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Senior Class Picture

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Posted on December 10, 2025 By Sister Rain

While in Pittsburgh, my husband and I had dinner at a sports pub connected to our hotel. The bar was fairly empty, except for a group of about 20 people, mostly congregated around a large table. A steady flow of one or two of them at a time passed us…

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What The Hell Is A PSL?

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Posted on December 3, 2025 By Sister Rain

As we left home to drive to Washington, DC for a few days away, we stopped at Starbucks for drinks to sustain us until we stopped for an early dinner, as we approached the nation’s capital. Discussing what we were each going to get – people who have been together…

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Opening Acts

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Posted on November 26, 2025 By Sister Rain

Attending a Keith Urban concert a few weeks ago (click here for Better Life), my husband and I sat through three opening acts before Keith took the stage at 9 pm. Before the first notes of Keith’s guitar, with each other performer and every song, I became more and more…

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Coffee Bean There, Done That

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Posted on November 19, 2025 By Sister Rain

It is not only fashion that seems to come back around, look at vinyl records and the Polaroid camera. Also, in our household, the drip coffee maker. To provide a bit of background, I LOVE coffee. But as far back as I can remember, it has ben difficult to brew…

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Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh, Mister Rain

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Posted on November 12, 2025 By Sister Rain

Having had the same artificial Christmas tree for many, many years (purchased at Frank’s Nursery, if you are familiar and remember that defunct store), after we had removed the lights and ornaments from it last year, instead of packing it back into its box and carrying it up to the…

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Injecting Our Marriage With Romance

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Posted on November 5, 2025 By Sister Rain

As Mister Rain drove us to our local CVS for the second Thursday in a row to get another vaccine (click here for Shot To The Arm . . . You Give Fall A Bad Name), this time for the latest COVID shot, I had the realization that my husband…

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Shot To The Arm . . . You Give Fall A Bad Name

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Posted on October 29, 2025 By Sister Rain

Football, cider, pumpkins Leaves drifting to the ground In my cozy sweatpants Is where I can be found. The air is now crisp and clear In this season that we call fall Witches, ghosts and goblins I am delighted by it all. Yet even though I love it so There…

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Better Life

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Posted on October 22, 2025 By Sister Rain

Back in the day, my husband and I were big fans of country music, more rock than twang at the time. We were fortunate enough to see live Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Restless Heart, Keith Urban, Trisha Yearwood, even Carrie Underwood (at a chile cookoff, before…

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I Married An Ivy Leaguer

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Posted on October 15, 2025 By Sister Rain

My husband likes to say he went to an Ivy League school because one time when he and his housemates were playing beer bocce ball at college, he got poison ivy.   #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #humaninterest #life #lifeisgood #lifestories #marriage #imarriedanivyleaguer

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Common Cold

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Posted on October 8, 2025 By Sister Rain

“The only thing common about the cold is that it always sends me to my bed for a week.” —- Sister Rain   #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #humaninterest #life #lifeisgood #lifestories #commoncold

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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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