Sharry Miller

Hawaii!

"Don't forget to put your snowpants and parka in the truck. We have to drive through the arctic to get to the tropics," I said to Rowan as we got ready to leave the house Thursday. We left this... ...for this. Oh yeah, life is good! Read more →

VisDare 2 - Resolute

I was not able to do justice to the fabulous photo Angela at Anonymous Legacy posted for this week's Visual Dare flash fiction challenge, but here you go. I hope you'll join me in following the links on Angela's blog post to see what others had to say. His Own Beat “I’ll tell you what, my friend, I may have to go the same direction as everyone else, but I’m going to get there in... Read more →

Winter Dreaming

Winter has finally descended upon Valdez. Now, some might say it's been winter for months: only 5 1/2 hours of daylight, cold temperatures, howling winds. Winter in Valdez, however, is all about snow, and until recently we really haven't had any. Two years ago, weather.com declared Valdez to be the snow capitol of the U.S. Last year, we cemented that reputation by getting over 420 inches of snow, near record levels. This year, however, is... Read more →

Just Keep Trying

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...." It's not uncommon for me to adapt these lines from Finding Nemo to whatever repetitive, difficult task I'm doing, or for me to chant them to Rowan when I'm trying to keep her walking, pedaling, snowshoeing, or whatever. They were brought to mind again today while I was pondering a recent blog post by Maria Shell. Maria had written about mantras she uses when teaching quilting to help her... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Midnight

I’ve been busy this afternoon trying to track down, again, my dive certification information. My daughter’s going to be getting certified next weekend after we get to Hawaii, and the hubs and I will be taking a refresher class. I have to have proof that I was certified to begin with before they’ll let me refresh, so…. What does this have to do with Five Sentence Fiction? This week’s challenge prompt was “midnight,” and with... Read more →

Visual Dare - Between

Yay! Angela over at Anonymous Legacy is not only continuing her Visual Dares into the new year, but she'd allowing us to write 150 words instead of just 100 to meet the weekly challenge. This week's prompt was "between" and the wonderful photo below. Links to more stories are available on her website. photo source In Training “Darn! That wasn’t supposed to happen,” Max muttered as he drifted down between two brick apartment buildings. Turning... Read more →