Sharon J. Anderson
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Sunrise 6/30/19
What makes a photograph good? Its use of color, composition, lighting, technical quality, impact, creativity, the story it tells? I haven’t a clue. All I know is that I need to wait, point at what looks like something I haven’t… Continue reading
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The Knee Also Rises
“The sunrise view” — that’s the formal name of the featured image in this post which is an x-ray of my right knee flexed. It’s called the sunrise view because the patella (the kneecap) appears to be rising over the… Continue reading
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First Lines
In April, I began an on-line writing course with Natalie Goldberg, whose intensive writing retreats have changed my life. I attended my first retreat with her in March 1996 and the second in 2006 and 2007. At the heart of… Continue reading
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Ignite 6/7/19
The 75th Anniversary of D-Day reminds all of us that war and subsequent plundering is hell. Is it possible to find humor in any uprising for liberty? Continue reading
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On Turning 66
Today I turn 66 which is meaningful for two reasons: one, I am now eligible for full Social Security benefits. More significantly, I have now lived my life respecting my lesbianism for as long I as I lived my life fearing… Continue reading
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Ignite 5/31/19
“Flannery O’Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his or her life. Maybe your childhood was grim and horrible, but grim and horrible is okay if it is well done.… Continue reading
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My First Boyfriend
My first boyfriend died on May 15. Jack Boyer was 66 years old. He gave me what my mother labeled, “Sharie’s first ‘love’ note on October 21, 1959. Jack and I were in first grade. Jack died suddenly from an… Continue reading
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Game of Moans
On Sunday night, I lost power and missed the last 30 minutes of the “Game of Thrones” finale. I had invested dozens and dozens of hours binge-watching all 72 previous episodes, only to miss the crucial denouement. The power went… Continue reading
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Ignite 5/17/19
“Politicians pay more attention to interest groups than to the public interest,” believed Alice Rivlin, an American economist and budget official who was considered an expert on the U.S. federal budget and macroeconomic policy. Rivlin died this past Tuesday at… Continue reading
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Green Orb
Ever take a photograph with your iPhone (or any camera) and later realize there was a green orb in the middle of it, seemingly ruining it? Apparently this phenomenon is haze or flare created by a strong source of light… Continue reading
