Author Archives: Martha

DO YOU HAVE A DIGITAL PHILOSOPHY YET?

By Martha | Published: July 23, 2010
  I’m so excited about my husband’s new book!  Reviews have been fantastic. Life is short and if you are worried that you are squandering your days with surfing and tweeting, your eyes always fixed on a screen– and desperately hoping to find happiness there — this book will inspire you.
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If you want to go sailing . . .

By Martha | Published: July 23, 2010
A few photos from our the Cape Cod sailing trip that I wrote about in this month’s Conde Nast Traveler. We highly recommend our captain, Brad Smith. www.captbradsmith.com
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SAILING CAPE COD — for Conde Nast Traveler

By Martha | Published: July 16, 2010
 . . .  If we’d tried to come by car, we wouldn’t have been allowed to park until after five without a beach sticker. But arriving by boat, the dreamlike Lambert’s Cove and its sandy beach are ours. Brad sets up a halyard on the bow, and we swing on the line like Tarzan, soaring [...]
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New Collection from Esquire: Fathers and Sons

By Martha | Published: April 26, 2010
I’m not sure if I should be flattered — or very troubled — that I am the only woman writer in the new Esquire collection or that the subtitle is “What it Means To Be A  Man.”    Hey, I may not be a porcelain doll but I’m not a man, either!  Seriously, though, I’m very happy [...]
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Frog Highway — (from Patagonia.com)

By Martha | Published: February 12, 2010
I was recently asked by Patagonia.com to write about a “backyard corridor” experience for its environmentalism campaign. If you don’t know what a backyard corridor is, read on . . .     Frog Highway By Martha Sherrill He was so huge, the biggest green frog I’d ever seen. And he was sitting – utterly motionless — on a stone [...]
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HACHIKO: A DOG’S TALE

By Martha | Published: November 3, 2009
Hachiko: A Dog’s Tale is coming to movie theaters on December 18, 2009. For those who aren’t familiar with the story,  Hachiko was an Akita puppy who was owned by a Tokyo University professor in the early 1920s. A special bond formed between them, the sort of bond that Akita dogs are known for. Each morning, the [...]
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In Hokkaido — for Conde Nast Traveler

By Martha | Published: August 31, 2009
In March 2009, I explored the northwest corner of Hokkaido with my cousin Leslee for Conde Nast Traveler. It was wintry, stormy, remote and utterly beguiling.  We skiied, dog-sledded and took untold number of hot springs baths. The food in Hokkaido is amazing too. We can’t wait to return!  Click on this photo to see the article  
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Arizona Daily Star — “Dog Man”

By Martha | Published: August 31, 2009
I had a quick and very pleasant talk with Valerie Vinyard at the Arizona Daily Star last week — which resulted in this piece for the books page.
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