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Sisterly Love

Nothing better than spending time with my half-sister, Shauna. We met at Elephants yesterday before she took her big trip to Provo. I will miss her. In the photo- Shauna , left, me, right.

MY ARTICLES What makes a criminal

Crime and mental illness writing by Sherry Joiner Schizoaffective   I wrote an essay-    What makes a criminal want to be a criminal? Imagine yourself sitting in a movie theater chair with a tall bucket of butter popcorn and big cup of ice-cold Coca Cola, maybe stealing a nacho or two with your sister … Continue reading →

Swinging with a Large Zucchini

My husband’s green thumb never ceases to amaze me. His talent for growing large zucchinis, like this one, would be a great asset to a baseball team this year. Batter up! Me and my bat in the photo. Continue to have a beautiful summer. Sherry  

ARTWORK Marty

Martin Bakers Send Off   Shipping the portrait I did of Martin Baker, author of Gum On My Shoe, to the East Coast today. I will miss him but I know he will be in good hands.

NAMI Clackamas County Picnic

Spending time at the NAMI Clackamas County Picnic today. The event and weather was gorgeous. In the photo below is Michele Veenker, executive director, left, my good friend, Angie, next to Michele, Jeana Wheeler, middle, me, and Maive, right, also a member of NAMI Clackamas County. The photo of Jeana Wheeler, left, and me, right, was taken at the picnic … Continue reading →

Van Gogh Flower Sale

NAMI (National Alliance On Mental Illness) , Multnomah’s Vincent Van Gogh Flower Sale was a great success. We commemorated Vincent Van Gogh’s death to  suicide, today. He died 125 years ago this month, July, and day, 29th. Vincent Van Gogh was a prolific Dutch painter who painted the famous ‘Starry Night’ painting a year before he died  (something he always loved to do, paint). … Continue reading →

Vincent Van Gogh Week

So grateful that I will be interviewed by KBOO Community Radio on Monday, July 27th at 11 AM. Please listen in. Thank you so much. This Wednesday, also, I will help support NAMI Multnomah & Suicide Prevention. I am selling flowers for the ‘The Flowers of Van Gogh Flower Sale,’ July 29th, 11-3pm at NorthStar Clubhouse. Flowers will … Continue reading →

ARTWORK Coincidence

Ocean waves releave psychological pain of Schizoaffective and Bipolar Disorder I called this oil painting I painted, ‘The Storms of Life.’ It appears in the month of July on my calendar of the year 2015. Every year in December, I make a calendar of my oil paintings. I was unaware of what events would take … Continue reading →