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No Burger King But We Had It Our Way

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Posted on August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 By Sister Rain

SISTER RAIN NANTUCKET WEEK X2 5 / 10 There are no chain eateries on Nantucket. Although my husband and I are not fancy people, especially when it comes to food, we were not looking for fast food anyway during our time there. Mister Rain is a meat and potatoes guy,…

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I Call My Own Bluff Everest

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Posted on August 15, 2024 By Sister Rain

SISTER RAIN NANTUCKET WEEK X2 3 / 10 I had read about the Sconset Bluff Walk months prior to our trip, learning that it is on a public footpath along the east shore’s high bluffs behind private houses. The trail is very narrow at times and is not level. While…

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Surrounded By Water And Yet

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Posted on August 14, 2024 By Sister Rain

SISTER RAIN NANTUCKET WEEK X2 4 / 10 I may have previously shared with you that my husband loves to go to grocery stores when we travel. Upon arrival at our lodging, he unloads the car and as he says, “Gets out of her way,” so that her (me) can…

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First Chapter

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Posted on August 13, 2024 By Sister Rain

SISTER RAIN NANTUCKET WEEK X2 2 / 10 I have spent the last 20 years reading books about Nantucket, written by Elin Hilderbrand and Nancy Thayer, both residents of the island located 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod. They write of fictional people in a non-fictional place, every…

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There Is No Bridge

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Posted on August 12, 2024 By Sister Rain

SISTER RAIN NANTUCKET WEEK X2 1 / 10   “Nantucket is an island located 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The only ways to get there are by plane or ferry. Or by reading Elin Hilderbrand and Nancy Thayer books.” — Sister Rain   #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindtraveler…

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Where’s A Bird To Keep His ID?

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Posted on August 9, 2024 By Sister Rain

I am not a birder. I live with a bird, I consider myself a Piper expert, but I know nothing about other of his kind. Two friends told me about the app, Merlin Bird ID By Cornell Lab. It will identify birds you see and hear; I have only used…

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The Fourth Time’s A Charm

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Posted on August 8, 2024 By Sister Rain

My husband and I travel well together, including navigation, which can be a challenge for some couples. It may surprise you to learn that I am the navigator. I am in charge of entering our destination into my iPhone, then aiding and abetting Siri to get us where we are…

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From Broom To Boat

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Posted on August 7, 2024 By Sister Rain

Despite loving to visit many different places, I have doubted that I could move from the area that I have called home my entire life. Others do it and I admire them for it. While on a whale watch in Maine, as we passed one of many islands, the narrator…

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What Fresh Powder Is This?

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Posted on August 6, 2024 By Sister Rain

Sister Rain is hitting the slopes! No, she’s not. Never has, never will. Sister Rain is sporting the latest sunglass trend, recently debuted at Paris Fashion Week! No, she’s not. Never has, never will. Then what the heck are these goggles all about? Prior to testing at the Hospital of…

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The Only Tea For Me Is The One In Liberty

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Posted on August 5, 2024 By Sister Rain

“Every morning I am reminded of how grateful I am that George & Co. won.” — Sister Rain   #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #ushistory #theonlyteaformeistheoneinliberty

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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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