Please Join Us NAMI Clackamas at 1st Friday in Milwaukie NAMI members, family and friends will share stories, poems, raps, songs on the event stage tomorrow (June 2nd) between 5:00 – 5:30 pm in the parking lot across from Milwaukie City Hall. That performance will be followed by street corner storytelling, poetry reading, rapping, and singing at … Continue reading
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ABOUT Didi
Tribute to my Aunt Deanna Yesterday morning, my beautiful Brazilian Aunt Deanna, “Didi,”who was my mom’s sister, made her passage to heaven to be with my Uncle Doc. She was 92 years old. Deanna is the woman and my living legend who was in the photo on the cover of my book looking into … Continue reading
SHERRY GOES SANE
Expression of art writing Sherry Goes Sane Schizoaffective Disorder Writing Event for First Friday Milwaukie at Key Bank, 10888 SE Main, SE Monroe, Milwaukie, Oregon, June 2, 2017, 5-9 pm. hosted by NAMI Clackamas. I will be giving a reading of Sherry Goes Sane on stage, and will display one of my paintings with my books. Please … Continue reading
ARTWORK ‘The Artist’
So much of my time is spent painting and healing with Schizoaffective Disorder This is one of my paintings I did of Rembrandt Van Rijn. I call it ‘The Artist.’ Portrait by Sherry Joiner.
ABOUT UK Tragedy
Being grateful and saddened in the month of May with Schizoaffective Disorder and Bipolar Disorder With the Month of May came beauty and deep heartfelt Sympathies. I am so glad that I had the pleasure of working at the Registration table for NAMIWalks NW on Sunday in Portland. I made new and lasting friendships … Continue reading
ABOUT NAMIWalks
Volunteering at the Registration Table for the NAMI Walks with Schizoaffective Disorder ‘Mental Health is for Everyone.’ Please come and join in the 15th annual NAMIWalks Northwest event sponsored by Providence Health Services for Oregon and Southwest Washington to make a statement that mental health matters, recovery is possible, and no one should be ashamed … Continue reading
ARTWORK Art Therapy
Volunteer Outreach Art Therapy Speech living with Schizoaffective Disorder and Bipolar Disorder Last evening, May 9,2017, I gave an Art Therapy Presentation to NAMI Clackamas at the Faith Hill Church in Milwaukie. Oregon. I displayed my artwork and discussed my experiences living with schizoaffective disorder and how art was a benefit to my well … Continue reading
ARTWORK Sold
Experiencing the Miracle of Double Rainbows living with Schizoaffective Disorder I do believe in the miracle of the double rainbows, especially the one I saw Friday night after showing my art at the Key Bank for First Friday in Milwaukie, the theme was May is Mental Health Month. Today I sold this painting I … Continue reading
ARTWORK Painting for a Cause
It was fun to get together as a community for the First Friday of the Month of May in Milwaukie, Oregon, living with schizoaffective disorder Our Key Bank Booth for Clackamas NAMI, ‘May is Mental Health Month’ displayed artists’s artwork who were involved with the National Alliance on Mental Illness. My husband and I … Continue reading
ARTWORK Brazilian Dancer
Music and Dancing to connect with reality living with Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar Disorder Brazilian Dancer by Sherry Joiner When I was young, I broke out of my shell as Mom, who was Brazilian, played Brasil 66′ by Sergio Mendes on her old phonograph. I was repeating the past in dreams and waking hours and … Continue reading
Arts and Writing by Sherry 