I can’t drink water during the night. To me that’s like drinking a glass of yuck-mouth. So I take a glass of iced tea with me when I head up to bed every night. At the age of 50, I got my first sippy cup. I don’t even think they…

I have always been a lover of a good quote. When I see one that makes me gasp, stops me in my tracks or makes my heart do a little flip-flop, it begins to take root in me. It becomes ammunition in my intellectual, emotional and often spiritual arsenal. I…

I have a long (to do) list and a short desire to get it done.— Sister Rain (1/6/16)

In the blackness of early morning, I headed to the kitchen. My vision is darkened all the time so when it’s dark for you, it’s doubly so for me. I turned the dimmer light on low, I’ve gotten good at maneuvering without light, and headed directly to the Keurig. While…

This is an empty bread bag and the little green tail you see at the top left off the picture belongs to my bird. Although I can’t see them now, prior to my vision loss I saw enough warnings about the dangers of plastic bags on children’s heads and suffocation…

Happy New Year! My wish, my hope, my dream is always the restoration of my full sight. But that is not something I can make happen, that’s in the hands of medical professionals, scientists and maybe technology too. So I can’t consider it a resolution. Yes, the “R” Word, thrown…

Twenty-seven years ago tonight I was single and in Times Square with a girlfriend, drinking a beer in a paper bag that we got at Howard Johnson. And I could see the enormous crowd and the insanely bright and colorful lights of the famous locale. A Bucket List moment long…

Me, speaking to my husband today around noon: “I’ve got nothing for my blog. I can’t keep writing about you being home all week and how bad it is and how you are driving me crazy. The authorities could use it against me.” And just like that, a blog is…

My husband gave me super nice wireless headphones for Christmas. We were sitting together on the sofa, trying out their different options. I put the headphones on and enabled the noise canceling feature. I asked him to speak and I couldn’t hear him. I said, “Well, I can hardly see…

Day after Christmas shopping is a tradition. I do enjoy it, but my pick-up tine was made earlier this year: 6 a.m.  After many trips to the tequila punchbowl last night. Five cups of coffee, seven stores and one diner for breakfast in four hours. Amid the empty shelves, enough…