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…
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…
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…
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…
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
“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
Do you know what the item in the picture above the title of this story is? I pride myself on knowing where everything is in my house and this particular trait (or quirk?) has served me well since my vision loss. I can find it not because I can…
Do you remember when soap operas 1) existed and 2) were called “stories”? My mom had quite a few “stories” she watched every afternoon. When I was in my 20s I watched As The World Turns, one of mom’s favorites, every night, recording it on my VCR (oy!) to watch…
Needing a headshot for a few freelance articles I was writing, I looked for a place in our house with a blank wall that could be used as a backdrop. My husband was helping me, moving different height chairs and stools into our home office to position me properly against…
“You know you are with a great friend when you never run out of things to say. And yet you sit silently anyway.” —- Sister Rain #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #humaninterest #life #lifeisgood #lifestories #friendship #thefriendshiptoremainsilent
