Author Archives: Sherri Matthews

About Sherri Matthews

While writing to publication of her memoir, 'Stranger in a White Dress', Sherri has been published in national magazines, websites and four anthologies in memoir, essays, articles, poetry and flash fiction. Sherri raised her children in California, and today lives in England with her husband, Aspie youngest and their pet menagerie fondly called ‘Animal Farm’. As well as writing, Sherri keeps out of trouble gardening, walking, and taking endless photographs, a few of the better ones she shares on her blog A View From My Summerhouse.

Memoirs Of A Bicycle: Times Past

Posted on July 30, 2018

Driving to Gatwick Airport recently, road signs to long-ago places from my childhood like Horley, Reigate and Brighton, zoom by. But one town called Purley brings back just one clear memory. Not of the town itself; in fact, I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Times Past Challenge | Tagged Baby Boomer Generation, Bicycles, Childhood memories, Cycling, England, Family Life, Girl Guides, Hounds of the Baskervilles, Short Memoir, Suffolk, Surrey, Times Past Challenge | 94 Comments

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives – Travel – ‘The Streets of Old City Dubrovnik’ by Sherri Matthews

Posted on July 13, 2018

Originally posted on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life:
Time for the fourth last post from the travel archives of Sherri Matthews who has taken us to Lake Garda, a traquil village in Normandy and to Jersey during…

Posted in Travel | Tagged Almalfi Coast, Blogging, Italy, Jersey, Most Beautiful Village of France, Normandy, Photos of the Old City of Dubrovnik, thank you, travel, Travel Writing, War Tunnels | 17 Comments

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives – #Travel – An Italian Journey – Writing and Healing by Sherri Matthews

Posted on June 21, 2018

Originally posted on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life:
Welcome to Sherri Matthews and her series of four travel posts. Sherri includes wonderful photographs in her posts and so I will give you a taste and then a…

Posted in Reblogs, Travel | Tagged Goethe, Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Italian Journey, Italy, Lake Garda, Limone, Malcesine, Memoir, travel, writing | 18 Comments

Surprises, Diana’s Dresses And The Annual Blogger’s Bash 2018

Posted on June 5, 2018

The Summerhouse sat in snow last time I checked, but emerging from hibernation to a sun-basked spring, I discover a new garden and the chance, at last, to get my hands dirty. New growth pushes through bare soil and reminds … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers Bash | Tagged Annual Blogger's Bash & ABBA Awards 2018, Black Cat Photo, Blogging Community, California, Classic FM, Diana: Her Fashion Story Exhibition, English Country Garden, English Robin Song, Family Life, Inspiration, Kensington Palace, Photos of Diana's dresses, thank you, writing | 78 Comments

The Bloggers Bash Blog Post Competition 2018: Mummy

Posted on March 22, 2018

Nothing like leaving things to the last minute, here’s my entry to The Bloggers Bash Blog Post Competition 2018 Closes at 23:59 tonight…sorry for the short warning! Mummy She was one year younger than me, that shy, pretty woman … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers Bash Blog Post Competition | Tagged America, Annual Bloggers Bash 2018, Family Memoirs, London, Prince Harry, Princess Diana, Royal Family, Royal Wedding, The Bloggers Bash Blog Post Competition 2018 | 75 Comments

Fire And Ice And Somerset Gin

Posted on March 19, 2018

Things have been busy at the Summerhouse lately, which is a good thing when it comes to writing and blogging, but not when two bungalows directly behind your newly purchased house go up in flames late one night, perilously close … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Family Life, Times Past Challenge | Tagged Airmail Letters, Baby Boomer Generation, Beast From The East, Black Cat in Snow Photos, Family Life, Family Memoirs, Friendship, Handwriting, House Fire, Newton House Gin, Somerset Snow Photos, Times Past Challenge | 112 Comments

Real Memoir Imaginary Flash And Not Your Typical Anthology

Posted on March 12, 2018

When I moved house last October, I said goodbye to my Summerhouse. That is, to the wood and nails of it. To the little wooden house painted blue , strung with pretty bunting and lights which no longer belongs to … Continue reading →

Posted in Round The World Book Tour | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, Blogging Community, Book Tour, Carrot Ranch, Congress of Rough Writers, Congress of Rough Writers: Flash Fiction Anthology Vol 1, Memoir, Memoir Writing, Reader's Favorite 5-Star Book Review, Round The World Book Tour, Summerhouse, thank you, writing | 99 Comments

Raw Literature: Asperger’s, Voice and the Search for Identity

Posted on March 6, 2018

Originally posted on Carrot Ranch Literary Community:
By Sherri Matthews The first few pages of the children’s book, ‘Are you my Mother?’, both captivated and troubled me as a girl. The story tells of a baby bird who hatches while…

Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, Guest Blogs, Uncategorized | Tagged Ancestry, Asperger's Syndrome, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Blogging, DNA, Family Life, Heritage, Identity, writing | 33 Comments

Sixty Seconds’ Worth Of Distance Run

Posted on January 31, 2018

The sun disappeared taking last year with it, and I quietly prayed that this year would be better. Eyes straight, time to press on and write. This is THE year, right? The Summerhouse is five years old this month. Five … Continue reading →

Posted in Times Past Challenge, Writing | Tagged Blogging, California, Education, England, Family Life, Friendship, High School Graduation, Memoir, Poetry, Rudyard Kipling's If, Times Past Challenge, travel, writing | 75 Comments

Winner of Flash Fiction Contest #7

Posted on December 19, 2017

Originally posted on Carrot Ranch Literary Community:
Murderous Musings By Sherri Matthews When I set my Murderous Musing’s prompt for Charli’s Flash Fiction Rodeo, I expected a few good folk to turn bad, but not thirty-two of them. And what…