Sharry Miller

Bee Therapy

After hours of kneeling in front of my couch letting my immense pregnant belly hang down in the hopes that my soon-to-be-daughter would readjust her position in my uterus and move away from my back (no labor is easy, but back labor really sucks), I finally gave in and called my midwife in the hopes of getting some relief. Despite it being about 9:30 at night (I'd been in labor over 12 hours), she told... Read more →

Homeless

I hate it when I'm forced to face an ugly truth about myself. Happily, it doesn't happen often. I generally consider myself to be an open-minded, accepting person. I support every individual's right to live the life he or she wants to live provided it doesn't prevent others from doing the same. I don't have any particular prejudices of which I am aware against groups of people based on their ethnicity, sexual preferences, or any... Read more →

Back to Winter

For all that it's always nice to come back home, it was really hard to leave spring behind in Vancouver, especially since we came home to over four feet of new snow. We ended up getting home a day later than planned because a late arrival in Anchorage was worsened by snow and bad roads there. Happily, we made it in good order today. In a completely equitable division of labor, I handled groceries and... Read more →

Vancouver - Hell's Half Acre

Thane has been accusing me all weekend of dragging him all over Hell's half acre. I think comparing Vancouver to Hell might be a bit strong, and I'm certainly not dragging him anywhere. I will, admit, however, that we've probably done more walking in the last three days than he normally does in a year. Today, even my feet were complaining. This morning we walked to the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park. We took the... Read more →

Vancouver by Divorce Bike

"We'd like to rent a divorce bike," I told the guy at Urban News, a bicycle shop. He laughed. "I've never heard them called that," he said as his partner started pulling out two bikes from the racks. "No." Thane stopped him. "When she said divorce bike, she meant a tandem." Neither Thane or I had ever ridden a tandem before, and this Cruiseliner was not the bike to start with. Thanks to under-inflated tires,... Read more →

Vancouver Day 2

I liked what residents were able to do with little decks on this apartment building. The resident gargoyles were too small for me to get a photo of them. These adorable bathtub toys are used to ferry people around False Creek. We took one to Granville Island. You can join a car-share program and use your membership card to pick up any Smart Car not currently being used wherever you find it. What a great... Read more →

Vancouver Day 1

I spent hours today participating (sort of - I didn't really say much) in a dialogue about marine transportation out of British Columbia, specifically about potential transportation of bitumen from the tar sands of Alberta. It was interesting, but it was hard to be inside on a beautiful sunny day in Vancouver. They haven't had many lately. Thane kept me company at the Morris J. Wosk Center for Dialogue in this fabulous room. After the... Read more →

Visual Dare - Waiting

In this week's response to the Visual Dare flash fiction challenge from Angela at Anonymous Legacy, waiting, Mirela meets a friend of Miranda's. I wonder where this will lead? I wonder, too, who was waiting in everyone else's stories. I'll be sure to check out the links at Anonymous Legacy, and I hope you will, too. You'll also be able to find out where Angela found this photo. Friends and Food Miranda gripped Mirela’s hand... Read more →

What You Think About

Given how much time I spend at work, this one scares me a little. For more journal quote pages, click on quotes or journaling in the topic cloud. You can also get an e-mail whenever I upload a new post by entering your e-mail address and pressing the subscribe button. I promise, I won't know who you are and I'll have no way of giving away your address. Read more →

Torched!

After a mere three, maybe four years, Thane and I finally set up the Minor Burner torch set he'd given me for Christmas. Yep, it took all of about 30 minutes. What's a Minor Burner torch, you ask? Good question. It's a very nice torch for lampworking, much better than the one I've used before. What's lampworking? Ah, another good question. It's making glass beads in a flame, such as the one a torch produces.... Read more →