BIO
Hi! My real name is Sherry, though for many years I have also answered to Owly (short for ChiaOwl, my original online nick from my BBS and IRC days in the 80s & 90s), and I’m married to Pete. We live in a small house (Gloria) near the purlicue of the mitten – Michigan, USA – with my PoiBoiz (poicephalus parrots) Maxwell & Elliot, my service dog Maisie, and Pete’s ESA, a little terrier mix named Chuy. We are Christians, and spent nearly a decade living in motorhomes and a fifth wheel before settling into a house again; we bought Gloria in 2024.
I am a lifelong musician, classically trained on piano originally but now I enjoy my Tyros5-76 keyboard to the exclusion of all others and play worship, praise, hymns, and other God-honoring music on my “T5” and on my small collection of ukuleles.
Having been introduced to the wonders of gardening a few years ago, I am now all in! Growing flowers and vegetables is one of my greatest delights in the spring, summer, and fall months. Giving them away to those who can use them is another of those delights!
I also enjoy cooking, and have eaten low carb, keto, ketovore, animal-based, and/or carnivore since 2004 with great results for my health. I currently am animal-based. As a foodie, one of my favorite things to do is create new recipes and dishes. I’d probably share more of them if I ever wrote down measurements and ingredients; I’m a by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda cook. 🤷♀️ When I write down, or at least remember, how I made a particularly good dish, it will be on my ChiaChow page, along with my daily food diary and other related things I share there.
I have a big passion for my blog and love making a positive place for people to take a break from things. I lean heavily on clean memes and jokes, uplifting or positive links and stories, and faith-based content, trying to provide something for nearly everyone. There is new stuff here every day from me, and we also hear from Don of Guest Posts from Don fame 😉 several times each week; he shares posts and audio stories. New or changed or updated content is mentioned on my little notes that (mostly) comprise the main page here to help you find them easily. This site is what gets me out of bed in the mornings and adds joy and purpose to my days…🤔…well, this site, and the smell of ☕! I do hope that you will enjoy it here, and come back to visit often!
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CONTACT
~ email – chiachatter@owly.net ~
~ marco polo – https://marcopolo.me/s/sherry-c-OlpJS ~
Love it so far – wording and concepts very inviting!! Love the variety of content too! You are very beautifully creative (and created!). ❤️
Great job, looking forward to following!
I find it highly satisfying that my first comment came from you! ?
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I love it!!!!
YAY❣️❣️❣️ SO excited you got to visit and love it! I love you❣️
I love you too!! ?
Well done, my Love. Great start and know it will continue to be so with each post.
Thank you my love❣️ And thanks that my first 3 commenters are my 3 most beloved people in the world! This is a great start ?
Looks great! Especially enjoyed the pictures. Looking forward to your future blogs.
Thanks, De❣ I’m happy you came to see it and hope you enjoy :). I just added a Recent Posts menu so it will be easy to know what’s new and easy to find it.
Very nice Sherry! You just might inspire me. Keeping Chatting~!
I plan to :). This is so much fun! I got frustrated with it the last time I blogged, I think I hadn’t gotten enough of my brain recovered yet and it was a huge struggle. But now I’m loving it! I hope you get inspired one way or another, I’d subscribed to you before and loved your blogs!
Very nice Buddy…….Keep up the interesting info…..Trivia……My first stringed instrument was a Baritone Uke that belonged to my older brother. He bought me a Red Fender Strat to keep me from commandeering his Uke. Then, I met John Felix who introduced me to the 12 String Guitar. Still have my original one….
Wow, who knew??? The first time I heard a 12-string I believe you were playing it, would that be right, timeline-wise? They do sound magnificent! (I have enough trouble keeping track of 4 strings hahahaha!)
Cool!
SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!! I always have a hard time keeping up with you, and just when I despair of every “seeing” you again, you pop up❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣
Hi Sherry!!!
Liking your blog and pics of the grands!! Looking forward to future blogs.
Love you, Jodi
I am so happy to see you here Jodi! I’m still adding content, and the grands will definitely be here. Love you too my friend❣
Great job on the site Sherry! Glad you have a place where you feel safe posing your content. ❤️
Thank you Joan, it is certainly fun so far if nothing else :). And now that I’m figuring out how to do things on my phone it will be even more fun! ?
Goodness! I should have posted something on here a LONG time ago, since I visit your site and almost everything included within…on a DAILY basis…and even SOMETIMES more than ONCE daily. I love you and all your posts, whether blogs or vlogs. It’s so refreshing not to have to endure ‘swearing’, ‘violent content’, ‘sexual implications’, or ‘politics’. Such a GREAT place for me to spend some QUALITY time! Keep-up the FANTASTIC job! Love you!
I appreciate your support so much, Annette! This site is a huge passion of mine (not as much as my faith, family, or music, but easily takes 4th place!) and I put my heart and soul into it for hours every day…knowing that my vision is seen by you is a big boost of encouragement, and means a lot! Thank you SO SO much, your words mean more to me than you can know❣️❣️❣️ Love you too ?
I read this revised addition to your site today (the 26th of Dec.). You are a beautiful writer and express your views eloquently. I enjoy visiting your site daily, and I especially appreciate you sharing your musical talent on the keyboard. I encourage you to keep-up the great work on this site! I send my love to you, Pete, the doggos and the birdies.