Walk With Me
or bike or horse ride – with me along this delightful island of Jersey(c) Sherri Matthews 2015
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The Congress of Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology Vol I
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Lady By The River: Stories of Perseverance
Heart Whispers: A Poetry Anthology
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Tag Archives: Family Life
We Will Remember Them
Today is Armistice Day which, on this 11th November, marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One. Today in London, a young cadet will plant the last in a sea of ceramic poppies in the grounds of … Continue reading
Girl In A Pale Blue Dress
Something extraordinary happened at the weekend: my uncle and auntie celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Fifty years of happy married life. I say extraordinary because I don’t know anyone else in my family who has achieved anything like this kind … Continue reading
A Birthday, A Star Sign And Flash Fiction
It was my birthday last Wednesday but the celebrations started off the weekend before sitting on Brighton Beach watching the sun set whilst sipping a glass or two of Prosecco with my lovely people. On the day, I was treated … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Flash Fiction
Tagged Birthday, cats, Family Life, Family Memoirs, Flash fiction, Photos of Cats, Pregnancy, Star Signs, Tea, Tea Rooms, Virgo, Zodiac
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The Sad Demise of Charles P. Snake
We thought we had a poltergeist in our home a few years ago. My aspie daughter (lover of all creatures bright and beautiful and the more unusual the better) had wanted to own a pet snake ever since she was … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dialogue
What I love about the Weekly Photo Challenge is the ideas it gives me, often completely out of the blue. For instance, I thought I knew just which photos I was going to post for this week’s ‘Dialogue‘ theme until … Continue reading
Jurassic Park, Graduation And Goodbye To A British Icon
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
Posted in Family Life, My California
Tagged Boxing Day Tsunami, Brighton, California, Dinosaurs, England, Family Life, Graduation, Grief, Jurassic Park, Kindness, Movies, Richard Attenborough, University of Sussex
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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
Are We Nearly There Yet?
“Are we nearly there yet?” How many times as kids did we ask this question of our parents during inexcusably long car journeys? When it came time for my own children to ask me the very same, my answer was … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Memoir, My California, Writing
Tagged A Horse With No Name, America, Book Writing, Family Life, Las Vegas, Memoir, Mojave Desert, Road Trips, Summer, writing
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Bite Size Memoir: Mum’s 10 out of 10
What is my 10 out of 10? I ask this question because this is what Lisa has asked of us this week for her Bite Size Memoir challenge. In celebration of her tenth ‘bite’ prompt (somehow I’ve manage eight of … Continue reading
Posted in Bite Size Memoir, Childhood Memories
Tagged Bite Size Memoir, Childhood memories, Children, College, Computers, Education, Family Life, Kindergarten, laughter, Memoir, mothers, School
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Bite-Size Memoir: Cycling and Sherlock Holmes
When Lisa set her cycling prompt for this week’s Bite Size Memoir challenge, the first thoughts that came to mind were not so much the riding on but the falling off a bicycle. My first bike was for my seventh … Continue reading
A View From My Summerhouse 