Graced By Rain

Elaine Shircliff has Travis Focht of Hockeytown West Podcast on to discuss the beauty of the Toledo Walleye, the ECHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings. Attending a game at the Huntington Center, or as fans affectionately refer to it "the Bank Tank", is a high energy and boisterous experience all sports fans need to see live at least once in their lifetime. From the fans to the staff to...

Another Monday, another round of “The Beauty of the Grand Rapids Griffins”. On these segments, our host, Elaine Shircliff, discusses a few things that she found beautiful surrounding the Griffins.  This week, Elaine discusses the beauty of the Griffins during the Detroit Red Wings preseason.  Share your favorite moments from the past week with Elaine at any of her socials below!  --------- TikTok...

Elaine Shircliff continues her series on the anime "Frieren : Beyond Journey's End" with episode 3 "Killing Magic." On this episode, Elaine discusses the beauty of taking the time to get to know someone. ---------Click ⁠here⁠ to listen to Amalgamation Nation's episode about the entire first season of "Frieren Journey's End".--------- TikTok : ⁠@imaraindanc...

Elaine Shircliff is joined by Nick Harrington, co-host of the Hockeytown West Podcast, to discuss the beauty in being credentialed for the first time. Nick walks us through what it was like to hold credentials and be in the Grand Rapids Griffins, the farm team of the Detroit Red Wings, locker room during the 2024-25 season. They also discuss the importance of having a great community of content cr...

Our host, Elaine Shircliff, goes over the four things that she found beautiful from the Detroit Red Wings "Red and White Game" that took place at Van Andel Arena on September 21, 2025. The top four consists of moments from Dylan Larkin, Emmitt Finnie, Mo Seider, and Steve Yzerman. Huge shoutout to the Grand Rapids Griffins for being excellent hosts to all the Red Wings fans. --------- Ti...

Welcome to preseason, baby!!! Next week is the start of the sixth season of Graced By Rain. Before I officially kick it into high gear, I thought I would release a preseason episode featuring my newest type of episodes for the 2025-26 season! Hope you enjoy! Be Kind and Love Always <3

On the last episode of season five, Elaine discusses what you can learn from the latest episode of New Heights with Taylor Swift. It can be easy to forget, but it's important to support others and surround yourself with people who support you. You can watch the New Heights episode with Taylor Swift here --------- TikTok : ⁠@imaraindancer⁠ Youtube :⁠ @gracedbyrain ⁠X: ⁠@GracedByRainPod⁠ BlueSky...

Elaine is back for the final two episodes of season five. Doing things alone can be terrifying! But, Elaine finally sucked it up and went out on an adventure in Grand Rapids, Michigan to visit the 2025 Pleasant Peninsula Murals. She also discusses some of her plans for season six and why this past season was rough. Enjoy! And remember, be kind and love always ---------TikTok : ⁠@imaraindancer⁠Yout...

Elaine Shircliff spoke to Chicago Wolves Assistant Coach Dan Price in February. After a big move to another state, Elaine finally has released the interview to the public. During the interview, Coach Price covered what went into his decision to leave the law profession behind and start coaching hockey. Before the interview, Elaine gives an update on her move to Michigan and explains how "Givi...

Ryan "Green Machine" Ebner of Amnation Pod joined me on the latest episode of Graced By Rain. We went without an outline and decided to just play a little bit of catch up since we haven't had chatted much in the last two months. We covered a lot! - The Midwestern Pope! - Elaine can openly talk politics now!?! - New chapters for both Ryan and Elaine - Ryan loves concert! Enjoy my loves <3 And re...

After a hiatus, we are back in action!!! Elaine Shircliff is kicking things off with another episode of Advice for Aspiring Journalists and Content Creators. On this episode, she talks about ways to deal with trolls. ------ Past Episodes Referenced in this episode: S2E1 - The Beauty of Positive Culture in Youth Sports S2E4 - Graced By Prayer - 5 to 1 --------- TikTok : @imaraindancer Youtube : @gr...

Elaine is back with advice for aspiring journalists and content creators. This time she's giving advice on something she struggles with often.

Elaine is back with more advice for aspiring journalists and content creators. On this episode, she focuses on the importance of surrounding yourself with a small core of people who want you to be the best version of yourself.

Elaine continues her series on the anime "Frieren Journey's End" with episode 2 "It Didn't Have To Be Magic". On this episode, Elaine discusses the beauty of being able to say goodbye to your loved ones before they pass. ---- Click here to listen to Amalgamation Nation's episode about the entire first season of "Frieren Journey's End".

Elaine is back with another episode featuring advice for aspiring journalist and content creators. On this episode, she discusses the importance of making a roadmap to help reach your goals, both big and small.

On this episode of Graced By Rain, Elaine introduces her newest series "The Beauty of Frieren". Earlier in the summer, the Amnation Pod featuring Elaine, Ryan, and Mike, discussed the anime "Frieren Journey's End". The general consensus on that episode was how much they loved it. So, Elaine decided to do an episode for each of the 28 episodes of season one. Today kicks off...

Hello Everyone!! Season Five is ready to kick off! Join me as I discuss some of my plans for the season, share some personal news, and give some advice to journalist and content creators. Season five is going to be a great one!

The past month has felt 84 years long, but life has graced me with a few surreal moments. On the latest episode of Graced By Rain, I talk about the beauty of a solar eclipse and the strength of a Japanese Maple.

Graced By Rain is back and our host has a special announcement. Elaine Shircliff will be moving all her sports coverage to Gracedbyrain.com. Head to https://www.gracedbyrain.com/graced-by-sports to read her articles!

Series regular Ryan Ebner of Amnation Pod joins Elaine Shircliff for an episode full of Christmas cheer!

Season 4 Episode 2 of Graced By Rain is jam packed with giggles and deep thoughts. What else would you expect when you get two best friends on one podcast together?! Elaine Shircliff and her best friend Katie reviewed the 2016 horror novel "My Best Friend's Exorcism" by Grady Hendrix. They dove into what they liked about the book, which character had the least character development,...

Welcome back everyone! I’m kicking Season 4 off with a special guest, Theresa Zoe Williams, to talk about something near and dear to my heart – being Catholic. We also dove into Theresa’s substack The Future Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes and what she hopes others get out of it. Towards the end, we quickly touched on her favorite Catholic Icon Artists, Kelly Lattimore and Gracie Morbitzer , and E...

On the season finale of season 3, Elaine Shircliff discusses the beauty of little libraries.

Ryan Ebner of Amalgamation Nation Podcast joined Elaine Shircliff to discuss why they love movie theaters and Guardians of the Galaxy. On "The Beauty of Movie Theaters and Guardians of the Galaxy" Elaine and Ryan discuss : Bringing back #MMDM that Scott Norton created in the early 2010s Our favorite movie theater location Favorite memory at the movie theaters Top 5 favorite songs form th...

Happy Birthday Columbus Blue Jackets! Jason Newland of The Hockey News joined me on the Birthday of the Columbus Blue Jackets to discuss the beauty of the CBJ and his new gig at The Hockey News. You can check out Jason's ( @F1RETHECANNON ) article about the day the Jackets were born here .