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just one

Posted on July 20, 2013 by sheri

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gonna try christina’s just one paragraph challenge and try cranking out at least one a day for 30 days. you know, get some writing out. (i hope.) of course, i’m skeptical so i’m only telling you, dear blog.

i have so many stories i want to tell, but i don’t know who to trust. let’s face it. out here on the interwebs, there are many audiences you just can’t trust with a story. even a good one. especially a good one. especially a good one that’s only good in your head and could be good on paper with some time and love and revision and patience (and maybe after a standing ovation for effort). but i never even get that far. it’s so hard to put it down. to put yourself out there like that. to put your stories out there. the good ones. the ones that really mean something.

i know they say if your story/troubles/truth touch just one person, then it’s a good story. but i’m always holding out to touch 2 or 3. i want more before i’ve even had one. i want awards and accolades before i’ve even put down one word on paper.

what an a-hole.

the guggenheim

Posted on August 9, 2012 by sheri

oh how i always love this museum because the architecture is just as gratifying as the art spun around its insides. very much enjoyed the Rineke Dijkstra Retrospective exhibit, especially The Krazyhouse video series, her mesmerizing Park Portraits and the New Mothers series (wow!).

oh and here’s my sneaky shot of my favorite Cezanne. swoon. yeah, i took it with my phone from my purse. shhhh.

elevate the everyday

Posted on August 5, 2012 by sheri

It’s here! So excited to finally share this beautiful book project from Tracey Clark with you!

In her new book Elevate the Everyday: A Photographic Guide to Picturing Motherhood, Tracey manages to combine her years of photography expertise with amazing and practical tips for capturing the journey of motherhood. The book is not only gorgeous, helpful, and insanely inspiring, but it’s also full of several must-read stories of motherhood — her own and those of many of the mom writers and bloggers you know and love. I am beyond honored to have my own story included in the book.

Take a look!

Beautiful, right?

And yippeee! Here’s my story:

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i-5 orchard

Image | Posted on March 14, 2012 by sheri

I-5 orchard

my mom and i just drove the I-5 to and from L.A. i was lucky to have the opportunity to cover the red carpet premiere of the hunger games movie for work, and it was so … much … frickin’ … fun!!! seriously, i had such a good time, and it was strangely not surreal or terrifying at all. in fact, it felt amazing to be so brave and do something like this off the cuff.

you can see video clips from my interviews with the cast here, here, here, and here, and a few photos here.

happy new year!

Posted on January 2, 2012 by sheri

excited to start the new year — although the older i get, the less it feels like i need a fresh start each new year. i think that’s a good thing, and i’m trying really hard not to feel like it’s an old thing. signed up for a photography class (i’m long overdue on learning what aperture is…) and feeling a year’s worth of rad about that.