Tag Archives: England

In Which The Story Changes

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

I found the words one day as I walked. These words: ‘Stranger In A White Dress.’ The title of my memoir. But as I climbed high above the sea, I found something more: I found strength. And I realised that … Continue reading →

Posted in My Dad's Alcoholic Prison, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged Alcoholism, change, crime, England, Family Life, Father & Daughters, Memoir Writing, postaday, prison, story telling, travel, Weekly Photo Challenge | 90 Comments

Homecoming Queen: 99 Word Flash Fiction

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

When I first joined Facebook, I left the question about ‘hometown’ blank. To me, your hometown is the place where you are born and grow up and return to decades later for heartwarming family reunions (I love the thought of … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Life, Flash Fiction, My California, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, California, Children, England, Facebook, Family Life, Homesick, Hometown, postaday, travel, Weekly Photo Challenge | 71 Comments

Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge Day One: Hot Stuff

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Delighted to accept the Five Photos, Five Stories challenge when invited first by Irene and then by Norah, I’m looking forward to at long last joining in. The challenge as follows: ‘Post a photo each day for five consecutive days … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Memoirs, Flash Fiction, My California, Photo/Story Challenges | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, California, England, Family Memoirs, Five Photo Five Stories Challenge, Heat, Heatwave, Las Vegas, Summer, Sunshine | 67 Comments

Compassion: 99 Word Flash Fiction

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Gather your eggs and flour, load up on lemons and sprinkle the sugar, for today is Pancake Day! I missed celebrating Pancake Day when living in California. Even though I made my English pancakes (thinner and larger than American pancakes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Traditions, Flash Fiction, My California | Tagged #1000Speak, California, Childhood memories, Christianity, Compassion, England, Family Traditions, Flash fiction, Lent, Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday | 87 Comments

Virginia Woolf’s Round House and Lewes Priory

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Some of you may remember my enthusiasm for the delightful English town of Lewes in Sussex as shared in my posts Historical Lewes and A Walk In Lewes. For those of you who love all things Tudor, you can view … Continue reading →

Posted in HIstory, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged England, HIstory, Lewes, Monasteries, Photos of Ruins, postaday, Romance, Scale, Tudor History, Valentine's Day, Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf's Round House, Weekly Photo Challenge | 110 Comments

What Lies In The Shadows

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Has the world gone completely mad? Bombarded with what seems like a constant drip-feed of violence, terror, and fear in the news, I was surprised to come across an article about two sets of neighbours, both in their eighties, warring … Continue reading →

Posted in CATalogue, Creative Writing, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged Creative writing, Daily Prompt, England, forgiveness, Lewes, Lyme Regis, Neighbors, Photo of cat, postaday, Ruins, Shadows, Weeky Photo Challenge | 118 Comments

A Walk With Swans

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Somewhere along the Jurassic Coastline of Dorset lies a shallow, salty body of water called Fleet Lagoon. Sheltered by Lyme Bay at Chesil Beach, it provides an ideal nesting ground for the world’s only managed colony of Mute Swans. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds of a Feather, Nature & Wildlife, Travel, Weekly Pet Challenge | Tagged Abbotsbury Swannery, birds, Conservation, Dorset, England, Hardy Monument, Jurassic Coastline, Nature & Wildlife, Swans, travel, Weekly Pet Challenge | 120 Comments

Pumpkin Patch Americana and a Happy Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

The first time I set eyes on a pumpkin patch in California, I was utterly mesmerised. This was my idea of true ‘Americana’. For me, growing up in England, pumpkins belonged to fairy tales and I had certainly never carved … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Traditions, My California | Tagged Americana, Black Cat Photo, California, Childhood memories, England, Family Traditions, Halloween, Jack-O-Lantern, Pumpkin Farm, Pumpkins, Seasonal Traditions, Suffolk | 113 Comments

Flash Fiction: No Way Out Part Four: The Grave

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

It’s Tuesday, flash fiction time over at Carrot Ranch, which means more of Bill here at the Summerhouse. But before I go, can I just say a huge thank you to those of you who have shown such an … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash Fiction, Photos | Tagged Churches, Dorset, England, Flash fiction, Light and Dark, October, Photos of Graveyards, Somerset, Stonemason, writing | 86 Comments

Jurassic Park, Graduation And Goodbye To A British Icon

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Kindness. Thoughtfulness. Compassion. Words we all know and understand and hopefully act upon as often as possible. Yet while bombarded daily it seems with news reports of terrifying and sickening acts of violence, depravity, murder, and unimaginable human suffering from … Continue reading →