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A second chance. A new dawn. A new day. Bee & lavender, Summer Time in Somerset(c) Sherri Matthews This is the prompt for Charli’s flash fiction challenge in 99 words, no more, no less (with the...
View ArticleWalls, True Confessions and Last of the B/W Challenge
The first house I lived in had a beautiful, brick wall running along one side of the back garden, and I have wanted a garden wall of my own ever since. The story of Peter Rabbit’s narrow escape from Mr...
View ArticleEphemeral: Longleat Safari Park
Transitory; brief; momentary; passing; cursory; short-lived; fleeting; temporary. All meanings behind the word ‘Ephemeral’. I think of all those times when I’ve attempted to photograph creatures great...
View ArticleFive Photos, Five Stories Challenge Day Three: School Symbol
When I left California in 2003, I couldn’t have known that it would be a decade before I would return. It was bittersweet to say the least, walking down memory lane two years ago with my dear friend,...
View ArticleJewel Of A Surprise – 99 Word Flash Fiction
What moves one person may not move the other. It’s all about perspective. This week for the Flash Fiction prompt over at Carrot Ranch, Charli ask us this: ‘In 99 words (no more, no less) write a...
View ArticleChasing The Finish Line
Those of you who read my blog regularly know that my laptop – sent off for repair – ended up missing somewhere in the Czech Republic. Well, I never did get it back. I eventually heard from the...
View ArticleHomecoming Queen: 99 Word Flash Fiction
When I first joined Facebook, I left the question about ‘hometown’ blank. To me, your hometown is the place where you are born and grow up and return to decades later for heartwarming family reunions...
View ArticleIn Which The Story Changes
I found the words one day as I walked. Coastal path Devon Coastline, England(c) Sherri Matthews 2015 These words: ‘Stranger In A White Dress.’ The title of my memoir. Which Way?(c) Sherri Matthews...
View ArticleA Trio of Cubs, A Telephone Box And The Love Of Reading
For bloggers with cameras, photo opportunities turn up in surprising places, with thoughts of friends never far away. On Sunday, I took a bracing walk around the grounds of the majestic country home...
View ArticleAn Italian Journey: Writing And Healing
September arrived and with it, any thoughts of writing vanished. My birthday; a long-awaited holiday. Both beckoned. But somewhere in the space between early spring and autumn’s first flush,...
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