Sharon Watts Writes

when pictures fail me…

Category Archives: Memoir

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

What I Learned at Church Camp

In 1964 I spent the most extended stretch of time away from home in all of my eleven years on the planet. I was in pre-teen geeky prime. And a … Continue reading

October 6, 2018 · 5 Comments

New York! Just like I Pictured it. Sorta.

Posted here on Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood   Stepping outside the slightly threadbare art deco hotel lobby—which I refused to perceive as anything but Busby Berkeley glamorous—I melded into the midtown … Continue reading

March 29, 2016 · 2 Comments

Hell’s Kitchen and Couture Dreams…

Part of a memoir of my art student days in NYC, early 1970s – Chapter 9 Clutching my Greyhound ticket, I peered at departure times in the Port Authority Bus … Continue reading

September 15, 2015 · Leave a comment