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{"id":3540,"date":"2021-04-27T21:05:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T01:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/?page_id=3540"},"modified":"2023-09-25T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T18:06:40","slug":"how-very-dare-she","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/how-very-dare-she\/","title":{"rendered":"How VERY Dare She"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column]<style>.vcex-heading.vcex_663c101cd6619{color:#ffffff;font-size:60px;font-family:Teko;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_663c101cd6619{font-size:20px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_663c101cd6619{font-size:20px;}}<\/style><h1 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl vcex_663c101cd6619\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">How VERY Dare She<\/span><\/h1>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<style>.vcex-recent-news-wrap.vcex_663c101cd8af9 .vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading{font-size:30px;line-height:110%;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-wrap vcex-module vcex_663c101cd8af9\"><div class=\"vcex-recent-news wpex-clr wpex-last-divider-none\"><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-wrap vcex-grid-item col-1\"><article class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry wpex-flex no-left-padding post-5900 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-how-very-dare-she entry has-media\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-details wpex-flex-grow entry-details wpex-first-mt-0 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-thumbnail entry-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2024\/03\/today-i-accidentally-climbed-a-mountain\/\" title=\"Today, I accidentally climbed a mountain\u2026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7738.jpeg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7738.jpeg?w=1170 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7738.jpeg?resize=300%2C219 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7738.jpeg?resize=1024%2C749 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7738.jpeg?resize=768%2C562 768w\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/div><header class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title\"><h1 class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading wpex-text-lg entry-title wpex-mb-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2024\/03\/today-i-accidentally-climbed-a-mountain\/\">Today, I accidentally climbed a mountain\u2026<\/a><\/h1><\/header><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-excerpt entry-excerpt wpex-my-15 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>\u2026a SMALL mountain, but still. I know. Two posts. Two days in a row\u2026.but I climbed a mountain, people. I drove down the coast from Half Moon Bay to Big Sur today. The sun was shining, the car was vrooming, and Barbra has just gotten to the part of her book where she excuses Bill Clinton for \u201cwhatever happened behind closed doors at the Whitehouse\u201d\u2026girl\u2026as well as her marriage to James Brolin\u2026which is hour 46 to 47, for anyone keeping score. I\u2019m in the home stretch of Barbra Streisand\u2019s fifty hour memoir on Audible, in case you don\u2019t follow me&hellip;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry__divider wpex-divider wpex-my-20 wpex-divider-dotted wpex-border-b\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-wrap vcex-grid-item col-1\"><article class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry wpex-flex no-left-padding post-5868 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-how-very-dare-she entry has-media\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-details wpex-flex-grow entry-details wpex-first-mt-0 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-thumbnail entry-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2024\/03\/wanderlust-california-selfies-and-grief\/\" title=\"Wanderlust, California, Selfies and Grief.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7680.jpeg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7680.jpeg?w=1170 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7680.jpeg?resize=300%2C219 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7680.jpeg?resize=1024%2C748 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7680.jpeg?resize=768%2C561 768w\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/div><header class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title\"><h1 class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading wpex-text-lg entry-title wpex-mb-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2024\/03\/wanderlust-california-selfies-and-grief\/\">Wanderlust, California, Selfies and Grief.<\/a><\/h1><\/header><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-excerpt entry-excerpt wpex-my-15 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>Hey Humans!! How are you? It\u2019s been a while, I know. I hope you\u2019re all well, happy and healthy. A couple months ago, I was on the FACEBOOK\u2026a place I seldom visit much anymore, and that\u2019s not a humble brag, or a coolness declaration, just a fact about a gal trying to focus her energies off the socials whenever possible\u2026and while doing a little curious lurk and scroll, I saw a post that asked the following paraphrased question\u2026 \u201cWhy do people take pictures of themselves and post them\u2026like what\u2019s the point? No really, I\u2019m honestly asking.\u201d Something else I seldom&hellip;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry__divider wpex-divider wpex-my-20 wpex-divider-dotted wpex-border-b\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-wrap vcex-grid-item col-1\"><article class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry wpex-flex no-left-padding post-5812 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-how-very-dare-she entry has-media\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-details wpex-flex-grow entry-details wpex-first-mt-0 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-thumbnail entry-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2024\/01\/angela-wright-forever\/\" title=\"Angela Wright Forever\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3419.jpeg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3419.jpeg?w=1889 1889w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3419.jpeg?resize=300%2C253 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3419.jpeg?resize=1024%2C862 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3419.jpeg?resize=768%2C646 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3419.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1293 1536w\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/div><header class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title\"><h1 class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading wpex-text-lg entry-title wpex-mb-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2024\/01\/angela-wright-forever\/\">Angela Wright Forever<\/a><\/h1><\/header><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-excerpt entry-excerpt wpex-my-15 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>When you get an early morning phone call or early morning message from someone who you know, who is associated with someone you love\u2026someone who tells you that they need to talk to you right away\u2026there is this sort-of blissful span of time in which the world is still exactly the same at it ever was\u2026but the possibility for it to deeply change looms large and hulking inside that blissful span. So, I guess it\u2019s not really blissful span after all\u2026it\u2019s just a stasis, really. A weird pocket of time in which almost nothing moves and everything stays the same.&hellip;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry__divider wpex-divider wpex-my-20 wpex-divider-dotted wpex-border-b\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-wrap vcex-grid-item col-1\"><article class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry wpex-flex no-left-padding post-5799 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-how-very-dare-she entry has-media\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-details wpex-flex-grow entry-details wpex-first-mt-0 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-thumbnail entry-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/12\/2023-in-poetic-review-in-the-middle-of-the-night-in-a-cottage\/\" title=\"2023 in Poetic Review (In The Middle of the Night In a Cottage)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3399-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3399-scaled.jpeg?w=2560 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3399-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3399-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3399-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3399-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3399-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1536 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3399-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3399-scaled.jpeg?w=1960 1960w\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/div><header class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title\"><h1 class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading wpex-text-lg entry-title wpex-mb-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/12\/2023-in-poetic-review-in-the-middle-of-the-night-in-a-cottage\/\">2023 in Poetic Review (In The Middle of the Night In a Cottage)<\/a><\/h1><\/header><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-excerpt entry-excerpt wpex-my-15 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>So, I\u2019m in a cottage somewhere in north-eastern Ontario and it\u2019s 4:30am \u00a0AND after pizza and cake for dinner\u2026LATE dinner\u2026such a late dinner BUT cake, am I right?\u2026yes, it seems the late-in-the-day food combo and this bed being somehow firmer than a cement floor and Jo\u2019s VERY VOCAL forever wish to be on the bed\u2026it seems that sleep will be eluding me for a while. I used to get very anxious when this would happen, counting the hours as they rolled by, sleep (and happiness) moving farther and farther away from me, and feeling the negativity demon fully take over.&hellip;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry__divider wpex-divider wpex-my-20 wpex-divider-dotted wpex-border-b\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-wrap vcex-grid-item col-1\"><article class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry wpex-flex no-left-padding post-5793 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-how-very-dare-she entry no-media\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-details wpex-flex-grow entry-details wpex-first-mt-0 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><header class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title\"><h1 class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading wpex-text-lg entry-title wpex-mb-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/12\/a-year-from-now\/\">A Year From Now&#8230;<\/a><\/h1><\/header><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-excerpt entry-excerpt wpex-my-15 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>You know those memes...the ones that are all... \"A year from now you'll look back and be glad you (insert challenging thing here)\" ...well, they piss me off...and inspire me, in equal measure...just keeping it real. And today, I realized that I'm actually at one of those \"A year from now\" moments and it rocked my socks a bit. These socks, to be exact... ...which I think need to be celebrated because, if you have thick calves, you will KNOW how hard it is to find high socks that fit. And these do. So, it goes without saying that today&hellip;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry__divider wpex-divider wpex-my-20 wpex-divider-dotted wpex-border-b\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-wrap vcex-grid-item col-1\"><article class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry wpex-flex no-left-padding post-5769 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-how-very-dare-she entry has-media\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-details wpex-flex-grow entry-details wpex-first-mt-0 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-thumbnail entry-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/12\/the-year-burt-reynolds-came-a-christmas-story\/\" title=\"The Year Burt Reynolds Came &#8211; A CHRISTMAS STORY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_5640-e1701662737173-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_5640-e1701662737173.jpg?w=1169 1169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_5640-e1701662737173.jpg?resize=300%2C277 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_5640-e1701662737173.jpg?resize=1024%2C945 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_5640-e1701662737173.jpg?resize=768%2C709 768w\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/div><header class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title\"><h1 class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading wpex-text-lg entry-title wpex-mb-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/12\/the-year-burt-reynolds-came-a-christmas-story\/\">The Year Burt Reynolds Came &#8211; A CHRISTMAS STORY<\/a><\/h1><\/header><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-excerpt entry-excerpt wpex-my-15 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>Recently, I went to my storage space... ...FYI, I've talked about my storage space SO much (due to the THREE times I downsized said storage space) THAT I now sing a little song about it when I tell friends I'm going to my STORAAAGGGEEE SPAAAAACE... ...so, I went to my STROOOORAAAGGGEEE SPACCCCCEEEEEE to get my little Christmas tree and ornaments. I threw that artificial evergreen in the back of my Subaru, drove it down the DVP, dragged it up to my condo, put it in it's predestined space, plugged the lights in...AND they didn't work. I tried everything. Okay, to&hellip;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry__divider wpex-divider wpex-my-20 wpex-divider-dotted wpex-border-b\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-wrap vcex-grid-item col-1\"><article class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry wpex-flex no-left-padding post-5696 post type-post status-publish format-audio has-post-thumbnail hentry category-how-very-dare-she post_format-post-format-audio entry has-media\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-details wpex-flex-grow entry-details wpex-first-mt-0 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-thumbnail entry-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/09\/facebook-29-years-ago-today-you-got-married\/\" title=\"FACEBOOK: 29 Years Ago Today? You Got Married!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3067-scaled-e1694571313977-300x300.jpeg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3067-scaled-e1694571313977.jpeg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3067-scaled-e1694571313977.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/div><header class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title\"><h1 class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading wpex-text-lg entry-title wpex-mb-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/09\/facebook-29-years-ago-today-you-got-married\/\">FACEBOOK: 29 Years Ago Today? You Got Married!<\/a><\/h1><\/header><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-excerpt entry-excerpt wpex-my-15 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>&nbsp; \"You never really get closure, do you?... The idea that the creative impulse is a way to get rid of poison... or a kind of creative defecation...no, they don't teach that in college...\" - Stephen King, HOLLY &nbsp; DISCLAIMER: Before you start reading this, please know that writing of it was fucking exhausting, I almost quit 34 times (I counted), it took half of \u00a0a week to complete, I lost my nerve a fair number times (I didn\u2019t count) and I had at least 100 voices telling me that I should just shut the fuck up...the last of which&hellip;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry__divider wpex-divider wpex-my-20 wpex-divider-dotted wpex-border-b\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-wrap vcex-grid-item col-1\"><article class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry wpex-flex no-left-padding post-5675 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-how-very-dare-she entry has-media\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-details wpex-flex-grow entry-details wpex-first-mt-0 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-thumbnail entry-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/09\/the-summer-i-stopped-sucking-in-my-stomach\/\" title=\"The Summer I Stopped Sucking In My Stomach\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3026-scaled-e1694306035556-300x300.jpeg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3026-scaled-e1694306035556.jpeg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_3026-scaled-e1694306035556.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/div><header class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title\"><h1 class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading wpex-text-lg entry-title wpex-mb-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/09\/the-summer-i-stopped-sucking-in-my-stomach\/\">The Summer I Stopped Sucking In My Stomach<\/a><\/h1><\/header><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-excerpt entry-excerpt wpex-my-15 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>\u00a0 \u201cIn the end, she became more than what she expected. She became the journey, and like all journeys, she did not end, she just simply changed directions and kept going\u201d\u00a0 -r.m. drake \u201cIn the end, this post may keep me single forever\u2026and so be it.\u201d -s.d. matthews \u00a0 Okay, now that we\u2019re all alone here, Warriors and Warrior-Supporters\u2026 \u2026and I KNOW we\u2019re alone because only a VERY distinct type of human is gonna read something with this title which is, quite honestly, SPECIFICALLY why I used it\u2026 \u2026so, now that it\u2019s just us\u2026and maybe the ten people who will&hellip;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry__divider wpex-divider wpex-my-20 wpex-divider-dotted wpex-border-b\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-wrap vcex-grid-item col-1\"><article class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry wpex-flex no-left-padding post-5656 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-how-very-dare-she entry no-media\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-details wpex-flex-grow entry-details wpex-first-mt-0 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><header class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title\"><h1 class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading wpex-text-lg entry-title wpex-mb-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/08\/my-good-old-bike-is-a-bit-brokeand-me\/\">My Good Old Bike is a Bit Broke\u2026and Me.<\/a><\/h1><\/header><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-excerpt entry-excerpt wpex-my-15 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>DISCLAIMER: I am TOTALLY supposed to be writing something else\u2026three something else\u2019s right now\u2026but I\u2019ve had a day. About 20 minutes ago, I stood at the counter of my neighbourhood bike shop, watching Mark the masked (good for you, sir) bike tech peruse my fifteen year old tank of a bike. A bike that, you might remember if you\u2019ve been following along, I bought with a large mason jar full of change during a time when I had less than no money. She\u2019s been running a bit rough this year and I started to have nightmares of her just collapsing&hellip;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry__divider wpex-divider wpex-my-20 wpex-divider-dotted wpex-border-b\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-wrap vcex-grid-item col-1\"><article class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry wpex-flex no-left-padding post-5600 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-how-very-dare-she entry no-media\"><div class=\"vcex-news-entry-details wpex-flex-grow entry-details wpex-first-mt-0 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><header class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title\"><h1 class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-title-heading wpex-text-lg entry-title wpex-mb-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/2023\/06\/june-the-best-month-ever-my-stomach-a-work-in-progress-my-life-what-a-fucking-journey\/\">June: The Best Month Ever. My Stomach: A Work in Progress.<\/a><\/h1><\/header><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry-excerpt entry-excerpt wpex-my-15 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>I cannot sleep. It\u2019s just past 7:20am and I\u2019ve been awake for about an hour now on this Saturday morning at the ass-end of June. Speaking of ass-ends, the reason I\u2019m awake is that my stomach, which has been a seemingly unending Rubik\u2019s Cube of indifference since I started periomenopause\u2026 SIDEBAR: PERIOMENOPAUSE - a word that I hate invoking as much as I really deplore having to use the phrase \u201cwhen my marriage ended\u201d to qualify a before and after time in my life, so much so that I think it\u2019s about time to have a well intended reflection on&hellip;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article><div class=\"vcex-recent-news-entry__divider wpex-divider wpex-my-20 wpex-divider-dotted wpex-border-b\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"wpex-pagination wpex-clear wpex-mt-30\"><ul class='page-numbers'>\n\t<li><span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li><a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/page\/2\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/page\/3\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>3<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/page\/4\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>4<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><span class=\"page-numbers dots\">&hellip;<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li><a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/page\/8\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>8<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a class=\"next page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/page\/2\/\"><span class=\"ticon ticon-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Next<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5753,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3540"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5766,"href":"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/revisions\/5766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}