by Shari Dragovich | Oct 15, 2019 | Home Front, Uncategorized
So, why the long internet silence? What has been happening these past months of shuttered web-windows? Well, all the things I mentioned above. Also, hitting pause so I recognize the blessing of Afterwards… The most obvious reason for my long blogging silence was...
by Shari Dragovich | Jun 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am about three months from the deadline of my first book-length manuscript. What never felt like an expanse of time, but at least seemed “down the road a-ways,” is now three steps from a wall I’m walking into. Depending on the day, that wall is either pillowy or...
by Shari Dragovich | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the things I love about traveling to other parts of the country in fall and spring is seeing the way the seasons roll across the land east to west—like the sun, only slower. A few weekends ago I attended an arts conference in Colorado. I left Southwest...
by Shari Dragovich | Apr 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
“It. Is. Finished.” The final set of lights in the sanctuary went black. The Book slammed shut. The congregation filed out of the sanctuary and left the church in complete silence. This is how my childhood church participated in Good Friday. I’m sure this is how they...
by Shari Dragovich | Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
I can see it. For the past couple weeks, I’ve noticed the pointed shoots of green poking through last year’s decayed flowers, that littering my garden beds and back porch pots. I look out my windows and see the beginnings of rusty purple gauze lacing the bare branches...
by Shari Dragovich | Feb 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
This week (Wednesday, the 13th to be exact) marks the 89th birthday of a very special place in my community: The Texas Tavern. The Texas Tavern is a matchbox-sized, shotgun-style diner situated in the heart of downtown Roanoke (depending on where you consider...
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