by Shari | Feb 7, 2020 | children, divorce, family, Life in General
When’s the last time you took off for the airport after paying full price for a last minute plane ticket to nurse someone who fell and broke three ribs and then got accused of being a fraud for doing it? Anyone? Anyone? This just after spending two days at a...
by Shari | Apr 11, 2019 | children, creative inspiration, family, ice skating, kids, parenting
Often, when I was in second grade arithmetic, I would look up from my endless worksheets designed to discourage and disinterest would-otherwise-have-become astrophysicists, to wonder at my teacher’s hair. These were the sixties, and the ultimate goal of hair styling...
by Shari | Aug 15, 2018 | acting, beauty, depression, humor., ice skating, Life in General, Nature: Hiking, Wildlife & More
Recently, one of my most talented and positive friends asked on Facebook, “How do you reset when you are blue and stressed?” Wow, great question and there were many wise and humorous suggestions posted, most of them featured nature, music, or watching other...
by Shari | May 30, 2018 | America, art, authors, beauty, family, humor., Life in General, Marriage, RV life, trailers
With both girls off to college, my husband and I decided it was time to live a simpler life with less to worry about and take care of. It came to this. We had too much stuff and it was weighing us down, anchoring us to one place and we wanted to lift off, fly, to...
by Shari | Apr 12, 2018 | America, beauty, creative inspiration, family, Life in General, Nature: Hiking, Wildlife & More, parenting
My husband and I recently gave ourselves the gift of a few days in Yosemite National Park. There were jaw-dropping vistas, cliffs so dramatic they make you weep, waterfalls that remind you how mortal you are, and rivers and trees that murmur the blessings of Mother...
