Tag Archives: thank you

Dispatches From Lockdown In An English Spring

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Sherri Matthews

We humans are resourceful. We adjust. We have to. My mother lives in her snug, safe home across the garden from us, but I can’t get close or hug her, because she is self-isolating, sheilded from the outside and coronovirus. … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronovirus | Tagged Coronovirus, Isolation, Key Workers, Lockdown, Photos English Countryside, Photos of English Spring Garden, Self Distancing, Supermarkets, thank you, Walking, Working From Home, Writer's Brain Fog, Writing From Home | 77 Comments

Annual Bloggers Bash 2019: Blog Award Nominations Now Open

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Sherri Matthews

Anyone blogging for a few years (six for me) no doubt remembers those early days when all those awards and blog hops did the rounds. Back then, I blogged three, sometimes four times a week. Hard work and incredibly time-consuming … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers Bash | Tagged Annual Bloggers Bash & Awards 2019, Blog Award Nominations, Blog Awards, Blogging Friends, Friendship, London, Online Friendship, thank you | 36 Comments

In Which I Cross The Finish Line And Wish You Happy Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Sherri Matthews

Dear friends, How to share my news and write a Christmas post? With my chicks soon gathering back in the nest and a busy time for many, I’ll keep it short (but hopefully sweet) from my heart straight to yours… … Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged Happy Christmas, Memoir, Memoir Writing, thank you, Writing Progress | 60 Comments

Rodeo #3: Travel with a Twist Winners

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Sherri Matthews

With great excitement, it’s time at last to announce the winners of my flash fiction contest, Travel With A Twist. Thank you so much for your support here and at the Rodeo and for a fantastic response to this and … Continue reading →

Posted in Reblogs, Uncategorized | Tagged Carrot Ranch, Flash Fiction Contest, Flash Fiction Rodeo 2018, thank you, Travel flash fiction 99 words, Travel with a Twist flash fiction contest, Winner's Announcement | 10 Comments

We Will Remember Them

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Sherri Matthews

At the Eleventh Hour On the Eleventh Day Of the Eleventh Month We Thank You: Soldier, Walter Ridout (Battle of the Somme, 1916) Sergeant, Albert Edward Matthews (8th Royal Tank Regiment, El Alamein, 1942) Seaman, Stanley Matthews (Lost at sea … Continue reading →

Posted in Rememberance Day | Tagged Armistice Day, Rememberance Day, thank you, The Fallen, Veteran's Day | 32 Comments

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives – Travel – ‘The Streets of Old City Dubrovnik’ by Sherri Matthews

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Sherri Matthews

While I’ve been away, lovely Sally Cronin has featured weekly the remaining three of my travel posts for her Archive Travel Series: Strolling through ‘A Most Beautiful Village of France’ in Normandy and finding sweet solace in a tiny, ancient … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Almalfi Coast, Blogging, Italy, Jersey, Most Beautiful Village of France, Normandy, Photos of the Old City of Dubrovnik, thank you, travel, Travel Writing, War Tunnels | 17 Comments

Surprises, Diana’s Dresses And The Annual Blogger’s Bash 2018

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Sherri Matthews

The Summerhouse sat in snow last time I checked, but emerging from hibernation to a sun-basked spring, I discover a new garden and the chance, at last, to get my hands dirty. New growth pushes through bare soil and reminds … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers Bash | Tagged Annual Blogger's Bash & ABBA Awards 2018, Black Cat Photo, Blogging Community, California, Classic FM, Diana: Her Fashion Story Exhibition, English Country Garden, English Robin Song, Family Life, Inspiration, Kensington Palace, Photos of Diana's dresses, thank you, writing | 79 Comments

Real Memoir Imaginary Flash And Not Your Typical Anthology

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Sherri Matthews

When I moved house last October, I said goodbye to my Summerhouse. That is, to the wood and nails of it. To the little wooden house painted blue , strung with pretty bunting and lights which no longer belongs to … Continue reading →

Posted in Round The World Book Tour | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, Blogging Community, Book Tour, Carrot Ranch, Congress of Rough Writers, Congress of Rough Writers: Flash Fiction Anthology Vol 1, Memoir, Memoir Writing, Reader's Favorite 5-Star Book Review, Round The World Book Tour, Summerhouse, thank you, writing | 99 Comments

Winner of Flash Fiction Contest #7

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Sherri Matthews

At last! I’m thrilled to announce the winner of my Murderous Musings Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest #7. Fantastic flashes, all thirty-two of them a deviously delicious read. And the winner is…Marjorie Mallon! Huge congratulations Marje! I’m also hugely excited to … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash Fiction | Tagged Congress of Rough Writers: Flash Fiction Anthology Vol 1, Flash Fiction Competition, Flash Fiction Contest, Flash Fiction Rodeo, Happy Christmas, thank you, writing | 26 Comments

In The Raw

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Sherri Matthews

As the sun slowly set on 2016, I watched from a beach on the Dorset coastline, and I thought of my dad. Today, writing my first post of a new year, I think of all that’s happened since I wrote … Continue reading →