Met my friend Oregon Senator Lew Frederick and Advocate for Wellness television interviewer Ann Kasper at the Nami Walks Sunday in Portland We met on my walk for mental health and to stomp out stigma, 5/19/19. Here is our photo.
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ABOUT Mental Health Walk
Met my friend Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz at the Nami Walks in Portland Sunday Here is our picture
ABOUT NAMI Walks
Yesterday I volunteered at the Nami Clackamas table and walked for mental health at the Nami Walks The event took place Sunday May 19th at the Vera Katz Esplanade in Portland, Oregon. It was fun seeing good friends, old and new, and for such a great cause. I admire my Executive Director Michele Veenker’s … Continue reading
New Zealand
Grieving My love sympathy and sadness go out to the forty-nine people who perished at Christchurch in New Zealand and the twenty people who were seriously injured Friday. May the sorrow held by the victims, survivors and families affected by this insane act, be placed in the hopes of the country of New Zealand … Continue reading
ARTWORK Her Art
At the Her Art Reception Tuesday night February nineteen for the Cerimon House Exhibit Paintings of Mardi Gras Dancer, Navajo Woman, and ‘Girl With a Pear Earring (Inspired by Vermeer), by Sherry M Joiner
ABOUT Seventy
Turning seventy is a treasure to behold This month I celebrated two 70th birthday parties- one in Ashland with my sister, her husband, and family, and- one in Portland at the Portland Seafood Company with my Brazilian family and other family members and friends. In Ashland at the Cabaret Theater, I saw “Beehive,” (six … Continue reading
ARTWORK Events
Dancing with bells on my toes I am so excited to invite you to two art events that I am in. January 31, 2019 I exhibit my oil paintings at the Oak Grove, Oak Lodge Water Services until April 30th, Monday-Fri. 8-5 pm. And 2/3/19 – 2/13/19 I will display my soul boxes with … Continue reading
Knee Surgery
Recuperating from partial knee replacement surgery with Bipolar Schizoaffective Disorder Celebrated my 29th wedding anniversary and 41 years of togetherness with my husband, Joe at the Cheesecake Factory in Portland tonight. It is my first social outing since two weeks ago just before I had knee replacement surgery. I am using a cane to … Continue reading
KEYNOTE AIDS
I still grieve for my brother as if his death happened yesterday Carrying on with my loving memory of my brother Doug, today, who died of AIDS on September 16, 1990, when he was thirty-two years old. And thinking of all the wonderful things he did for me, my family, and the world. The … Continue reading
ARTWORK Soul Boxes
Making soul boxes from images of my paintings Yesterday, I got together with two precious ladies of common interests, and we made Soul Boxes to comfort the victims of gun violence and to let them know we stand for them. My friend, Linda, took a picture of our boxes in a pattern of a … Continue reading
Arts and Writing by Sherry 