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May.17.2013
I have previously written about my hesitation to purchase an e-reader and my ultimate surrender to its numerous advantages. It is true that I turned from the joy of creasing the stiff spine of a new book and turning the crisp white pages with their fresh-inked smell to a small electronic...
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May.10.2013
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”--William Wordsworth
Every person manages emotion in a different way. Some internalize their feelings while others vocalize them. I recently wrote how allowing children to experience all emotions, including those of sadness and...
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May.03.2013
Parents never want their child to experience any bodily pain. We physically recoil at the thought of their flawless skin being marred by a cut or their perfectly fused bones being broken by a fall. We closely trail behind them as they learn to walk and we keep outstretched hands below them as...
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Apr.25.2013
Everyone wants to be heard. We all want our points understood; our ideas to matter and our feelings considered. And when we are not heard, we can feel frustrated and insignificant. If we feel ignored enough times we begin to question the importance of our own points and ideas,...
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Apr.19.2013
“Children see magic because they look for it.” --Christopher Moore
I am a writer. I am not a painter. I have always wanted to immerse a paintbrush into a brilliant color, glide the soft bristles across the white canvas and recreate the beauty I have seen so masterfully created in nature...
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Apr.10.2013
Have you ever noticed that the cooking times on recipes are rarely right? Many times I have put chicken in the oven for 8 minutes, per the instructions, only to pull out a raw piece of meat. And even more times have I scorched the sides of an otherwise perfectly baked cake because the...
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Apr.05.2013
We live in a culture of "right now." In fact, we often don't even value what is current but rather what is going to be "hot" in the next month, day, or hour. We are frequently so preoccupied with figuring out what is going to replace what we already have that we seldom value or enjoy...
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Mar.27.2013
"If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word." -Margaret Atwood
If a person seeks the advice of how to become a better runner the frequently heard recommendation will be to run more. Suggestions of running trails, hills, distance, short bursts, running for speed, running for...
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Mar.18.2013
Fiction is considered by many to be entertaining, amusing, and a better use of time than watching television but not instructive, enlightening, or useful in any practical way. As writers, we know this to be untrue. We understand the value of good stories. We recognize the ways in...
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Mar.07.2013
The publishing industry is changing. Literary agents, publishing houses and especially writers are being affected by these changes. Writers are no longer subjugated to the capriciousness of the publishing industry's ever-changing tastes. With the development of social media, we...
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Mar.01.2013
“We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.”
-Erica Jong
One of the greatest ironies is the writer who doesn't write. The person who reads books like one devouring cupcakes after a ten-day juice fast. The person, who is passionate about prose,...
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Feb.21.2013
Thanks to the advances in technology, there are many people who now are able to work from home. More and more people are discovering the benefits and realizing the drawbacks of making your basement, spare bedroom or unused space at home an office. It is knowledge that writers have had...
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Feb.15.2013
We should never pity the person with one true friend; instead our sympathies should be reserved for the person with a hundred acquaintances. After all, quality is often preferable to quantity especially in relationships.
We all know that person who walks into the room amid a flurry of...
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Feb.08.2013
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most of us have been taught the social graces necessary to behave properly in polite society; however, a good number has either chosen to forget or refuses to comply. Good manners shouldn't be a cultural convention...
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Feb.01.2013
“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” -Ovid
You lose five pounds--one step forward. You twist your ankle and the treadmill becomes dusty--one step back. You get the interview--one step forward. You child becomes ill and you have to cancel...
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson
About Sherry
Hi. I’m Sherry. And, at the risk of seeming completely self-indulgent, let me tell you a bit about myself. I was born in the year when people could find answers to their most pressing questions with the power of the Magic Eight Ball, Sid and Marty Croft’s...
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Causes Sherry Parnell Supports
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International
Sherry’s Favorite Books
Jane Eyre, Cane River, Frankenstein, The Buccaneers, Wuthering Heights, The Known World, Devil in the White City, Emma, A Tale of Two Cities, and on and on.
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