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Sherrie Theriault
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PUBLISHED: Nov.29.2009

The Story Precedes the Question

This is a true story. This is not a story for children and please don’t let the pictures confuse you into thinking that there is much niceness in this book. In fact I only include the pictures because that is what I see when I tell this story to myself. And just so you know, I am only telling you this story so I can ask you a question. It’s all right if you can’t answer the...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.16.2009

The Hollands' Adventure

This is the first in a series of seven adventures taken by the Holland family. Meet Moe the oldest son, Charlie his younger brother, their mother Rose Holland and Russell the boys' father as they being as prepared as they felt they could be, the Holland's step from their backyard into the unknown with no ceremony at all. Note from the author: I am always amazed by the candid...

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PUBLISHED: Feb.22.2009

One-Liners to Live By

One-Liners to Live By is a dream taken away and brought back as something far more beautiful. When I wrote Sober on the Way to Sane I intended for the pages to be cut so that the suggestions could be flipped through and chosen at random; fortune cookie style. Instead of this impractical format what I have had the opportunity to produce is a book of whimsy and art. The readers of...

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Congenial Chronicals: Two Books Living as One

PUBLISHED: Feb.07.2009

Congenial Chronicles: Two Books Living as One

Congenial Chronicles is a new home for two sweet little books who are, too small to exist on their own, so I have paired them in this volume and added a few of my favorite illustrated sayings as well. Cala Mae: Just because you don't fit where you are doesn't mean you don't fit somewhere. Even if no one agrees with you that doesn't mean you are wrong. Find the peace to be where...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.09.2009

Can You See?

The most colorful book you will ever see in black and white. Can You See? takes you on a midnight tour through your imagination. Bring your crayons and your paints; bring your music and your stories; bring your talent and your zeal; bring it all and let it dance here in this book of creation and collaboration. Join Sherrie Theriault for a great time in and out of your mind.

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PUBLISHED: Dec.29.2008

My Sponsor Said...

This is a book of dialogue between a sponsor and the sponsee. These conversations are by turn, funny or solemn, heart felt or taunting, but always with a focus on finding the truth and acting upon it. Sponsorship is often the bedrock on which a sober life is built. Sponsorship forges the links of the chain which binds one recovering person to one another. Sponsorship is floatation...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.29.2008

Was Love Lost: An anthology of love, life and lust

This is a chronicle of ten fierce years; snapshots of happy times, sad times, love coming together and love torn apart. The writing style varies dependant on the topic, the mood, the moon. Like a written form of I Spy, the images can be misleading and the subjects may be obscure. Find here the shreds left when life's parade has moved on.

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PUBLISHED: Dec.20.2008

Elissia: Queen of Carthage

Tragic loss is the theme of this book of poems. There is no place as safe as a blank page to pour the contents of a grieving heart, within this volume you will find the Rorschach test created from the blood and bile of a life torn in two. This is not a joyful tomb but it is testimony to great love taken through ravages of undisclosed mental illness.

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PUBLISHED: Dec.12.2008

Fill Me In

Come away with me into a world of wonder both strange and beautiful; a place to explore and invent with color texture and mood. 30 designs born of desire translated into pictures. Bring with you crayons, markers, paints or dye, but most of all bring your exuberance! Fill up these images with delight.

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This book was created as a fund-raiser for Saint Jude Children's Hospital; all the profits are donated to them

PUBLISHED: Dec.12.2009

What the Birdies Told Me about You

It is time that children hear the fine things the birds say about them. I assure you I am breaking no confidences the birds sing out their praise. This volume contains a selection of pictures of birds and their kindly rhymes to be read at bedtime, over breakfast, with your tea or any old time that seems right. The power of knowing the commentary of the birds will let your spirits...

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PUBLISHED: Aug.09.2009

More Lines From My Life

This is a poetic testimony to the trespasses that life makes on the living. When the ballast shifts losing precious stability and sometimes even more than that I hope you find here a hand to hold and a shoulder on which to rest your head. When enthusiasm runs thin and motivation seems scarce my wish is that you come to these pages and find whatever it takes to move you forward...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.17.2009

Lines From My Life

There are bright days and dark days among this plethora of poems. I hope here you will find a companion for the broad vistas and tight corners in your own life. These are poems that were lost in my prose and found by the discerning eye of Winnie Jenkins and teased into shape by her loving hand. I want to thank my mother for advocating for my poetry even when I had turned a deaf ear...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.30.2008

Fill Me In, too

Come away with me again into a world of wonder both strange and beautiful; a place to explore and invent with color texture and mood. Designs born of desire translated into pictures. Bring with you crayons, markers, paints or dye, but most of all bring your exuberance! Fill up these images with delight.

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PUBLISHED: Dec.25.2008

More Sober on the Way to Sane

Wake up to a slap or a tickle, you just never know with this daily reader. In the tradition of Sober on the Way to Sane, this latest edition will spin your head one day and pat it the next. Filled with un-tethered points of view and unexpected one-liners the music will help set the pace for the day or at least put a spring in your step as you walk out the door. True...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.09.2008

Sober on the Way to Sane

An unexpected glimpse of sanity is presented daily in this brash offering from Sherrie T. a woman whose animal crackers are way out of their box, you get to see life from unimagined vistas. She makes the suggestions into taunts and teasingly lures you into living to the edges of your possibilities. Read for a few minutes and let the writing carry you through your day.

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Filled In

Color changes everything; I believe this to be true. I created the designs for Fill Me In and Fill Me In, too; I thought I knew these designs well, knew them from the inside of my brain all the way on to the page, but I only knew half the story. Adding color told the rest of the tale, as I continued to fill in the pages I discovered something else; if I changed the colors the story...

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Sherrie's Latest Blogs

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May.24.2012 - 3:25 am

Celebrations

May 24 CELEBRATIONS “You wore a wrist corsage to the dump?” “You said to celebrate every activity,” I retorted to my sponsor. “Yes, by doing them with purpose...

May.23.2012 - 5:31 am

Clocks

May 24 CLOCKS When the clock stops, I wind it up or replace the battery. I have to; time doesn’t end because the arms grow slow. The device...

May.22.2012 - 3:29 am

Soot

May 22 SOOT I diligently work to remove the soot, the residue from the last time I tried to hot wire my brain. When I attempted the short circuit...

May.21.2012 - 5:45 am

Choice

May 21 CHOICE Growth is my decision. I don’t need conflict or catastrophe to bring me to change. I choose each day come what may, to roll...

Comments from Sherrie

May.08.2012 - 3:29 am

In response to: K-turns

You are so right!

Thank you for your beautifuly insightful comment!

Nov.28.2011 - 10:34 am

In response to: Five Fingers that Gobble

Thank you Vicki, yes it's

Thank you Vicki, yes it's been over 24 years now and everyday choosing sobriety is the easiest choice I make. It'...

Jul.07.2011 - 11:40 am

In response to: Keeping My Seat

Thank you Annette!

I am so delighted this struck a cord with you. Glad I'm not the only one who has been in this place. I hope you are...

Jul.02.2011 - 5:55 am

In response to: From Mind to Pen to Paper, to Palm

Kind comments!

Thank you so much! I am so glad you took the time to read and follow up with your thoughts, it means a lot to me!

Jun.20.2011 - 5:27 pm

In response to: Who is Who

Thanks Chris, I will!

About Sherrie

Sherrie Theriault writer and outsider artist lives in northwest New Jersey where she writes villain-free fiction for children, creates coloring books for all ages, writes daily inspiration books for the recovery community and has other works of collected...

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