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Never Have I Ever – Piper Edition

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Posted on December 27, 2024 By Sister Rain

Have you ever seen a bird hold a shoelace in his beak, while balancing on a sneaker, and rubbing his own neck with his foot?   #sisterrain #birdmom #adoptdontshop #parrotsofinstagram #conure #ahelpingwingparrotrescue #piper #neverhaveiever #neverhaveieverpiperedition

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An Old Piling Light Navigates Me To A New Friend

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Posted on December 26, 2024 By Sister Rain

If you think about it, your path crosses with so many people in the course of a lifetime, fleeting interactions that leave no trace of the individuals who held a door for you, waited on you at a restaurant, sat next to you on a plane. But sometimes what should…

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Fa-La-La-La-Lancaster

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Posted on December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 By Sister Rain

A few weeks ago, my husband and I, along with our friend, Linda, made our annual pre-Christmas trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We have been doing this for several years, it has become a treasured tradition each December. Mister Rain and I go out there a few other times each year,…

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Let Me Make It Up To You

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Posted on December 24, 2024 By Sister Rain

I am not nor ever have been a girlie girl. But there was a time early in my career when I wore dresses, heels and pantyhose to work everyday. The thing I find most ironic is that in those days, in my 20s, I plastered my face with liquid foundation…

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They Did

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Posted on December 23, 2024 By Sister Rain

In going through some boxes of items that belonged to my mom after her death, I found many of the things inside were actually my nana’s, who had passed away in 1996. I wish my mom had shown them to me when she brought them home from my nana’s but…

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A Zygodactyl-Me-Down

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Posted on December 20, 2024 By Sister Rain

*Zygodactyl is the definition of a bird’s feet having two toes pointing forward and two backward.   When I cleaned out the basket I kept for when our nephew visited, long after he had outgrown its contents, I donated the bat and wiffle ball, the children’s books in good condition…

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Sheer Class

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Posted on December 19, 2024 By Sister Rain

“If only, on the ground, just a thin curtain separated us from more leg room, larger seats and free drinks.” —- Sister Rain   #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindtraveler #travel #sheerclass

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Bin To Your Happy Place Lately?

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Posted on December 18, 2024 By Sister Rain

Where is your happy place? The beach? The mountains? Somewhere in between? Maybe it’s your home or a particular football stadium in Seattle. Mine is a little location called The Container Store. My belief is that it is what heaven will be, that the smell of hard plastic bins will…

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Seelery

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Posted on December 17, 2024 By Sister Rain

I have always enjoyed cooking and am grateful that it is something I am still able to do with my vision loss. There are more steps in the process, additional tricks and Tom foolery needed to compensate for, you know, not being able to see. One recipe that I make…

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All Dolled Up

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Posted on December 16, 2024 By Sister Rain

When Mister Rain was a boy, he had a GI Joe. Some forty plus years later, he still plays with dolls. And I have the pictures to prove it. My husband is the Chief Photographer here at Sister Rain LLC. In “From Hubby To Business”, I share the challenges he…

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