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Jennie’s Homemade Pierogies
At one time this area had a very large population of Polish immigrants. Driving around the neighborhood streets, you could…
Read More >>Please, this is my nap time, don’t bother me!
Olivia loves to take naps. If she can find something to snuggle under and cover her head, that would be…
Read More >>Grocery Shopping Anyone?
Small neighborhood grocery stores are quite common in Japan. Driving by this well-stocked store, we could not help but have…
Read More >>Let’s go for a Coney
What’s a “Coney”, I said? It seems most people here know that a “Coney” is a grilled, natural casing hot…
Read More >>Oscar
Oscar arrived at my daughter’s house one afternoon. He plopped down in the middle of the driveway. Resting on his…
Read More >>The Local Laundromat
One afternoon, Marci and I walked to the neighborhood laundromat. It was a small, efficient, clean, and organized place of…
Read More >>About Sharon
I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. I spent most of my life there raising a family, owning a business, and being involved with the community.
Now a senior citizen, I live with my daughter, Michelle, and her husband, George, in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Just before coming to Dearborn, I had the chance to live for almost a year with my daughter, Marci, and her husband, Akira, in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. I have a bonus daughter, too, Mikaela, who lives in Puyallup, Washington. I am blessed to have these women as daughters and these men as sons-in-law, my teachers one and all.
I began writing in 2012 as a way to keep in touch with friends and family while I was living in Japan. This led to contributing to a book, and now I am working on one of my own.

I'm a contributing author!
Looking for a good book to read? I think you will enjoy Jodi Chapman and Dan Teck’s book, Goodness Abounds: 365 True Stories of Loving Kindness, available on Amazon. There are over 275 Soulful Contributors of which I am but one. I chose to tell a story about the life of a precious kitty named Amelia. Read her story here >>
