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Diana Sherman

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Notes from Yesterday

February 5, 2015 by diana Leave a Comment

I wrote this October 9, 2013 in my journal after hearing a lovely, but yet again unrealistic, love song in which the singer promises he will never get used to his new beloved:   I will get used to you. I will know your quirks as if they were my own. I will finish your … [Read more…]

Posted in: Relationships Tagged: relationship, romance

On Zoning: The Girlfriend

January 27, 2014 by diana 4 Comments

A long, long time ago, I can still remember when… Right. Back on track. A long time ago a guy friend of mine asked me why I wasn’t interested in him. This was during a conversation about his dating prospects. I matched what he wanted–on paper at least–but I wasn’t interested. At the time, I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Relationships Tagged: dating, relationship, self

Coming Around Again

November 17, 2013 by diana 3 Comments

Jim Murdoch is softly snoring next to me. Ragnar asleep across our legs, Kayla curled against my stomach. Across the house, Scott is also snoring.

We move tomorrow. Jim and I. And Ragnar and Kayla by association.

The house is nearly packed up. All that remains are odds and ends and the things you can’t do without that somehow fill twice as many boxes as they ought. Pens, tape, one dish, one bowl, the Xbox (but not the Wii, that was packed ages ago.) Keychains. Why so many keychains?

We’ll move the bare essentials this weekend. Movers will bring the heavy and awkward bits on Thursday.

We’re moving in together tomorrow. If we had not both moved in to Tortuga a year ago, we’d never have met. And if Jim hadn’t admired my StarTrek earrings, we might never have started flirting. And if I hadn’t discovered that Jim would show up at my door any time I baked desserts, we might never have dated. And if Joe hadn’t told both of us, “Duh! You’re into each other!” we might never have made a move.

I was not looking for this when I found Jim. He wasn’t either. I’m not sure which of us was more stunned… But everything just fell into place.

Posted in: Relationships Tagged: relationship, self

To Everyone Who Put up With Me 10 Years Ago: A Much Belated Thank You Note

January 18, 2013 by diana Leave a Comment

I owe you, big time. It can’t have been easy to listen every time some little thing in my dating life set me spinning up about how maybe he didn’t like me, or maybe I wasn’t good enough, or maybe he wasn’t really committed to me, or maybe the world might end, or maybe… It … [Read more…]

Posted in: Relationships Tagged: dating, relationship, romance, self

Homeward Bound

November 22, 2012 by diana 2 Comments

How, in a house of my brethren can there be so few pens? And then maybe, I think, they aren’t my brethren in that way. In the pen and the paper and the ink and the ideas swirling away into bits of paper. Maybe they’re my brethren simply by blood. Which isn’t simple, is it? … [Read more…]

Posted in: Dogs, Family Ghosts, Idiocy, Relationships Tagged: creativity, dog, identity, J, loss, power, Ragnar, relationship, romance, self

Latest Sketch — October 2012

October 19, 2012 by diana Leave a Comment

I’ve gotten back to sketching lately, which is good for me. Here’s a sketch of Jim. (In case you didn’t know, he’s my boyfriend; we met when he moved into Tortuga).

Posted in: Art & Design, Relationships Tagged: dating, Jim, relationship, romance, sketching

Extra Lizard is to be Expected

August 20, 2012 by diana Leave a Comment

As both my mother and Joe have both reminded me recently, I’m at a tough time in my life right now. I keep forgetting that. It’s not as if I think what I’m going through is easy, precisely. More that because it’s me, well, I expect me to pull it together and soldier on. But if … [Read more…]

Posted in: Loss, Relationships Tagged: dating, J, relationship
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