Heart And A Bunch Of T-Shirts

Hi, Hola, Bonjour, Squawk

Bread Box

A Thankful Setting

Old Teeth, New Trick

Atop A Horse, A General. On Bended Knee, A Man.

Busy Bird

Virginia Mason Athletic Center

If After All This He Can’t Get In, I’m Getting Out

Cane And Able

Air Force Memorial

The Screams Are Coming From Inside The House

Such A Fine Sight To See – Part 5

Visibility

At The Bottom Of The Steps, I Stared  (An Optic-Neuropathy Illusion)

We All Play For The Same Team

Piper: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Set A Course For Adventure

I See Your Resolution And Raise It A Point

February

Piper Climbs El Dad

Such A Fine Sight To See – Part 6

Water Blogged

I Don’t Know What I Am Missing

I Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghosts But Boy Do They Frustrate Me

Downward Parrot

The Best Travel Pillow

Snow(man) Showers

Remotely A Superhero

Sister Rain New Year

I Broke Piper’s Girlfriend But Not His Heart

Pike Place Market

The Clean And The Mesy That Is Us

Seeing Is Overrated

It Was Christmastime In The City

Piper’s Toiletry Bag

A Boy And His Dogs, A Man And His Birds

It’s My Mom And I’ll Cry If I Think Of Her

Menu Memory

Meet Me At The Eagle

March

Dey Mansion

Piper Helps Make The Bed

A Tale Of Two Castles

John Spencer

A Case Of Contrast

Living A Life Of Content

Sole Destroyer

Blue Mountain Resort

Whitewater Marriage

Lawyer Denise Or De-Neighbor?

Just Another Saturday Morning

MomGyver

Where The Shortest Distance Between Life And Death Is Main Street

The Real World

A Lot More Than My Hair Color Was Being Processed Under The Dryer

Washington’s Headquarters Morristown, New Jersey

Rice Krispie Treat

Journalism

It Served Us Well

Kohl’s Lost And Found

Sister Rain Is A Badhat

April

Positively Negative

National Parks Access Pass

#Hashtags

Smaller Than A Bread Bag

Diligent Fire Co. No. 3

All The Single Ladies

Live From Sister Rain

Garage Land

Toy Story

Dinosaurs, Gorillas And Oz. Oh, My!

To Crop Or Not To Crop

Taking A Seat Back

Sister Rain Airlines

Eye Love Piper

Born In Bethlehem

Kathy Griffin

More Painful Than The Mammogram

Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park

Piper The Burrito

An Overlook At Winter

Therapy At First Sight

Life Is Like A Box Of Cr*p

May

Carrier Conure

Iron Door Saloon

Puffer The Magic Jacket

I See You Even Though I Can’t

Old Money

One Of Those Days

To Cube, Or Not To Cube, That Is The Question

Losing Our Footing

This Concealer Works Great

Death Of The Fox Inn

A Green Clean Preening Machine

Adventures Can Be Built In A Day

Brace Yourself, Scarface

The Very Best Deal At Costco

Mullica Hill, New Jersey 9/11 Memorial

My Pin-Up Guy

Packing Light Just Ain’t Right

Afternoon Delight

One Giant Step For Chocolate

A German Doctor’s American Dream

Piper Butter Cup

Drive Through The Tulips With Me

June

Muir Woods National Monument

Piper’s Got A Big Ole Box, Oh, Yeah

The Merced River Sees Through Me

For My Husband It’s Not Easy Being Green

I Left My Future In San Francisco

A Couple Good Men

Shrink Wrap Piper

A Powerful Wind

Premature Turniation

I Check Myself Before I Wreck Myself

ALL Of Us Will Never Forget

This Kind Of Stretch Won’t Live A Mark

Swanton Berry Farm

The Moon Has Phases, Why Shouldn’t We?

Bike With The Old, Bike With The New

Trinity Episcopal Church & Schorn Log Cabin

Picking Up The Peanuts

Golden Gate Bridge

Miles High Marriage

On My Journey, They Came To Me With Offered Arms

Celebration In The Front, Celebration In The Back

July

Pacific Grove, California

My Husband Is Battery Powered

The Blind Reading The Blind

Yosemite View Lodge

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

My Little Pink House

The Next Filng May Be For Divorce

Vision Loss Can Be Draining

Sunrise In Yosemite

Toy To Piper’s World, It’s Christmas In July

Capitola’s Venetian Court

Hipster Rain

Knife Happens

What Do Bears Eat? Whatever They Want.

This Some-Body Is A Some-Birdy

Santa Cruz, California

Make Sure There Is Always Something There To Remind You

SS Palo Alto

There’s A New Mascot In Town

Shark Fin Cove

24 Hours, A Wedding And A Funeral

In This Courthouse I Do Not Have The Right To My Cane

August

Wear And Chair

Lights, Houses, California

One Stranger Story Than The Next

. After

Yosemite Valley Chapel

Feeding Piper’s Right To Choose

The No-Detour Detour

Out With The Old, In With The Ouch

Keying In On My Vision Loss

El Capitan

My Parronts Give Me A Headache

Big Sur, Big Bridge

Flagging In The Seasons

Cond-I-Ment To Grab The Ketchup

Galen Clark’s Sequoias

Thigh Master

Monterey And A Golf Course With A 17-Mile Drive

An Ivory Shower Marry Tale

No Blindfold Required

Yosemite Tunnel Vision

Piper Keeps Me In The Dark

September

The Inevitable Gap

A Tattoo In Blue – Part 2

The Construction Of Piper’s Instructions

90210

As The Years Turn

Now Not How

A Tattoo In Blue – Part 1

Where In The World Is Piper?

Shore Hotel, Santa Monica

Portrait Of A Marriage

Tag, You’re It

That’s A Slot Of Mail

Better Than Piper

Point Dume, Malibu

The Friendship To Remain Silent

Luxur-To-Me

The Real Firefighters Of Stanislaus National Forest

Into Piper’s Mom’s Life A Little Seed Must Fall

Rock On, Morro Bay

New Neighbor Roulette

All Dolled Up

In The Spring Yosemite Falls

October

Shinn Curtis Log House

Piper And The Secret

A Switchback To Fun

Better Life

I Was Floored

Ulysses S. Grant House

Funday Mornings

Where They Play In LA

I Married An Ivy Leaguer

The Lights Are Off And Somebody’s Home

This Land Is Your History, Your Life Is My History

It’s Super Piper!

Hollywood Sign & Griffith Observatory

Common Cold

Comparison Living

A Tattoo In Blue – Part 3

100% Piper

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre

An Artifact Worth Savings

2024
February

A Venti Is Just A Grande With More Coffee And A Bigger Cup

Bangs And Blood

Blindness Is A Spectrum

What’s Your Product Description?

Piper To Launch

A Beacon Of Hope

Freezing The Moment

The 20/20 On My 20/400

Getting The Band Back Together

Introducing . . .

March

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 1-3)

A Leaf Lesson

Her Finally Resting Place

The Optics Of Optic Neuropathy

Gettysburg From My Angle

My Healthy Pop-Tart

Up The Creek

This Monorail Transports Me Back

Drawn To The Future

He’s No Chicken But He Crossed The River To Get To The Other Side

Age-Defying Piper

Thank You, Alaska Airlines

Restored

Me And My Shadow

The Kennedy Compound

Piper Doodle Dandy

Puttering Around Our Nation’s Capital

COVID Interruptus

Sister Rain Is All Thumbs

Sister Rain’s Cancellation Policy

He’s Not Even Sneaky About It

April

Be My Eyes

Oorah, Pop-Pop

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 8)

Such A Fine Sight To See – Part 1

Good Deeds

Dangerous Learning Curves Ahead

Fraunces Tavern

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 7)

A Ferry Different Way Of Life

Donation Contributions

The Puzzle That Is Envy

I Spy Setauket, Long Island

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 6)

It’s A Bike, It’s A Train, It’s Sister Rain

Nana’s Cameo Appearance

Once Upon A Time There Was Light In My Life

National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 4-5)

Saguaro National Park

On My Honor, I Know Her

Done Dirty By Soap

Flight 93 National Memorial

May

A Portrait Of Piper By Linda

A Shady Question

Temp To Perm Position

The Lowdown On Low Vision Centers

If Not For This Man You’d Be Reading Blister Pain

Squawking The Same Language

Sometimes You Want To Go Where Everybody Knows Your Team

Rick

The Quicker Picker Lamper (An Optic-Neuropathy Illusion)

I’m A Writer, Not A Rapper

Want A Supple Beak? Shower Every Week!

Departing Is Such Sweet Sorrow

Lostory

Ruffy

From Hubby To Business

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 9.5)

Mount Rainier

Bed Bath & Happy

In Plane View

9/11 Memorial & Museum

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 9)

Lighthouse Espresso

iPicasso

June

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 11)

I’ve Been Served

The Gray Area Of Our Relationship

Timex Has Nothing On Me

Wreaths Across America – The Essay

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 10)

Am I Going To Need A New Passport?

Foresight Is A Disability

I Didn’t Play But I Felt Like I Had Won

Wreaths Across America – The Person

My Heart Doctors

A Marriage Sidelined

Whatever Happened To?

Emojilly Impaired

Wreaths Across America – The Day

Mom And Dad Went To Sedona

My Sedona

For The Best Business Name EVER, The Rainy Goes To . . .

An Iced Vanilla Latte With An Unexpected Shot Of Kindness

Red Rock, Paper, Scissors, Past, Future

July

Well Suited

Hats Off To My Hats

Field Of Honor

Piper The Conure As . . .

Prepping For The Moment

A Day

Shotgun Rider

A Huge Scoop Of Service And Sacrifice

Helping Mom

Mainely Quiet Mornings

Row, Row, Row Your Psyche

Hoops, Where It Is?

And Then I Had An Inkling

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 12)

Here’s Looking At You, Maine

I Am My Own Woman And Her Too

If Only One Hue I’m So Glad That It’s You

Adaptabil-To-Me

I Know What I Did Last Week

Piper Hancock

An Apple In A Tree Means No Writer’s Block For Me

Connecting The Drops

Wreaths Across America – The Craft

August

I Spy Ben’s Grave

Such A Fine Sight To See – Part 2

The Peaches Of My Eye

You’re Doing Good

Paralympics

Mom And Dad Went To Nantucket

Last Chapter

Beach Buddy

Nantucket M-Z

Nantucket A-L

No Burger King But We Had It Our Way

I Call My Own Bluff Everest

Surrounded By Water And Yet

First Chapter

There Is No Bridge

Where’s A Bird To Keep His ID?

The Fourth Time’s A Charm

From Broom To Boat

What Fresh Powder Is This?

The Only Tea For Me Is The One In Liberty

Face Your Fears . . . But Moisturize First!

Firmly Planted In The USA

September

The Search Heard Round The World (Well, My World)

Spoiled Water

I Surf, He Turfs

WWDD? (What Would Dorothy Do?)

Room 907

Historical Society Of Pennsylvania

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 15)

Vacations Stations

What Is Her Name?

Barbie Rain

Sister Rain Is Mistaken

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 14)

The Brits, The Hoosiers And The Arizonan

Retiring Minds Please Don’t Go

A Rocky Partnership

United States Military Academy West Point

Piper & Me: A Love Story (Part 13)

Fortunately . . .

Unhidden Figures

PSA (Protective Sight Announcement)

I Spy John Andre

October

The Perfect Catch

Hitting The Deck

Wipe That Smile Off Your Cheeks (An Optic-Neuropathy Illusion)

Coat Tales

Piper’s Amazing Feets

Place Orders Like A Pro Before You Go

Don’t Doubt The Reboot

Does This File Make My Eyes Look Big?

Family Rarelooms

Mansion Cleaning

Such A Fine Sight To See – Part 3

Night Light

Race Yourself

This Colonel Is My Truth

Shoulder Dislocation

There Are Lighthouses And Then There Are Lighthouses

#21

I’m Here

The Son-In-Law Of Liberty

A Boo-tiful Team

The West Wing

Stinky Rain

Purple Heart

November

TSA PreChuckles

From Our Freezer To Yours

Survivor

iPhone, iPhone In My Hand

Certifiably Framed

Content To Be On Top

Watching Whales, Feeling Alive

They All Get My Vote

We See Each Other Clearly

My 5x Great-Grandfather Is An Exhibitionist

Piper Pop Up

These Are A Few Of My Favorite First Things

Breakfast In The Hamptoms

DON’T VOMIT!

Becoming A Daughter In My Fifties

Piper’s Tagline

What Did She Say?

Power That Needs No Battery

Cello, Doggie (An Optic-Neuropathy Illusion)

Proving My DNA To The DAR

Love Is Love

December

Boarding Witness

Arlington National Cemetree

Never Have I Ever – Piper Edition

An Old Piling Light Navigates Me To A New Friend

Fa-La-La-La-Lancaster

Let Me Make It Up To You

They Did

A Zygodactyl-Me-Down

Sheer Class

Bin To Your Happy Place Lately?

Seelery

All Dolled Up

My Son Is A Beaky Eater

There’s No Place Like Content

I Am 5′ 2″ And Shorthand Is One Of My Best Features

Trekking With Poles

Over The River And Through The Woods To My 5x Great-Grandfather’s Tavern I Go

Piper’s Secret

Such A Fine Sight To See – Part 4

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Welcome Back, Sister Rain

Valley Forging Our Bond

2019
January

Getting To The Bottom Of It

Mount Possible

#adoptedhimwentblindsavedme

What’s The Over-Under On Competence?

Bricks And Stones May Have Made My Home But We Are All The Same

An Rx With No Adverse Side Effects

May All Our Games Go Into Overtime

Thinking Outside The Bird Box

Craftmanufacturingship

Oblogation

Destination: The Journey

All Aboard 2019

A New Year For An Old Married Couple

February

It’s My Latte And I’ll Gulp It If I Want To

Help: A Touchy Subject

It’s Sunday Somewhere

Scaredy Cat, Healthy Bird

Happy Birthday, POTUS1

A Sweet Heart

ART-Important-FACT

Closed Is The Opposite Of Open

Random Acts Of Customer Service

Visitor Marking

Coffee, We, Eternity

Compactful Disc

March

I Snore Because I Can’t Breathe

It’s Bin Too Long, Mom

Party Of Me

The Secret Life Of A Bird Mom

Is Mind Racing Considered Cardio?

Pedal Power Of Deduction

Puzzled By Faith

It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Sister Rain

I Hugged A Bag Of Carrots

Design Style: Smile

He Saw Right Through Me

Where Everybody Knows My Name . . . Or My Beverage

MARCHOO!

April

Spring In My Steps

We Were Quite A Pair

Look At It This Way

Self Serve

My Spirit Animal

Location, Location

Four Score, Seven Years And Two Great-Uncles Ago

Shelf Life

Knock! Knock! Who’s There? CPR. CPR Who?

I Fell For Good

Ride Or Die

Not Left To My Old Devices

Comparitively Ceasing

May

Hocus Focus

Skinny Cheese

What’s Your Authenticated Passion?

I See His True Colors

Die Hard With A Logo

My Whole Universe Was In A Dark, Dense State

Not Even An Arnold Palmer

Love’s A Beach

The I Don’t Before The I Do

Repeat Every Year

Lost And Found In The Washing Machine

Tasteful Dreams

Somebody Out There Wants To Preen You. Let Them.

Handheld Devices

June

Reading My Life

The Seven Year Pain

A Nice Surprise

Silent Partners

In The End, Her Break Was Fast

Apple Watch

Habitat Because Of Humanity

BRR-P

Friendly As A Clam

Reflection At The Intersection

I Shouldn’t Have Had That Second Diet Coke

Change Of Place

July

On The DL*

A Near Miss Is Still A Miss

Watered Down Dispute

Live Like Nobody’s Watching

Sometimes I Edit Myself

Saying Goodbye To A Friend

August

Captain’s Blog 083019

The Effect Was Personal

Scarred

September

She Left Us Her Best

Nighttime Neighborhood Listen

“Are Uber Still Mad?”

Pedaling Away The Cobwebs

The Truth More And Less

P.M. (Per Mom)

I See No Evil But People Still Speak It To Me

9/12

NanaRain.net

Farm Fresh Address

AzTechnology

Friendships

She Left The House But Took The Home

October

Coffeehouse Of Horrors

My Takeaway

Dislocated Shoulders

Don’t Quit Before The Miracle Happens*

Now I Know

Morning, You And Night

Name That Visually Impaired Challenge

The Fabric Of Her Life

Hope Fully Awake

A License To Fries

Expect A Harken Ahead

The Last Page Isn’t Always At The Back Of The Book

And Seventy-Five Little Blog Posts

Teen Bird

November

The Seven Year Sitch

Larger Than Life . . . And Death

The Excited Bird

When Only The F Word Will Do

White Wednesday

The 33-Year-Old Bookmark

I Must Have Been Moving At The Speed Of Light

I’ll Follow Me Everywhere

Monday Kickoff

Hide And Beak

Loss Change

A Visually Challenged Bird Mom Walks Into A Bar

December

Dashing Through The Commercials

2018
January

An Elementary Lesson

Me N U

A Kernel Of Progress

I’m Sure There’s More

This Blog Is Mine Passion

We Can Duo It

This Post Is A Matter Of Life And Death

Uber Buddy

The Downside Of Updates

On A Snowy Morning: Clarity

You’re So Happy I Could Cry

It’s A Girl!

I Love When He Turns His Back On Me

Customs Apparel

Here’s A Secret For You . . .

To Do To To Done

Sleet Shaming

Ancestry . InCOMprehensible

Snowmen Snow Day

Undue Trouble

Diagnosis Murder

Content Or Content In 2018?

February

We All Have Our Limits

If You Were My Friend, I’d Bring YounA Pint Of Breathe

Birds And Their Feathers Stick Together

Backup A Darn Minute

Do These Pants Make My Butt Look A**-Backwards?

Hospital Realization

Keeping Each Other Grounded

Capitalism

Throwing Out The First Pitch: Rhett Butler

Getting Stoned

I’ve Done More Laps Than A Linen Napkin In A 5-Star Restaurant

Who In The Hell Is Roto Rooter?

March

Hope Floats. I Do Not.

Snow Fall

Holding A Stranger’s Heart Makes Them A Stranger No More

There’s No Trust Without Us

Four Storms And Four Ordeals Ago

Piper Mondays . . .

Piper Fridays . . .

A Sign He Is A Wonderful Young Man

You Gotta Do You. And For Me That’s Blue.

2018 Paralympics

A Statement About A Blanket

Crisis: Diverted

Piper: A Load Of Fun

April

I’m A Bird Person, Doggone It!

The Only Recipe That Comes Out Perfectly Every Time: Disaster

Gratefully Full Of It

Netwinging

Unforeseen Reception

Can A Scarecrow Have Hay Fever?

The Brush Off

Piper-eminder

Spring Training Wheels

The Coffee Isn’t Half & Half Bad Either

Either Way It’s A Circus

The Legally Blind Cleaning The Blinds

Piper’s Horny

May

Harry & Meghan: “I Will.” Sister Rain: IV.

Monday Hurts. Mon-Do Feels Good.

Feliz Dia De La Madre, Madre

Hot Hot Not

OG Bday

If Only Bounce Sheets Came In 5’2″

I Never Met A Tracking Number I Didn’t Like

June

It Looks Like A “C” But It’s An A+

Who Doesn’t Love A Gift Card?

Don’t Wait For A Pull-Tab. Use An Opener.

Polygatech

Overnight Stay, Forever Friends

Papa Perch

Menage A Pillow

Either Way, Amen*

The Burger

Would You Rather Read A Short Book With Long Chapters Or A Long Book With Short Chapters?

Wound Care

DMV (Damn My Vision)

July

Jump Starting The Week

I’ve Got The Bathroom Blues In The Very Best Way

It Dozen Make Sense

An Author-ized Blography

What’s Your Everest?

A Monumental Sight

When Life Hands You A Sharpie

I Have Always Talked With My Hands

Weathering Life

Sorrowity

Future Vibrant See

My Conuretutional Rights

’Tis The Season Of Manicures And Pedicures

August

Is That Lucky Charms In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Having Breakfast?

Leave It To The Beavers

A Contact Hi

She’s A Pill

Would You Pass On The Past?

What Would You Attempt If You Knew You Would Fail?

Fortunate Son

Write Brain, Left Brain

Clue: She’s Not As Smart As She Thinks She Is

A Waist Of Time

Kelly Clarkson And I Dream In Color. So Can You.

A Bird In The Handbag

Knock, Knock. “Who’s There?” “Boo!” “Come On In.”

Match.Conure

September

Sew Right

Betwixt Is A Treat

Fall Ball

Fill ‘Er Up

He’s Got Birdy Davis Eyes

Sister Rain On Rain

Dancing With Myself

Kindly Read This Post

One Degree Of What The???

The Margaritas Weren’t The Only Thing That Was Frozen

Blue Romance

Labor Day Of Love

October

A Fitting Comparison

Blindsided

$150 Later, We’re Rich

Forty Is The New Spoiled Milk

World Travels

Sponging Off Each Other

Needles To Say, I’m Falling Apart

My Lamp Beside The Cherry Door

At Least It’s The Season Of The Undead

Fakebook Friends

Rage, Rum Or Risen?

Cured

Card Stock

When It All Just Fitz

November

A Purposeful Rescue

Today I Am Full

Take A Stand, Protect Your Gland

Induction Cooktop Required. Serves 318.

Wondering On The Path Of Heroes

Rebuilding A Life

A Joy In The Neck

Never Forget To Say Thank You

Freedom Allowers

Sharelence

I’ve Got To Open My Mouth To See What I’m Eating

My Parrot Can Outfly Your Monkey

Santa Checks His List For Good And Bad Deeds, Your List Needs Cecking For Viable Leads

December

Elf Yourself

Handling It

New Car Optional. New Route Required.

‘Tis The Reason

Arthritic Digits

Put Your Big Girl Sneakers On

Tree To Be Me

Breaking News: Lunch Ladies

InDentured To Change

2017
January

Lifestyles Of The Rich And Spoonless

Home Remedies

is That A Stye In Your Eye Or Are You Just Happy To See Everything?

Readers Are Athletes Too!

Tootsie Rolling On Out Of Here

Life’s Wind Chill Facttor

Birdpees Are Next

Oh, The Weather Inside Was Frightful

What Is Netflix?

Feet First Into My Heart

Grateful Times Call For Grateful Measures

Lather. Rinse. Rinse Again. And Again.

Hue-man Sights

The Circle Of Lies

Taking Care

Tech Filtration

And So I Carrie On

February

Uber Independence

Who Am I Wearing? Oscar de la MINE

Bingeing Will Cause You To Exercise

“The Best Way To Predict The Future Is To Create It”

Hope May Float But It’s Also Flammable

Must Lu-Cy TV

Paranormal

Sunny Day, Sweeping The Clouds Away

Foiled Again

A Morning Full Of Ire

A Feathered Heart

Chute!

Putting My Dormant Driving Skills To Work

He’s My Heartbreaker, Cavetaker

Three Meetings And A Blog Post

No-No-No-No-No! No-No-No-No-No-No!

This Flashlight Is No Phoney

Never Did I Ever

The Soft Center In The Hard Shell

Pillow Talk

March

Been There, Cleaned That

“I Love Your Top But Can I Borrow Your Eyes?”

Tale As Old As Time: Men And Women

If It Happens And You Did It, Take A Look

The Blogger Wore No Clothes But Boy Can She Hang!

What If?

Sister Rain Unplugged

Never Been So Happy To Be Average

The Weekend: Trying To Fit Pounds Onto A Gram Scale

Fowl Joke

Tests Show Breast Days Still Ahead

Sixteen Hours Of Separation

Dear Stella:

Big Accomplishments Come In Small Brown Paper Packages

Grading On The Curve . . .

I Don’t Know About You, But I Update Myself

Does Thie Courage Make My Hips Look Big?

The Apple Of His Eye

Dinner For Breakfast

Mrs. DoubtRain

My Housewives’ Tagline

April

There Should Be A Laxative For Decisionitis

Book Smart

Toast And Your Jam For Breakfast

Venus And Mars Do NOT Use The Same Currency

Mondate

Purdy Inspiring

Meeting Enthusiast

Cover Judge

The 411 On 426

“Ists” Are People, Too

The Bunny Shot

Shore-ly Good Fridays

Ziggy Rain

For Whom The Books Are Written, They Are Written For Thee

Hairy Lemonade

Suits Of Armor

Blood Letting (A Student Draw Mine)

A Cup Of Coffee And A Friendship To Go

Some Days Are Crappier Than Others

She Died Putting Her Boots On

Poword

Somebirdy Needs Coffee

May

Do You Hear What You Hear?

Black & White Lining (I Can’t See Silver)

This Trumps It All

Toilet Piper

To Ask For Help Are Not, That Is The Question

If Friendship Was A Candle, It Would Smell Like Christmas Morn

Home Is Where The Work Is

Power Steering

Birdtual Assistant

Doodling’s Still Dandy

Hey, I Could Have Used A Birth Analogy!

Battering A Thousand (Calories)

Your Next Opportunity May Be Right Around The Corner

A Nice Idea For Mother’s Day If You’ve Lost Your Mom

Flip-Flops In A Blizzard

Franklin, My Dear

It’s All On The Wrist

That Old Familiar Flush

May 7th (AKA My Birthday)

Home Is Where The Sports Bra Is

Signing For Our Lives

The Perfect Direction: Forward

It’s The Bitty Things

June

Simple Playsures

Stressi-Strips

Wonder Drugs

Vital Signs

Handy Memories Get Me Through

Proud Keep On Rollin’

Working Out Locked Out

Will Work For Peanuts

Sweaty Betty On A Furry Friday

Losing My Site

Royally Blue-tiful

Don’t Just Bust It, Trust It

Deaf And Blind, Meet Dumb

Life Is Like A Box Of Piper

Everything’s Going Wrong. And That Feel Right.

Signing On

Inspiration: Two I’s, No U

It’s Snack O’Clock Somewhere

Safety First. After My Walk.

July

The Stinker

One Rung At A Time

OG Pandora In A Wi-Fi World

Selfshe

What’s Ur Msg?

A Summer Senior Moment

~ iPerson ~

Friday Flight Plan

But If You Try Sometimes, Well, You Just Might Find . . .

Right Back At Him

Meet My Personal Trainer: Mother Nature

Here, Anger, Anger

Accountabili-Me

It’s Not What You Know, But Who You Know

A Summary Read

Summer Olympics

Christmas In July

Snap, Crackle, Ole

DOA (Dead On Autocorrect)

Proud To Be An Eggmerican

Raw(fee)lings

August

Boston Tee Party

Learning About Reflection

Big Little Day

Best Directions Ever

Neighborhood Perch

Defining Defining Moments

The Journey Of A Thousand Miles Begins With One Step*

The Chronic Human Conditions

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This Really Bugged Me

We Do

Wiping My Nose

Different Strokes For Same Folks

Getting Fearless Wit It

Cinco De Meeto

GPS (Guided (by) Poor Sight)

A Passionate Blog

No Time Today, I’ll Do It Tomorrow

Fantasy Baseball

They Don’t Check Me Out

Big Returns

Inside Friendship

The Best Internet Connection Of My Life

September

Kneeless To Say . . .

She Might As Well Have Taken My Temperature Rectally

I Can’t Always See What They’re Saying

Eggs A La Antibiotics

Paint Like Nobody’s Watching

I See What He’s Saying

Duly Noted

The Nature Of Humans

9/19/17 – 9:22 am – Sister Rain

The Signs Of Our Lives

Judging A Life By The Number Of New Book Releases

Don’t Give Up Before The Miracle Happens

How’s Your Day Looking?

Motherloss

Never Forget, Always Stand Up

Feeling Home

Houdini Martinis

It’s Not Easy Being Green

A New School Year . . .

USC URGR8

Auntie D, Cardiac Care

October

You Kit Kan’t Make This Stuff Up

My Library Card Has Some High Mileage On It

His Squawk Is Worse Than His Bite

Current-Née

Sister Rain’s Wild Ride

AARP POV

Middle Page

Priority Checkup

Doppelthinner

I See No Limits For Myself

Broken Up But Still Together

Porta Bull

Piper Can’t Come To The Blog Right Now . . .

Breaking It Down

Know. Do. Whoa.

Home Sweet Ecru? Eggplant? Eggshell?

My DNA Breakdown: 3% Tastykake

Red Wine Is Good For The Heart . . .

For Our Aching, Broken Hearts

A Declaration Of Love

Twenty-Five Years Of Spray

What Happened In Vegas . . .

November

Ringing In The Week

Pack Friday

Many Thanks

Poultzzzzzzz

My Dream Catcher Has A Big Hole In It

De-Isolating

Sock It To Me

Getting There Was Not Half The Fun

Waste Not, Want Not

Family Is Relative

Password: Perseverance

The Smirkin’s Still Workin’

Big Not-A-Mistake. Big. Huge.”

A Mistaken Signdentity

I Approve This Post

Chicken No More

He Eggs Me On. Everyday.

Plucking Eurphoric

Last But The Opposite Of Least

December

Happy Right Now

File This Under “Perfect”

Cindoorella

In Concord I Find My Own Liberty Trail

Piper On Earth, Good Will Toward All

Cheesey But Great Idea For Office White Elephant

A Math Made In Haven

Cursed With A Guardian Agent

Eat, Drink And Be Monday

Time Travel

We Wish We Didn’t Look Then Where We’re Not Looking Now

The Cause For The Pause

Even If You Check It, You Have To Carry On

Giving November 28th The Bird

2016
January

People Who Read People

My Heart Has Wings

A Life Lesson Found In The Snow

Beauty In Duty

Blizzard Blog

Jonas Is Coming! Jonas Is Coming!

Woof!

The Amazing Marriage

“Hey! Stop Following Me!”

Innocence Lost, And The Big Game Too

Jackpot All Around

If You’re Not Early You’re Late

Forecast: Cheshire Cat Grins

I Do Like And I Don’t Like It

I Gotta Chew On This Awhile

Lidsville

Call The Doctor! My Blog Has An Ethos!

The Long And Short Of It

From Beauty To The Beast

Worst Parront Ever

2016: The Yearr Of More Sweet, Less Bitter

Old And Eyes

February

Big And Quick

Keep Your Monster Close Blut Yourself Closer

Incredibly Profound Emails

An ABSolute Revelation

Advertisement Ailments

Monday’s Worth

Mammogram Service Announcement

I Have The Fitness Goals Of A Celebrity

Fear In 3D

The Sweetest Place On Earth

Clothes Encounters Of The Husband Kind

Blood Work And A Cocktail

Hair Traffic Control

The Very Best Part Of My Day

Love Thy Neighbor

I Write, Therefore I Am

Blog Blocks

March

Inconceivable

Look Hoot’s An Early Bird Now, Mom

Piper The Conure And The Blustery Night

A Letter To The Eggitor

My Reality

Sometimes You Just Need A Little Bright And Airy

Seeing What I Couldn’t See Before

Why Does This Woman Write This Blog?

Slow Cooking, Fast Learning

Devilish Behavior

Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, We Really Should Be Snow

Resuming The Resume

Fifty Ain’t Nifty

IF YOU ARE LOW VISION, I BEG YOU TO READ THIS

Hundredsie Is The New Onesie

Piper Wants Some Gandhi

No Height Restrictions For This Ride

If You Love Her Then You Have To Put Her Rings On You

I Haven’t Feathered My HaIr Since The 80’s

“JUST” Is A Four-Letter Word

Thank Goodness It’s Not Brussels Sprouts!

A Premium 6 Ply Friendship

Taking A Load Off, Literally

April

Sometimes A Number Is Not Only A Number

Like A Day At The Spa But With Feathers

Oo-rouch!

This One Takes The Cake

Not Quite Back In The Saddle Again

‘Twas The Middle Of The Night

Good Morning And Good Night, People

A Tony Award Winner And A Greek Philosopher Walk Into A Blog

Giving Me The Feathery Eyeball

If You’re Gonna Cop A ‘Tude, Cop This One

Painful Choices

Pluck Exercise

Be Kind

Sad Tuesday

AC2 VIP WOW!

chIDOLhood

A Perfect Storm

#heartfeltgratitude

Anatomically Correct

Keep Your Friends Close And Your Enemy In The Breadbox

SisterRainhood Of The Many Maladies

May

Piper’s DiSPAppointing Day

I AM

Star-Spangled Purchase

Two Hot Dogs Keeping Their Cool

Truth Is Harder Than Inspiration

Who’s Bad?

Consider This Blog A Teenage Boy’s Bedroom

They Once Were Lost But Now Are Found, I’m Blind But With Them I See

Cirque du Strappay

The Doctor’s Office Of The Brave

Hello world!

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Blog

Game Changed, Rage Same

Crapft

Warning! This Post Is Pastorized

TURN It On And Enjoy

A Bird In The Hand

Wishful Blogging

Hopey Birthday For Me

Knee-ly Done With This, I Promise

Talk About A Vicious Cycle

Cuddle(90)grams

A Kneed For Support . . . And Pants!

June

When You’re Inspired, You’re Inspired

Back In E Day

Monday’s Monotonous Miles

For What So Proudly He Stands

Veggie Grinder

To Do Today

To Do Today

Time Flies, Unless You’re An Hour Early

She’s Had Some “Dental Work” Done

Fear Of The Known

How Do He Know?

Orlando

He’s Not Even A Teenager Yet!

I’m Not Picking Up What I’m Laying Down

Love In The First Degree Burns

Family Friends

Same Blog, New Chapter

All About That Bass And There’s Going To Be Trouble

A Normal Story

Code Red

July

Pipernado

Easy, Breezy, Beautiful

Give Me Enough Rope . . .

Worse Than A Worm

What I Have To Fear

Strangers In The Night

All Charged Up

Parrot Yoga

The End

The Bog Before The Blog

Calf Stretch In Aisle 4

Unidentified Visually-Challenged Object

Sister Humidity

Four Months of NoFL

The Scoop On Poop

Looking Back Through Blue-Colored Glasses

I’m Going To Need A Gift Receipt

Bad Feather Day

One Little Bird

Upgrade Downcast

August

No, Polly. It Is Not Just Like Eating A Grape.

It’s Not The Sweating It’s The Swearing

Corrupt Visual Situation

Fourever

It’s A Bird…It’s A Plane…It’s Sister Rain

Daymare

It Sure Beats The Alternative

“Hey, Siri. Define ‘humanity’.”

Olympic R-ambl-INGS

It’s Easy Being Green But Hard Getting Old

Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!

Does This Strike You As Odd?

Who Gives This Woman To Be Married? Her Father And I Do

My Favorite Face Time

Sister Rain Henge

For Squeaky Doors And Cuts That Are Sore

A Motivational, Cleansing Thought

Dear Debbie (Macomber):

Specialty Of The House: Laughter

A Vicious Spin Cycle

September

If It Looks Like A Bell, Smells Like A Bell And Tastes Like A Bell . . .

Sister Rain Unleashed

Blind Spot

1/4 Moisturizing Cream, 100% Nana

My Weekend Is All Booked

Bouncing Into Autumn

Wax On, Wax Out Of Here

Only On Days That End In “Y”

The Study Of The Oblivioushusbandasaurus

Not Hyper Piper

It Was Hair A Minute Ago

It’s Not All About The Dismount

It’s A Healthy Baby Football Season!

Remembering 9/11

Just Hold On, The Weekend Is Coming!

This Is Why You Stand For The National Anthem

The Sole Of Love

Caution! Flammable And Explosive Technology!

Intruding Thoughts

This Blog Is About To Get Fresh

October

i.e., i.e., Oh!

Revering Revere Ware

Driven To Therapy

Not Vicious But Confounding

Sister Rain Want Antibiotics?

My Big Earie October

Putting Up The Curtain On Our Marriage

Fort-Unate Son

Chim Chim Cher-ee

They’re Going To Throw The To Do List At Him

Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Visual Impairment

Pour Vision

My Ringtone: Woman Cursing

Fire Prevention Week PSA (Personal Smoke Admonition)

Clean Bill Of Rights

I Hope You Find This Post Gratifying

ATTENTION NEW JERSEY ADJACENT BIRD PARRONTS!!!

VCP (Visually Challenged Perception)

There’s No “I” In Strong

Bye Bye Birdie

Hail To Us

Sunday Night Stretching

November

Me And Yee

O Christmas List

Blind Date

Black Friday Is The New Valentine’s Day

And Just Like That, It All Makes Sense

Gravy Plane

The Ouch Pouch*

Keep Calm And Carry Yourself

Making A Mountain Out Of A Baseball Cap

Life Is A No-Fault Condition

Changing It Up At The Alter

An Infectious Post

A Jobless, Naked, Broke Person Walks Into A Blog

So . . .

Piper At The Polls

Womenopause

No Buublegum And A Paperclip, Just Old Age And A Colon

Pajama Poetry

Do You Think Her Phone Is Made Of Gold?

December

”Tis National Aspirin Day

The Unsung Hero Of The Holidays: Tissue Paper

Holiday Mug Shot

Knowing Her, That’s The Gift She Wants

Sparks In The Bedrrom

That’ll Snow Me

A Modern Christmas Ode

Peace On Earth And Within Yourself

How Old Is That In Friend Years?

Computers Are Still Hacks

Did He Dough It?

Decking My Heart

Orange You A Little Orange?

Getting Old Is Not For Sissies-ter Rain

Top 5 Holiday Pet Hazards

Bloggy And Clyde

Parrontal Guidance Suggested

This Little Piggy Did Not Go To The Nail Salon

2015
April

A Good Hair Day

Just Like Riding A Blog

May

Seriously

A Lost Love Returns

Toe-tally Don’t Want To Talk About It

Which Came First – The Egg Or The Eggs-pletive?

My Blog Thinks It’s Norma Rae

No Need For A Compass When You Have Good Friends

Just Chew It

Dangerous Curves Ahead

Going Nowhere Fast

Looking Good . . . Or Not

The Ultimate Welcome Wagon

5/7/65

Dear Weather Channel:

-0 To 80

June

Odds and Beginnings

She Is My Mom

If An iPhone Falls . . .

Going Green

This Post Packs An Ironic Punch

Vroom Vroom

One Giant Leap For Sister Rain

Finder’s Weeper

A Bu(r)ndt Cake

Visually Challenged Ridiculousness 38D

Even I Can See That I’m In My Own Way

Bon Appetit Nana

Home Ec

Driving Miss Sister Rain

S.O.U.P.

They Light Up My Life

Ironically, It’s All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye

I Dreamed A Dream Of Days Gone By

Cafe con Amiga

An Auntie’s Pastime

July

A Love Story – Part 2

A Love Story – Part 1

I Didn’t Know L.L.Bean Sold Grilled Buns!

Survey Says

it’s OK To Delay

The Happyover

Epidermis Holy Moses

No Fly Zone

Apologies In Advance

‘People’ and Needles and Pins, Oh My!

Congratulations, Danielle Green

Tool Of The Trade

The Eye Of The Storm

Everybody’s Working ON The Weekend

A Tale Of Two Lives

Blog-Ready

The Start Of Something Wonderful

I’ll Show You Scary

FREEDOM

A Par-fect Day

The Universe Can Be A Brat

Hold The Pickle

August

Looking Forward

Outside The Bubble

Pimp(le) My Arm

Gotcha Day

A Love Story – Part 8

A Love Story – Part 7

A Call And A Prayer

First Doctor Appointment Since Turning 50

A Love Story – Part 6

Quiet Saturday Morning

My Situation

A Train Ride

To The Next 500

A Love Story – Part 5

Visually . .

I’m Feeling Sick Tomorrow

Don’t Call Me Surely

Lynne

A Love Story – Part 4

A Love Story – Part 3

September

Interplanetary Coffee Day

MaxTV Glasses

Loss And Wisdom Found

There Is No Eye In Team

Wet Bird Wednesday

These Are Two Of My Favorite Things

Go Hawks! . . . I Beg Of You

A Love Story – Part 9.5

A Reely Beautiful Moment

Comfort In UnCOMFORTable

Piperazzi

Monday Musings

God Shed His Grace On Thee

If He Thinks He Can Get Out Of Washing Dishes By Being Adorable, He’s Right

Within A Beloved Rom-Com, A Gem

I Take Exception To Acceptance

A Love Story – Part 9

Sister Rain Jeopardy

Cue Creepy Music

Bird(en Of) Poop

Our Future Past Today

Keep Your Technology Close And Your Friends Closer

October

Piperhontas

Indeed Things Have Changed

Maybe She Ain’t Such A Bitch

WARNING! Sexist Observation Ahead

Your Nearest Emergency Exit May Be The Moonroof

For It’s One, Two, Last Nerve You’re Out

Salad And A Movie

Auto In-correct

I May Knead To Explain

Old Wife’s Hypothesis

Cock-A-Doodle-Ding-A-Ling

Workout Inspiration From An Old Friend

A Palooza Of The Parrot Kind

Consider The Source

Nuts About My Bird

Dirty Birdie

Pursenal Irony

My Champion’s Heart

You Gotta Love The Ole Gal

A Very Scary Ode

November

Mrs. M

Ded Moroz Roulette

A Day Of Thanks

In-vow-uable Friendships

“I’m Going To Need To See Your Photo ID And Frequent Shopper Card, Ma’am”

(Watching The) AMAs

Love Means Never Having To Say, Well, Anything

Sexiest Fibber Alive

That Was Then, This Is Now

Fantasyland Breakfast

Working THROUGH The Weekend

Day 6

If I Knew Now, What I’ll Know Then

It’s As Plane As The Nose On My Face

November 10, 1990

Pinch-To-Enlarge Help

Daylight Piper Time

Book ‘Em, Danno

My Vote For His Stripper Name: Bambi

Sister Rain, In Depth

Osmosis Blood, Sweat And Tears

December

“That’s Just My Silly Little Blog, Detective”

Hear No Husband, See No Husband

Yeah It Will

What A Bright Time, It’s The Right Time

I Interrupt This Holiday . . .

Move Over Spinning

Inbox Full, Under The Tree Empty

I Can Imagine. And I Will.

Used To

Christmasitis

Elf’s Comp

The Gift Of The Christmas Cactus

NOT A Reindeer Game

Sledding Into The Spirit Of The Season

If The Pants Fit, I Can’t Quit

Divine Auto-Vention

I’ve Got 99 Problems

Paging Dr. M

Wrecking The Halls

I’m No Longer Middle Aged But Still Can’t See

Spa Rum Mug

2012
March

Salty or Sweet?

Good Night, John Boy

My Job Search

“Her House Is A Hovel, But Her Blog Is Terrific”

Book Of Monday

It Could Always Be Worse

We All Need A Little Verification

Isn’t It Ironic?

Call Me Fred

Monday Math

Scan My Finger

April

I May Never Leave . . . They Might Not Let Me

#whathaveyoudonewithmyhusband

A Hard Habit To Break

The Weekend

Happy 100th Birthday!

Healthy Shmelthy

Just Like I Always Imagined It

19 1/2 Years

Down To The Minute

2011
January

Never Forget Where You’ve Come From (As If Life Would Let You)

2 Feet of Snow

Winter Extension

Sometimes Strength Comes To Us In The Strangest Ways

That’ll Be Two Large Coffees To Go Please

Very Important Tip For Job Searchers

My Bad

The Only Ice I Want . . .

We Just Pulled The String A Little Tighter Back In My Day

They Grow Up So Fast

Let’s Put The “Write” Back In Writing

Jeans: Worth The Fear

It’s Not The One Or Two Snowflakes That’ll Get You

I Want To Be A Real Meeting Planner

Who Goes To Dunkin’ Donuts And Doesn’t Get Coffee?

Goggles Pizano

A Year And New Job In Review

February

He Doesn’t Even Know His ABC’s!

It’s Not About The URL But What You Do With It

Rowing Down The Turnpike

Oz

I Am Waiting To Get Good At Waiting

Malarkey Not Served Here

Ice Capades

Let Me Give You My Card

Hibernation

March

The Sister Rain

Hand Cream May Not Fix This

Not Rodeo Drive But Close

Probie No More

My Nemesis

Counting The Blessing Of A Routine Friday

Whoopi-ty-aye-oh, Rockin’ To And Fro

It’s ASH . . .

Laggage Claim

Unicorn

Would The Queen Choose To Be The Queen If Given A Choice?

Once Upon A Time . . .

April

LOVE!

Whatever Happened to Bob and Jim?

It’s Called LUG-gage For A Reason

Open Wide

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

The Home Of The Brave

The RAV4 Triangle

Didn’t I Used To Type Up Your Marketing Plans 20 Years Ago?

Up Your Nose With A Rubber Hose

I Apologize and Now I Don’t

Living The Dream

Steerage

Did You Really Just Say “Oops!”???

When Bad Technology Happens To Good Geeks

The Good Old Days . . . They Just Weren’t So Good At The Time

Earn New Miles But Keep The Old — I Wish

Feeling Dehydrated Already

Returning To Home Plate

May

Memorial Day

Ho Ho No

A Heat Wave In A Normally Cold Location

A Life Without Scars Is A Life Unlived

What I Have In Common With Maria Shriver

Rainy Days, Mondays and Guilty Pleasures Get Me Down

A Wish To Grant Wishes

If You Can’t Be With The One You Love, Honey, Love The One You’re With

Bliss

Birthday Wish Granted

You Want To See My ID? Will My AARP Card Do?

A Stance We All Can Take

Where For Art Thou CNN?

God Bless America

Query

June

Rest Day For Working On The Weekend

They’ve Got Me By The Flotation Device

There Is Right And Then There Is Wrong

Say CHEESE-cake

A Civil Hug

Mile High Book Club

“Pack” Is A Four-Letter Word

All In All, It’s Just Another Hit From The Wall

MILEstone

No Horses Or Ponies Were Harmed In The Writing Of This Blog

July

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

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

Autumn Turns To Winter, And Winter Turns To Spring

What Is Time On My Hands, Alex?

Everybody IN The Pool

Literally

Whatever I Touch, Starts To Melt In My Clutch

My Morning Commute

It’s A Sad, Sad Day

I Take This Man To Lawfully Be My Son?

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT!

A True Wonder Of Our World

You’re The Emblem Of The Land I Love

No Ma’am

Jaycee Dugard

Sister Rain: A Biography

Perhaps The Best Book Title EVER

True Friend, True Words

Home

You Can’t Teach An Old Lobster New Tricks

A Cliche But A Truthful One

Scarlett Fridays

August

Word of The Day

Myrtle

Good Night, Irene

An Earthquake And Hurricane In One Week

It’s Never Good When Legal Documents Come To Life

Loyal To The End

Candidate Mentioned That He Had Survived A Bite From A Deadly Aquatic Animal

Quell Ching Rumors

A Dry, Safe Place

I Wish These Pages Didn’t Turn So Noisily

Gone Global

His Loss Is My Loss

Sister Rain . . .

Exciting News

DO Pay Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain

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

Plucking On The Beach

The Week In Review

There But For The Grace Of God

An Unwelcome Visitor

September

When You Care Enough To Rub Salt In The Open, Oozing Wound

Just Like Riding A Bike

DON’T CHANGE THE CHANNEL — YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!

Painted Love

Just When I Thought It Was Safe To Change My URL . . .

Flying Home . . . Or So I Hope

Special Delivery

Salmon Of The Sea

Is That Seaweed In Your Swim Trunks Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

The Perfect Ending To A Pretty Bad Day

Drum Roll Please . . .

October

Morning Brew With A Quiet, Smiling Friend

Better Than Any Manicure

i Yi Yi

Same Guy, Same House, Same Towels

R.I.P.

The Nice Thing About Meatloaf

Heads, You’re A Powerful Career Woman; Tails, You’re Ridiculous

And I Quote

Rip It Off

I Don’t Know Who Said It But I Believe It

A Door Closed Today

As I Write This On My iTouch

The Samba, The Quickstep and Words of Wisdom?

October 3, 1992

Introducing SisterRain.net!!!

SNAP!

November

Hopefully Your Thanksgiving Preparation Today Did Not Include Any Of The Following

Scenes From A Job Interview Day

That One Chocolate Morsel Is $20

Sunday Quote

Sign, Sign, Everywhere A Sign

It’s A Beautiful Day

There Is No Crying In OHIAOLW*

Make It A Double

No Crystal Ball Needed

If You Can’t Be With The One You Love, Love The One You’re With

Quote For The Sunday Night Blues

My Last Four Days In Pictures

December

Holding It All Together Any Way We Can

2010
January

46,000 = ZERO

Entry-Level

Mommy & Me

It Is What It Is

Pouring and Buckets and Guilt – No Lie!

Say What?

The World Is Not Flat

A Blip

Blurry Vision

Blood Type

The City That Never Sleeps But Always Inspires

TGIF!

Putting It Out There

February

Taking Chance

Me and Phil’s Shadow

Heavy Sigh

You’re Going To Hollywood!

Limbo

My Weakness Is I Have No Weaknesses

Blogkeeping

Friday Potpourri

Dude Looks Like A Lady

C:Sister_Rain>Reboot

The Heart Prevails

Imagine “Mission Impossible” Theme Song Playing While You Read This Entry

We Interrupt This Blog To Bring You This Public Service Announcement

OINKs

The Aftermath

Lots Of Snow, But No Plan

A Little Lighter

Dam

I Placate Myself

Walk The Walk

I Can’t Give Up

Margie

Help A Sister Out

This Is It

March

In Like A Lion

BitterSweet

I Love My Car

Come On 7!

I’m Gonna Need A Spotter Here!

Feedback Schmeedback

Make New Skills But Keep The Old

Everything Old Is New Again

A Danger To Myself and Technology Around Me

Put Me In, Coach!

This Is Personal

Weary-noying

Isn’t It Ironic?

The Corner Office With All The Windows Will Do Fine

My Thoughts Exactly

Give Me A Ring Sometime

Blogkeeping News

Be Careful What You Wish For

Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes

Amen Sister!

Return to the Scene of the Crime

Letter to Sen. Jim Bunning

Curb Your Enthusiasm

April

Count Your Curses Today For Tomorrow They May Become Blessings

You Don’t Es-say

It’s The Law!

Please Make Sure That Your Seatback Is In An Upright Position

Keeping A Clutter-Free Mind

WWBD?

Part-Time + $200,000 = EMAIL ME!!!

The Only Thing To Fear Is . . . Well . . . Fear

Gray Matter

What Would Dick Button Say?

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

What Was That Noise?

I Could Use Some Time Off — Ironic, Isn’t It?

A Gimme

“Apply Now” (If You Can)

It Has Come To This

A Revelation

Spring Has Sprung

President & CEO As Well As Chief Bottle Washer

Easter Weekend

An Oldie But A Goodie

May

Happy Memorial Day

Is It Still A Search If You’re Searching For It Not To Be There?

Reset To Zero

A Most Blessed Event

226

Centennial

Do Not Open That Umbrella In Here!

When The Usual Becomes Unusual

Look Out Confucius, There’s Another Philosopher In Town

Run Teddy Run!

TGIS!

“PUT DOWN THE 2,000 LB. BELL OR I’LL TACKLE YOU!”

Horror-scope

Did These Pants Shrink In The Wash?

Up Close and Personal

Dude, Where’s My Car?

My Own Personal Thanksgiving

A Fork in the Road

I’m Hoping For Love At First Sight

Hermana Y Hermana

Déjà Poo

E = Enough

June

The Best Part Of Waking Up

Hail No

Neither Paper Nor Plastic

Paycheck and We’re Not Talking Johnny

If It Smells Like A Westin, It’s A Westin

Just Not Sure

Oh How The Fallen Have Become Mighty

The Clouds Beneath My Wings

Some Down Home Take Out

Per Diem

It’s All Coming Back To Me Now

Carrie On

Toto, We Are Not In Pennsylvania Anymore

Wish Granted

Please Stay In Your Seat Until The Ride Comes To A Complete Stop

Gobble, Gobble

Hi Ho Hi Ho

I Am Now Free To Move About The Country

July

Wishful Predicting

Mighty Fondant Of My Profession

July 27th

Dear VISITPHILLY.COM:

Living It Up In the Hotel Calif . . . Wait . . . Where Am I?

Squish

My Sources Say Yes

I Can See Clearly Now, The Blur Is Gone . . .

Green Eggs and Job Search

September in July

Clicking My Heels Like Dorothy On Speed

Bubblicious

Is This Gonna Show On My Hotel Bill?

The Pearly Gates . . . Of Border’s???

No Propofol, Just Friday

Good Morning Sunshine

TSD

Lazy, Hot and Humid

Don’t Job Search After You Eat Or You Will Get Cramps

Happy Birthday America!

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

Sing Like No One Is Listening . . . Except Your Mom

August

Have It Your Way; Just Not In A Hotel

Probably Not Just A Sunday Drive

Game Over

Another Life Instruction

Tip Of The Day

You’re Only A Day Away

Bullseye

A Rainy Sunday

But Why?

Where In The World Is Sister Rain?

My Own Personal Spin Cycle

Rainy Days and Mondays Always Disappoint Me

Red and Yellow and Pink and Green . . .

Upside Down and Inside Out

You Just Might Find, You Get What You Need

The Snap

Lifelines

Small Whine, No Cheese

Do You Take This TiVo? We Do.

Not The Book I Want To Write

Nurse Sweaty Betty

No Really, Take Your Time

Dear Astrological Gods:

September

All I Can Do Is Keep Digging

Why Did The Chicken Not Open Her Email?

Now I Lay Me Down To Job Search

If You Accept This Mission . . . As If I Have A Choice

Word Of The Day: Bigfoot

The Best Thing About The First Day Of Autumn

A Profitable Sign

Sister Rain Is Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down

Good Deed Of The Day . . . Maybe Even The Week

A Privilege And An Honor

Hold On To Your Reality . . . With Both Hands

Taking Time To Smell The Roses

God Bless America

PA Ink

Drip, Drip, Drip

What Is Wrong With Me?

Turning The Page

In My Opinion

The Last Hurrah? I Don’t Think So

Friday Before Labor Day Potpourri

Oh Where Oh Where Will I Wear You Again?

A First For Me

October

What A Difference A Recession Makes

Beep, Beep

Corn Stalker

Rainy Days And Mondays Always Get Me Down

Feeling LOST Today

If An Engine Backfires In The Woods, Would A Meeting Planner Even Hear It?

Phew!

Sister Rain, M.D. (Mess Doctor)

Inspiration In A Coffee Cup Sleeve

Meow? Woof?

It’s That Time Of The Season

SPF And DNA

Crunch Time

The Only Similarity Is That We’re Both Women?

Death, Taxes And The Ocean

A Resume A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

Is There A Limit On This Pallet Of Tissues Coupon?

Dear Husband, You Might Want To Fumigate The Mouse

The Second Time Around

Do You Take This Man . . . To Costco

Yes I Did Judge A Book By Its Cover

November

A Question Worth Asking . . . And Answering

I Must Have Really Done Some Damage In A Past Life

Thank You

Walking The Walk With Sand Between My Toes

She’s Got A Good Personality But She’s Not Going To Win Any Beauty Contests

Do You Think It’s Infected?

Is That A Tissue In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

An Early Christmas Carol

Waiting and the Wardrobe

Fatal Deduction

Friday Night Plights

Not A Champagne Bottle or Noise Maker In Sight

The Case of The Disappearing Job

To All Of You To Whom I Blame:

Willy Wonka Wannabe

Paying My Dues . . . 20 Years Later

The F Word

You Be The Judge

When Life Hands You A Monday Like This, Spend Tuesday In Bed

December

New Year’s Eve

Does This Thing Come With Instructions?

In Between

The Job Gods Have A Sense Of Humor, But I’m Not Laughing

Life Is A Revolving Door

Give Me A Large Rock And A Chisel

Yup, That’s My Name On My Office Door

Rejection Only Hurts If You Care

Who Is That? Oh, It’s Me!

My Girl Scout Leader Would Be Ashamed

1,000 Visitors Served

My Cup Runneth Half Full

‘Twas Two Weeks Before Christmas

Christmas Has Come Early

The Offer . . .

I’d Like To Change My Wish Please Jiminy Cricket

Merry Status Quo

A Cup Of Perfectionism And A Pinch Of OCD

Will Expire 99/99/9999

I’ll Say It Again, I Need A Job To Get Some Rest

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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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