Sharon Watts Writes

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Category Archives: Losing People

My Loss & Found Box

At age four I was a fearless princess in my puffy orange lifejacket, staunchly astride the bow of my Pappaw’s motorboat (the “Peapicker,” also his nickname for me). Christened during … Continue reading

January 14, 2026 · 6 Comments

October Memories

I had to look up the date again. And decided to post this, written in 2005. ***** Every year, the beginning of October forces me to recall the exact dates … Continue reading

October 2, 2022 · 2 Comments

R.I.P. Dianne

“Guess who died.” A statement, not a question, from Dianne, that I got every week. She was already “on it”— hours, or even minutes, hot off the presses. Then a … Continue reading

July 18, 2022 · 2 Comments

This End Up – a poem

You once told me you’d end up in a cardboard refrigerator box under an overpass. “Oh Neil” I laughed. You loved to make me laugh.   You tucked me in … Continue reading

January 22, 2020 · 2 Comments

Bert Sommer – Discovering Woodstock’s Lost Treasure

When you think about Woodstock, who comes to mind? Well, yes, the Who—and Jimi and Janis and Richie and Sly, Santana and Canned Heat and Arlo and . . . … Continue reading

August 7, 2018 · 9 Comments