Author Archives: sharon-clark-rowlands

i’m coming to see that i have been mis-naming the emotion associated with lingering memories that continue to be emotionally charged for me. for example many years ago i became a single parent to 2 very young children. overnight my … Continue reading →

there’s a traffic lane outside our grocery store that i need to cross to get to the parking lot. today as i was about to enter the crosswalk in the traffic lane a car pulled up and stopped preventing me … Continue reading →

yesterday i was given the words “the shadow side of giving”. upon reflection i’m discovering some rather disturbing things in regards to why i find it easier to give than to receive. giving gives me a sense of security because … Continue reading →

previously I would become aware that I was waking from sleep and then allow my mind to snap me into reality by saying you’re awake, get on with your day. Now there seems to be quite a space of time … Continue reading →

While I had begun to realize that my days at my current job were numbered, I hadn’t reached a decision about when I might leave. Apparently Spirit had! My son and his Japanese fiancé were awaiting my daughter’s wedding in … Continue reading →

i woke feeling “dry”. different than having a dry mouth or feeling dehydrated. more like my body fluids were low or had been drained. and my heart too didn’t feel warm and flowing. took several minutes of sitting outside before … Continue reading →

oct 4, 2018 memory …. i’m sitting outside enjoying a pre-dawn smoke when i hear the rustling of dried arbutus leaves off to the side of my patio. oh probably that big buck that wandered past couple of years ago. … Continue reading →

there is no bank on the small island where i have been living so having encountered a banking issue that i needed to attend to in person i researched the ferry schedule, banking hours etc and decided the saturday noon … Continue reading →

Originally posted on oh-we-should-have-told-you:
i live on an island where the main challenge to having a flower garden is negotiating with the deer who seem to think flowers are planted to supplement their diet. A couple of years ago after…

I’m remembering a time when I had found myself in a position where I needed immediately to find both a place to live and a way to pay for it . Within a week I found myself in a house-sitting … Continue reading →