by Shannon Turner | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog
The other day I was speaking with a new friend on the phone. Ok, ok, it was a phone date with a potential love match that didn’t work out. My ‘gentleman caller’ remarked during the are we somewhat in alignment around politics phase of our conversation, “Wow, you are...
by Shannon Turner | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog
How many times when walking in the woods on a crisp autumn day has the sound of a squirrel or some other small thing– rustle rustle scritch scritch– just innocently leaping, playing, going about its business amongst the leaves, startles me ever so in my...
by Shannon Turner | Nov 10, 2017 | Blog, GCDD Storytelling Project
About a year ago at this time, the wheels of change were already starting to churn for me. Then the election happened while I was at the first week of my residency at Virginia Tech. I came back, and it felt like we were in a whole new world. I couldn’t wait any...
by Shannon Turner | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog
A few weeks ago, I borrowed my neighbor’s power washer to address some algae growing on the back of my house as well as some doggie toenail scratches on my deck. Here are some things you need to know about this story going in: My back deck is the premiere part...
by Shannon Turner | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
Walking along with a new friend, I was trying to convince her to let me write about her for my Happy Stories series. “I don’t know,” she said. “I’m not really into being put on display in such a fashion.” I completely understood....
by Shannon Turner | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
Walking along with a new friend, I was trying to convince her to let me write about her for my Happy Stories series. “I don’t know,” she said. “I’m not really into being put on display in such a fashion.” I completely understood....
