Category Archives: The Black Dog

The Black Dog, A Palm Tree And A Flash Fiction

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Palm trees are so perfectly designed to survive powerful tropical storms, that even when bent so low as to touch the ground, they straighten up as the storm passes through, stronger than they were before. I was nineteen when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, Family Life, Flash Fiction, The Black Dog | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, Asperger's Syndrome, Coastal Walk, depression, Family Life, Flash fiction, hope, Palm Trees, Paths, Project Semicolon, The Black Dog | 102 Comments

WPC: Object – Broken Tree

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

A day late and a dollar short, ha! Story of my life. Well, better to show up than not at all and here it is Tuesday but as promised, with my take on this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge theme which … Continue reading →

Posted in Photos, The Black Dog, Weekly Photo Challenge, Writing | Tagged Handwriting, Photo of Tree, Poem, Poetry, postaday, Storms, The Black Dog, Weekly Photo Challenge, Writers, writing, Writing Fiction | 63 Comments

‘The Power’ – How Has Writing Changed You?

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

Living as I do now in this ‘Writer’s World’ has changed my life irrevocably. Until now, I had never really paid much attention to the way I used to write when I was younger, how the need to furiously scribble … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Poems, The Black Dog, Writing | Tagged Airmail Letters, Blogging, Creative writing, Darkness, depression, Despair, Expression, Freedom, God, Journals, Letter Writing, Poem, The Black Dog, Writer's World, Writers, writing, Writing Journey | 81 Comments

Champagne It Is Then!

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

With all the dreary, gloomy news about these days, one bad thing after another it seems, (including, but not limited to, the perils of growing older – that is, for anyone over 30 – ), how wonderful it is to … Continue reading →

Posted in The Black Dog, Uncategorized | Tagged Ageing, Celebrate, Champagne, Good News, Happy memories, Health Benefits, Melancholia, middle age, Short Term Memory Loss | 17 Comments

Amazing Grace – Not Just Any Robin

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

“Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me; I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.” How beautiful and powerful those words ring out, you’ve got to love that old-time religion. Back in … Continue reading →