In 2022, “Like Morning Glory Vines,” an essay about the death of Sharon’s mom, and love, was published by Grief Dialogues here: https://griefdialoguesstories.com/2022/02/14/like-morning-glory-vines/
In 2021, “Disappearing,” a personal essay about dementia, took Honourable Mention in the 2021 Victoria Writers Society Annual Contest and published in Island Writer Magazine, vol. 19, Winter 2021.
In 2012, “Formative Years,” an essay about Sharon’s childhood on Lulu Island–now called Richmond, BC–was published in Writing the West Coast: Artful Identities, Key Publishing House.
ABOUT BIRDS
In 2010 Sharon published Up Close & Personal: Confessions of a Backyard Birder, a compilation of 24 of her columns from the Flying Shingle newspaper and 40 colour photos. Up Close & Personal is available at the Salish Sea Market and Art Gallery in Bowser BC, at Moon’s Records in Cumberland, and at MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre in Merville, BC here. Or use the contact form on this website to email Sharon directly.
Sharon also wrote for Bird Canada. Check out her columns at https://birdcanada.com/author/sharon-mcinnes/.
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