Tag Archives: Death

It Is What It Is: Goodbye Darling Dad

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Sherri Matthews

Hello dear friends, When I signed off here three months ago, I hoped to return in September with good news about my memoir writing progress, but in early July I got a call from my uncle telling me my dad … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Memoirs, Nature & Wildlife | Tagged Alcholism, Cancer, Death, English Robin, Family Life, Family Memoirs, Father & Daughters, Grief, Healing, loss, Memoir Writing, Nature & Wildlife, prison | 147 Comments

A Spider Bite And A Flash Fiction

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

The fear of public speaking is stronger than the fear of death itself, ‘they’ say, but in my research for this post I discovered something very interesting: according to an online article which cited the results of a recent survey … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash Fiction, My California, Nature & Wildlife | Tagged Black Widow, California, Death, Fears, Flash fiction, Insects, Nature & Wildlife, Photo of Spider, Rattlesnakes, Spider Bites, wasps, writing | 124 Comments