by Shari | Jan 3, 2018 | art, beauty, children, divorce, family, Life in General
We were in Hawaii when my sister’s first husband proposed to her. She didn’t know it was coming, but I did, so I took my four year daughter and followed them out to the beach where we could watch from a discrete distance. Creason was so amped up with...
by Shari | Aug 15, 2017 | America, authors, creative inspiration, Life in General
I’ve been in Santa Cruz for several months now (you can tell by the shoes) and I can’t help noticing that people are nicer here. They make eye contact and smile, they chat with ‘strangers’ in groups, they offer quiet compliments in passing, they have...
by Shari | Jun 25, 2016 | art, authors, divorce, Life in General
You are absolutely alone. No one will ever understand you completely. Muhahahahaha. (that’s my evil laugh.) And that’s just fine. Because…you are also a part of everything, every molecule in the universe, every other living and non-living thing is...
by Shari | Apr 30, 2016 | family, Life in General, men
My husband was a bit grumpy when I got home from a recent trip to Northern California. Perhaps it’s because he’d been working 12 to 14 hour days, perhaps it’s because some of the jobs he’s doing on our house right now are, well,...
by Shari | Feb 3, 2016 | art, beauty, creative inspiration, Life in General
There are times in your life when beauty shines undeniably around you, and there are times when you find it in something as simple as moss between stones. And then there are the times it flows up, spilling out of your very self, as though you become one with the...