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or bike or horse ride – with me along this delightful island of Jersey(c) Sherri Matthews 2015
This Is Lockdown
The Congress of Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology Vol I
Congress of Rough Writers Awards
Lady By The River: Stories of Perseverance
Heart Whispers: A Poetry Anthology
Slices of Life: An Anthology of True Stories
The Lighthouse Award
Wonderful You!
Tag Archives: depression
Welcome To My World
September already and here we are. Greetings once again, dear friends, I hope you enjoyed a good summer, pandemic aside. My plans went awry then revived and I am writing, mending and walking again. Progress! Great to return to Unsung … Continue reading
What I Wanted To Tell You At Christmas
What I wanted to tell you at Christmas is how spectacular the illuminations at Stourhead this year. I wanted to show you the carpet of lights twinkling down to the lake and the Pantheon lit up like a beacon in … Continue reading
The Black Dog, A Palm Tree And A Flash Fiction
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
The Dark Side Of Asperger’s Syndrome
Tomorrow my daughter, Aspie D, will celebrate her 22nd birthday and I will have all my chicks back home in the nest together again for the first time since Christmas. Hip hip hooray! The plan is to go out to … Continue reading
Far From Okay But I Want To Be Happy
Do you ever feel so weighed down that you want to stay in bed, pull the covers up over your head and go to sleep for days on end? That’s how I’ve been feeling lately. No spring in my step, … Continue reading
Shining a Light in a Dark World – The Lighthouse Award
The memories of a glorious day by the sea are still with me as I find myself humming along to a certain little ditty; you know the one don’t you, something about marrying a lighthouse keeper and living by the sea? There, … Continue reading
Posted in Awards
Tagged Alcoholism, Awards, Bipolar, Blogging, cats, depression, Friends, Friendship, hope, Lighthouse Photo, love, Postpartum Depression, The Lighthouse Award
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‘The Power’ – How Has Writing Changed You?
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
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It’s All About the Money
My dear readers, you know me well enough by now to know that reading this blog is a bit like opening that proverbial box of chocolates in the movie ‘Forrest Gump‘ – you never know what you’re gonna get. Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, Current Affairs, Family Life, Friendship, Humour, Musings
Tagged Anxiety, Aspergers, CBT, Counselling, Crisis, Current Affairs, depression, Family Life, Foo Fighters, Forrest Gump, Friendship, Health insurance, Humour, iPod, Money, Musings, Rant, sadness, Stress, tears, Worry, X Factor
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The Love of Animals and Asperger’s Syndrome
My daughter (now 21) has always been obsessed with animals and has never known a time in her life when she hasn’t had pets. She, together with her two brothers, grew up with two Labrador dogs, an array of moggies, … Continue reading
Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, CATalogue, Family Life
Tagged Asperger syndrome, Autism, cats, depression, Dogs, Liane Holliday Willey, Pets, Rejection, social anxiety, Stress, Temple Grandin, Tony Attwood
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A View From My Summerhouse 