Stuart Sheldon
The Other F Word
Late one morning, long before children, I sat on the edge of a New Orleans hotel bed and exhaled audibly. Inside my skull, a spicy Jazz...
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Stuart Sheldon
- Aug 21, 2014
- 3 min
An Homage to Women, Wives and Mothers
My eldest stepped out of the car yesterday in a brand new lemon-yellow school shirt and khaki shorts, holding a bag full of pencils,...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jun 11, 2014
- 3 min
What Do You Hide From Your Kids?
“Did you ever get divorced?” 6-yo Kai recently asked my wife, as we three sat on the couch munching white-cheddar popcorn. “No, that was...
Stuart Sheldon
- May 14, 2014
- 3 min
Are Your Nipples Magic?
“Daddy, do babies have tiny nipples?” my 4-yo, Bodhi, asked me, lounging in a fresh pair of PJs. “Yes,” I answered from the couch,...
Stuart Sheldon
- May 8, 2014
- 3 min
Did Your Parents Make Your Soul at Conception?
Do your parents construct your soul at that climactic moment? Or does it pre-exist, only to be reactivated in that surge of...
Stuart Sheldon
- Apr 30, 2014
- 3 min
Speak To Me In Your Dreams, I Am Listening
Goodbye Old Friend, 20″X23″ Acrylic, paper, antique book pages and cardboard on panel with original poetry, 2005, Stuart Sheldon “Speak...
Stuart Sheldon
- Nov 7, 2013
- 3 min
The Mother of All Awkward or How To Bite a Ten-Month-Old
Demure Becomes You, acrylic, antique cookbook, cardboard on canvas, 60″x60″, 2007, Stuart Sheldon We all have ex lovers. Encountering...
Stuart Sheldon
- Aug 29, 2013
- 3 min
Meet Me in Heaven at Half Past Seven
“What’s fate, Daddy?” my 5-year-old asked last week. Whoah. I was still reeling from last month’s one-two punch: “Is God real?” followed...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jun 27, 2013
- 1 min
The Insanity and Humanity of Vanity
Stop waiting to see who watches No one watches At least not for long Everyone’s far too busy Looking in mirrors of their own ~ image...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jun 6, 2013
- 2 min
Relationships = Bottles of Tabasco
photo by Jenny Kaczorowski from WANA Commons We just finished bottle number two. Took us nearly ten years. Each drop another meal,...
Stuart Sheldon
- May 16, 2013
- 2 min
Wooden Ships
Stuart Sheldon, The Name On Everyone’s Lips, acrylic and collage on panel, 2003 “If you smile at me I will understand. That is something...
Stuart Sheldon
- Apr 4, 2013
- 2 min
The Beauty of a Handwritten Letter
When did you last receive a hand written letter? When did you last write one? Is it a lost art? My mother’s mother and father loved each...
Stuart Sheldon
- Mar 26, 2013
- 2 min
Cupcakes
Stuart Sheldon, Whirled Wide Whimsy, typewriter on paper, collage, poetry, 11-1/2″x8-1/4″, 2003 We embarked on a proper family brunch...
Stuart Sheldon
- Feb 28, 2013
- 2 min
Make Me Harder to Kill
Met an ex-Marine named Chad the other day. Guy was yoked, had "muscles on his muscles" as my dad liked to say. We got to talking about...
Stuart Sheldon
- Aug 1, 2012
- 1 min
5yr-old Sula Knows the Truth
The purest thought you’ll hear all day from my friend’s 5 yr old daughter, Sula. “Sweet Sula – during our nighttime snuggle, she asked if...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jun 18, 2012
- 2 min
For Father’s Day I Got a Vasectomy
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. Author unknown Let me be clear. Being a father is by...
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