Sharry Miller

Happy Halloween!

I know, this is a second posting in one day, but I couldn't resist sharing some photos with you. I was asked, due to my great creative genius (insert eye roll here), to judge the Providence Valdez Medical Center's pumpkin carving contest. Each department had the opportunity to carve and display a pumpkin. We three judges were asked to decide which best represented its department. Here they are - which do you think shoud have... Read more →

Visual Dare - Odd Couple

Once again this week, Angela over at Anonymous Legacy has asked her cadre of flash fiction challenge participants to choose from one of the past Visual Dare prompts for this week's challenge. Since it's Halloween, I perused the archives for an appropriate image for the day. I settled on "Odd Couple," the prompt from the week before I started participating in Angela's challenges. Don't forget: head over to Angela's site to read the other bits... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Potions

If you, dear reader, read this blog with any regularity (and I sincerely thank you if you do), you know that for the last several Fridays I have been posting stories just five sentences long about Rithra, an abused woman bent on revenge. You can find all of my Rithra posts if you click on Rithra’s Story in the topic cloud on the right. Although I’m sure it’s not true, it seems as if Lillie... Read more →

Visual Dare - Water Road

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a bit of flash fiction about a very frustrated Mirela and her cow, Vaca, in response to that week's Visual Dare. This week, Angela at Anonymous Legacy decided to take a short break from posting new photos for her weekly challenge, and instead asked readers/writers to choose a photo from the past year of prompts. I looked at several and finally settled on "water road" from this past... Read more →

New Class Offering

Thanks to my shoulder, I've been laying off glass work the past few months, but I did manage to complete a few small projects over the weekend (pictures will be forthcoming). I think, however, I may soon be able to offer a class or two. On a more positive front, Denyse Brown will be teaching an intermediate wire work class on Saturday, November 17. Take a look at the Sea Turtle Arts Classes page for... Read more →

E-Relationships

When I was a toddler, I made my mother cry. I took a pair of scissors to a pink doily and cut it into shreds. The doily had been a gift from my mother's childhood pen pal in Sweden. ***** A couple of months ago, I started playing Words with Friends. At first, my only opponents were a small handful of locals I see around town. Recently, however, I started a game with Ellen, a... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Flawed

photo source It's once again time for a Five Sentence Fiction challenge from Lillie McFerrin. This week, she posted the above photo and the word "flawed." I'd really had good intentions of getting away from Rithra's story this week and moving on to something happier, but the storm clouds in this photo just fit her too well. Clearly, I'm not ready yet to let her go. Flawed In front of every small hut a woman... Read more →

A Worship of Writers

A murder of crows. A peep of chicks. A cluster of grapes. A convocation of eagles. A glorifying of liars. Have you ever wondered what to call a particular group of animals, people, or things? If so, James Lipton can probably tell you. His book, An Exaltation of Larks, lists over 1,000 terms for groups of things, and also describes the historical references for some of them. If you'd like to read more about this... Read more →

Visual Dare - Up

photo source Angela over at Anonymous Legacy posted another Visual Dare this week - the above photo and the word "up." Head on over to her post and follow the links to see the 100 word stories other flash fiction writers invented for this prompt. Some of the stories are pretty amazing. Here's my offering. A Superhero's First Day I am a miserable failure as a superhero, Gary thought as he clung to the street... Read more →

Sunday Sail

In addition to spending some wonderful creative time with Mom and Rowan this weekend, we all went on our first sail. It's hard to believe, as much time as we've all (well, except Mom) spent on boats, but none of us had ever been on a sailboat before. After a week of trying to get out with some friends, Sunday finally presented an opportunity: the sun was shining (mostly), there were no gale-force winds, and... Read more →