Sharon J. Anderson
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On A Roll
A couple of weeks ago, the head of marketing for my one client called me and asked, “Is this ‘Drive-Thru Creative’?” I laughed. “I’m serious,” she said, “I don’t know anyone who can come up with a creative idea as… Continue reading
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Ignite 8/23/19
El Paso. Dayton. “The Chosen One.” Children in detention. The Amazon on fire. Not much to laugh about these days . . . Continue reading
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No, No Kondo
In her best-selling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo recommends maintaining a personal library of JUST 30 BOOKS! No way that would bring me any joy. That being said, I spent several days this week purging my… Continue reading
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The Livin’ Ain’t Easy
Ogden Nash wrote, “Nothing is glummer than a cold in the summer.” Well, I can think of one thing glummer: depression. I haven’t posted for over a month because I’ve been battling another cycle of depression, and writing about it… Continue reading
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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
