A View From My Summerhouse

Not there, not here, but will be back soon at the Summerhouse, God willing and the creek don’t rise.

https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2023/10/04/back-soon/

My dear friends, The length of time it has taken me to post here with my promised memoir update was unintended. And now here we are, bruised, battered and staggering to the end of another year wi...

https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2021/12/21/and-now-here-we-are/

Greetings, dear friends! Behind the scenes, I have been working furiously on the last of the memoir revisions. And they are done! More on this shortly. Meanwhile, it’s time again for Memoir Acr...

https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2021/09/07/the-distance-between-us/

Greeting, dear friends, and a long, dark stretch this has been. This interminable separation from my children. Where are our friends and visitors? Are we… okay? We are safe and well but loss ta...

https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2021/05/28/shut-away-breaking-free/

I’m thrilled to introduce Memoir Across the Pond, my new column at Carrot Ranch. A huge thank you for following my previous Unsung Heroes column through the travails and challenges of 2020. And...

https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2021/03/04/the-words-we-know/

Today, I am delighted to once again welcome author Anne Goodwin to the Summerhouse. Since her last visit, Anne has published two novels and a small story collection. Her background as a former pr...

https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2021/02/18/fiction-memoir-and-identity-guest-post-with-author-anne-goodwin/

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...

https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2020/12/19/christmas-lost-and-found-in-america/

Today, I am delighted and honoured to guest post at Sally Cronin’s Author Spotlight Life Changing Moments Series with ‘Shake The Dust Off Your Feet’. You never know when you’ll face a lif...

https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2020/09/28/smorgasbord-cafe-and-bookstore-author-spotlight-life-changing-moments-shake-the-dust-off-your-feet-by-sherri-matthews/

September already and here we are. Greetings once again, dear friends, I hope you enjoyed a good summer, pandemic aside. My plans went awry then revived and I am writing, mending and walking agai...

https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2020/09/02/welcome-to-my-world/

Walking, as we know, is good for us. A brisk walk a few days a week has always been my go-to form of exercise. Walking helps me. A lot. Especially the kind when I’m stirred up, stressed out and...

https://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2020/07/10/of-writing-walking-and-a-broken-ankle/