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.

Rodeo #3: Travel with a Twist

Posted on October 17, 2018

Originally posted on Carrot Ranch Literary Community:
By Sherri Matthews In July, I had the good fortune to spend a week’s holiday with my husband on the Italian Amalfi Coast. I say good fortune, because hubby won it, thanks to…

Posted in Carrot Ranch, Uncategorized | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, Carrot Ranch, Flash Fiction Competition, Flash Fiction Rodeo 2018, Travel Writing, Writing Contest | 8 Comments

Rodeo #2: Memoir

Posted on October 13, 2018

Originally posted on Carrot Ranch Literary Community:
By Irene Waters, Rodeo Leader Memoir is a passion, so I’m thrilled to once again host the memoir section of the Carrot Ranch Rodeo Contest. Hoping you’ll tighten your saddles and put on…

Posted in Carrot Ranch | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, BOTS, Flash fiction, Flash Fiction Competition, Flash Fiction Rodeo 2018, Memoir | 12 Comments

Rodeo #1: Dialog

Posted on October 3, 2018

Originally posted on Carrot Ranch Literary Community:
By Geoff Le Pard, Rodeo Leader Writers are notorious people watchers. It’s a small miracle we don’t get done for stalking more often. Part of that idea — thieving we do involves listening…

Posted in Carrot Ranch | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction Competition, Carrot Ranch, Dialogue, Flash Fiction Competition, Flash Fiction Rodeo 2018 | 27 Comments

Travel to the Rodeo

Posted on September 20, 2018

Originally posted on Carrot Ranch Literary Community:
Sherri Matthews has kept her feet in the stirrups at Carrot Ranch while riding hard to revise her memoir. She’s one of our premier memoir writers who also pens a hapless village werewolf…

Posted in Carrot Ranch, Flash Fiction, Writing Competitions | Tagged 99 World Flash Fiction Contest, Carrot Ranch, Flash Fiction Competition, Flash Fiction Rodeo 2018, The Ultimate Flash Fiction, Writing Competition | 4 Comments

49 Days In 1988: Week 36 – Choices

Posted on September 18, 2018

Originally posted on Hugh's Views & News:
Click here to read the first week of this feature, and follow the links at the end of each post. *** London – September 7th, 1988 Yesterday, it seems that there was quite a…

Posted in Guest Blogs, Uncategorized | Tagged 80#s Music, Carrot Ranch, Flash fiction, Flash Fiction Contest, Flash Fiction Rodeo 2018, Guest Post, Huey Lewis and the News, Memoir, Memoir Writing, The 80#s, The Power of Love | 12 Comments

She’s Gone To Capri And She’s Not Coming Back

Posted on August 31, 2018

Be careful what you wish for, so goes the old adage. During my other life in California as a mum of three school-age children, meaning frequently run-off-my-feet, I sometimes joked that I would escape and be like the woman in … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Al Pacino, Amalfi, Amalfi Coastal Road, Amalfi Drive, Anacapri, Capri, Foreign travel, Italy, Minori, Mount Vesuvius, Photographs of Almalfi Coast, Photographs of Capri, Positano, Travel Writing | 95 Comments

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 | 98 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 Blog Magazine:
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 wartime occupation. Today she takes…

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 Blog Magazine:
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 link to view on her…

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 →