Author: Sherry

Ernest Hemingway, a favorite of mine, uses simplicity to describe complex relationships in his writings. He named his infamous boat Pilar, based on a nickname he had for his second wife Pauline, and after 27 years of adventures on board, he admitted a year before his suicide that the boat was ‘the one true thing… Read more

When I introduced poetry to students, I would offer the concept of letting a poem sing to the soul, like a song. It’s easy to ‘teach’ what words put together are analyzed to mean, but that doesn’t make the explanation true. I told them a poem is like a small rock you drop in a… Read more

There is a Japanese art form called Kintsugi which uses broken pottery by repairing it with powered gold or platinum lacquer. The result is embracing breakage and repair as part of the history to make the object whole and one of unique beauty instead of trying to disguise the severed edges. This of course aligns… Read more

The term ‘collateral damage’ used to be only associated with a military operation when civilians were unintentionally killed. Now of course, it is recognized in almost every facet of our society where there are negative unintended consequences–divorces, unemployment, reductions in the work force–that severely impact other family members. When I opened my 23and Me account… Read more

Most people, when they hear a capsuled question regarding “the truth”, slide back to the infamous line from “A Few Good Men” where Jack Nicholson shouts to Tom Cruise, “You can’t handle the truth!” It’s a great decree and one I’ve pondered a few times myself. It makes me question, do we sanitize our answers… Read more

On Saturday, a tomato at Shop Rite made me lean on my cart for support. This is the problem with grief. It surrounds you like fog and you can’t see your way out of the haze. My dad passed away almost 20 years ago, and losing him again, this way, that he was never my… Read more