by shaunnawest | Jun 7, 2021 | Writing
Hi! If you’d like to start and read The Middle in sequential order, start here! This book is written wildly, chapters out of order in the sequence they occurred in my life. They are written wildly for a reason. The middle of our lives is a lot of things, but it is...
by shaunnawest | Jun 4, 2021 | Writing, Lifestyle/Travel
The waves crash against the shore, and there she is, standing in the sand, so white it blinds me as I watch her. She tosses the ball up in the air and catches it, I assume to a rhythm pumping through the AirPods in her ears. I used to do that. Chip away methodically...
by shaunnawest | May 19, 2021 | Writing, Painting
I don’t know why I painted it. I don’t know why the brush I chose felt like the right one that afternoon, light pouring into the condo I was staying in for my creative retreat. Brush in my hand, a glass of wine so chilled it glistened with beads of condensation. ...
by shaunnawest | Apr 15, 2021 | Writing
Growing up, I would say quite confidently I was a pistol. A firecracker. A sassy mc-sass capital S sassy pot. I spoke so soon, listened rarely, and my opinions about everything were 100% solid. It was only when I began having “girl trouble” around age twelve that...
by shaunnawest | Apr 7, 2021 | Writing
I posted this two years ago, but it seemed to me the timing was right to share it again, in a new way. I’ve learned to trust those little nudges. 😊 ************************ I was walking on the beach, the sun on my face and salt in the air. To my right...
