Sharry Miller

Ought To

It's possible that I'll have to disown my daughter. I love her dearly and I couldn't ask for a better daughter in most regards, but she came home last week with the most distressing of news. She said that her class was reading A Wrinkle in Time aloud in class and that she didn't like it! How is that possible? It's one of my favorite books of all time and she doesn't like it! Is... Read more →

Culture in Tatitlek

"Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' into the future...." This Steve Miller song started running through my head as I realized that I still hadn't written a post about the trip to Tatitlek Rowan and I took last Friday. (I'm hoping now that I've passed the song onto you and it will get out of my head!) The weekend and this week have been insanely busy, and thanks to a cold I haven't had much... Read more →

2011 Gold Nugget Triathlon

My race motto: keep moving and keep smiling. If I can’t do both, it isn’t worth it. As I worked my way through the 2011 Alaska Women’s Gold Nugget Triathlon I couldn’t help comparing every step of the way to how I had felt during last year’s race. A natural reaction, I suppose, given that I’ve only completed the race twice. Yes, I’m proud to say I completed it again this year, and even bested... Read more →

Packing for the Tri

I know, I know, I said there'd be no more triathlon posts until the one in which I actually told you about the triathlon, but I thought somebody out there might benefit from my bit of experience with having done the Gold Nugget Tri before. Last year I felt like I had no idea what I was doing or what I should bring, so I thought I'd share my preparations this year. It's hard to... Read more →

Mud Bog Trail Run

After starting the day with a migraine that I'd had all night, I was planning on just taking an easy walk after work today. I wanted to see how dry the trail behind our house is (the Alpetco Road). Just because it's what I do, I started up my Nike+iPod as I left to record how far and how fast I went. I walked down to the end of our street and started out on... Read more →

Tri Training Update - Final

It's been 13 weeks since I "officially" started training for the Alaska Women's Gold Nugget Triathlon and this will be the last update I post. The next time you hear from me on this topic should be my race report after the triathlon one week from today. I hadn't realized until just now that I'd skipped writing updates the last two weeks - I thought I'd only missed one. I suppose I haven't been seeing... Read more →

Headwind!

It's inevitable: if I'm riding my bike there will be a headwind. It's been a long-standing fact of my life. On our tour last spring in British Columbia I tried to convice Mandy that I couldn't be held responsible for international headwinds, but she refused to buy it. I was tired after work today so I thought I'd just go out for an easy spin in an effort to continue to try to be ready... Read more →

Expanding Your Self-Definition

It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while (especially when my arms feel like they're going to fall off while swimming or my shins are screaming at me during a run) I ask myself why on earth I'm planning to do another triathlon. After all, I did it last year and therefore proved that I could. Why do I need to do it again? I'm not sure that I could really give you... Read more →

Happy without TV

Every once in a while I miss having TV. We have the big black box taking up space in our living room, but the most action it gets is Rowan playing Wii. We haven't had cable or satellite since we move to Valdez nine years ago. Don't get me wrong, it would be great to veg on front of a sitcom once in a while, but for the most part, I don't even remember that... Read more →