Walk With Me
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: hope
Christmas Lost And Found In America
Born in England, my firstborn son didn’t meet his American grandparents until he was three-years-old. His father, tired of the rain and dismal British economy of the mid 1980s, decided we would have a better life in the land of … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas
Tagged California, Christmas Memories, England, Ex Pat Life, Family Traditions, Homesickness, hope, Immigration, loneliness, loss, love, Memoir, Morro Bay, travel
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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
Lest We Forget
Escaping the clamour filling news headlines and social media lately, I stood alone in my living room this morning at eleven o’clock to observe two minute’s silence. With the television on, as Big Ben chimed, cameras caught moments throughout the … Continue reading
Big Bright And Beautiful: The Annual #BloggersBash 2016
When Sacha, Hugh, Geoff (Geoffle) and Ali said this year’s Bloggers Bash was going to be bigger and better than ever, they weren’t kidding. Their hard work (and from what I hear some shenanigans too, but I know nothing…) paid off. What … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers Bash
Tagged #BloggersBash, Annual Bloggers Bash Awards 2016, Blogging, Blogging Tips, Friendship, Fun, hope, London, Photos of Bloggers, thank you
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Blogging And The Three Year Rule
Dear Blogger, How are you? It’s been a while since you and I had a proper talk, and this seems like the perfect time. I saw you walk around the park a few times last week; that’s good news, you … Continue reading
A Field of Sheep For A Happy New Year
Only seven days into 2016, not too late I hope to wish you all a Happy New Year! I’m a straggler, always it seems… Bogged down with other, behind-blog ‘stuff’ at the moment and finding it pretty impossible to get … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Nature & Wildlife
Tagged Blogging, British Countryside, Dorset, Expectation, Happy New Year, hope, Mintern Magna, Nature & Wildlife, Sheep, Walking
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Of Guns And Flowers And A Car Crash
On Wednesday just before lunchtime, somebody drove across my path in the middle of a roundabout (I had right of way). I barely had time to slam on my brakes before crashing with a sickening thud into the side of … Continue reading
Sanctuary in Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei
There is a tiny village in Normandy called Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei that is so charming, it is known officially as a ‘Most Beautiful Village of France’. It was a privilige to spend my birthday afternoon there in September with my family ~ … Continue reading
Breathe
This flash/poem (if there is such a thing) is dedicated to my friend Charli, who in her grief for the recent loss of her best friend asked us to write a 99 word Flash Fiction about a breathless moment, to … Continue reading
Posted in Flash Fiction, Poems
Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, Betrayal, Grief, hope, London, Poem
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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
A View From My Summerhouse 