Grieving on Thanksgiving Day with Schizoaffective Disorder Thanksgiving Day, we celebrate my late brother Doug’s birthday. He would have turned 58, on November 24th. He was a kind, intelligent, deep, and generous soul. I know he would have been amazed at the changes made in the politics of the gay life style now days.. … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving
Feeling happy and grateful with Schizoaffective Disorder this Thanksgiving Holiday May the sun rise up to greet you this Thanksgiving and give you peaceful, restful, and healing thoughts. Thank you to all my cousins, my friends, my political organizations, and NAMI groups on this website, twitter, and Facebook. Your connections and wonderful posts have … Continue reading
Getting Well
Taking care of myself after election with Schizoaffective Disorder What an experience it was to be a roller skater in my youth. I could glide to my freedom in my rollerskating outfits as I pushed aside my fears and anxieties while I circled the rinks. Now I will try another type of creativity or … Continue reading
Election Aftermath
Living with Schizoaffective feelings after Nov. 8th, 2016 election. Photo of my husband, Joe, at 35, standing next to a print of the famous picture that was hanging in our living room- ‘Stag at Bay.’ Joe turns 71, this Wednesday- November 16th. Happy Birthday, Honey. Since last Tuesday, our lives have changed course. We … Continue reading
ABOUT ‘Woods’ with Joe
Visiting with my family during Halloween with Schizoaffective Disorder It was a great time seeing my sister again, who was turning 70 this November. We dressed up in our Halloween costumes for the Holiday and danced to Michael Jackson’s greatest hits. When ‘Thriller’ came on, it cast a spell on me. My husband, who was … Continue reading
ABOUT Bear Pumpkin
Schizoaffective enjoying time with the adopted grand girls and carving pumpkins at Lisa Paines house My husband, Joe, and I with Todd Werner’s carved ‘Bear’ pumpkin.
ARTWORK Renewing and Blooming
Schizoaffective Disorder night at Open Minds Art Show It was great getting to know some of the members of Clackamas NAMI at the Open Minds Art Show this October. Among the works of artists’ being on display, my portrait of ‘Emily’ (below), was also on exhibition. Michele Veenker, the director of NAMI Clackamas who … Continue reading
ARTWORK Brazilian Sunset
Schizoaffective Disorder capturing a Brazilian Sunset with my paint brush Here is an oil painting, I did lately called ‘Sunset at Joao Pessoa, Brazil.’
ABOUT Photo with President Obama
Schizoaffective photo op with President Obama So glad I had the wonderful honor of greeting and talking with President Obama at Intel, Hillsboro, Oregon, on February 18, 2011. He is a great man of strong integrity, compassion and dedication to our country. I was working on the phones with a political group called Ladies in … Continue reading
ABOUT Picture with Vice President
Schizoaffective Disorder opportunity to meet Vice President Biden So glad that I had the honor to meet and talk with Vice President Biden. Here is a picture of Vice President Biden, Leanne Baldwin, (Ladies in Blue), center, and me taken at the Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, at the Vice President, Biden’s and Senator … Continue reading
Arts and Writing by Sherry 