We need to bolster those bundles of joy
I was only a few weeks into luxuriating in the news that my third grandson would be arriving early next year – I know, I'm rich! – when a...
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Sharon Emery
- Oct 25
- 2 min
Heeding Ms. Frizzle
I think I gave my kids some pretty good advice as they were growing up. But the best advice I ever heard directed at them actually came...
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Sharon Emery
- Oct 10
- 2 min
The Band Room moves on
I have been deep into culling my belongings and finding new homes for them. And fall seems to accelerate this endeavor. Last year it was...
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Sharon Emery
- Sep 27
- 2 min
The warriors at our libraries
True confession: I've been hanging out with people I don't regularly associate with, at least not in these numbers. I thought I knew a...
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Sharon Emery
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Now I'm with myself
Sha'Carri Richardson, 23, became the fastest woman in the world on Aug. 21, 2023, when she ran 100 meters in 10.65 seconds. To really...
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Sharon Emery
- Aug 18
- 2 min
Your mission: Belong to a place
Believe it or not, belongingness is a word. Moreover, it's a thing right now. Alienation – the antithesis of belonging – is blamed for...
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Sharon Emery
- Aug 1
- 2 min
Watching for the light
I can't tell you how many summers I've spent rereading Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse.
Let's just say many.
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Sharon Emery
- Jul 19
- 2 min
My famous washing machine
This is not your typical appliance resurrection: I don't use the words “desperate” and “beloved” casually when I say we are currently...
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Sharon Emery
- Jul 5
- 2 min
Who wants to act their age?
Maybe you've had this experience: You wake up groggy one morning, and while trying to maneuver a piece of bread into the toaster, you...
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Sharon Emery
- Jun 10
- 2 min
The magic of being there
Have you noticed? We're absolutely captivated by being in proximity to something we love. Even if we can barely see it, being in its...
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Sharon Emery
- May 21
- 2 min
The world could use some applause
I get the biggest kick out of clapping for someone – applauding what they've done while softly chanting, “You're good, you're really...
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Sharon Emery
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Eating our good intentions
While mulling everything my doctor wants me to do – exercise, eat right, get enough vitamins/ minerals, etc. – I decided to make a deal...
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Sharon Emery
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Our own truths
As soon as I read it, I knew Joan Didion's searing insight from her book “The White Album” was the perfect epigraph for mine: “We tell...
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Sharon Emery
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Resisting the comfort of the known
One of the things that terrified me as I struggled to write my memoir was the realization that I had to give over my storytelling powers...
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Sharon Emery
- Jan 27
- 2 min
The camera doesn't lie
I must admit, I don't like most photos of myself. I'll spare you the specifics, but let me just say that I really work at it, and I'm...
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Sharon Emery
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Remembering who you are
When I was 15, I holed up with my best friend Suzie, from across the street, to dream about what it would be like when we were finally...
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Sharon Emery
- Dec 28, 2022
- 2 min
What should stay and what should go
Among New Year's resolutions, are there any more popular than getting rid of excess pounds and getting rid of excess stuff? No,...
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Sharon Emery
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Letting Go
It's big, badly faded, and purple. But I love it. And I have loved it – for nearly 23 years. Not only that, it has a curved frame,...
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Sharon Emery
- Nov 5, 2022
- 2 min
The power we hold
Skin may be the largest organ of the human body, but really, aside from wanting it to look youthful until the day we die, we don't much...
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Sharon Emery
- Oct 21, 2022
- 2 min
Why don't they call THAT disability??
Having a disability gives you a valuable perspective on the world. It can make you more empathetic, more accepting, more all-around...
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