Sharry Miller

Five Sentence Fiction - Paradise

It's Friday, so it must be time for Five Sentence Fiction! This week, Lillie McFerrin gave us the word paradise to work with. I'm still intrigued with Laurel and her ability to channel memories and stories, so I thought I'd add a bit to her tale, and maybe shed a little light on her abilities (not that I know all the answers). The related posts links at the bottom of the page will lead you... Read more →

Bloglovin

I just found a website, Bloglovin, that allows you to easily follow new posts from your favorite blogs. I find myself regularly checking, one by one, a number of blogs that inspire my creativity through writing, crafting, and art. I hope Bloglovin will make doing so easier and less time consuming - and make it less likely that I'll forget one! If you decide to use Bloglovin, I'd love it if you'd follow my blog.... Read more →

Visual Dare - Whorl

Another week, another Visual Dare challenge from Angela at Anonymous Legacy. This week, she associated the word whorl with the photo below. I hope you like this continuation of Mirela's, and now Miranda's, story. Other episodes can be found here. As always, hop on over to Anonymous Legacy to see how others wrote about whorl, and to find out where Angela found this photo. Finding Comfort It took some effort to convince Vaca to lie... Read more →

Fear and Excitement

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Sno-Go Frustration

Watching Thane and his buddy Mike ride their Skidoo snowmobiles is like watching expert ballroom dancers sweep across the floor. They dance across the snow, swooping up and down hills, carving across steep slopes with an ease that belies the fact that they are in total control of 500-pound machines with 160 horses under the cowling. There is a joy to their movements that can only come with hundreds, thousands of hours of practice. I,... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Whisper

For last week's Five Sentence Fiction prompt, abandoned, I started a story about a story collector. Lillie McFerrin's prompt this week, whisper, inspired me to continue her story. I hope you like it. Please check out Lillie's blog for more stories about whispers. Borrowed Memories Sitting in the long grass with her back resting against the rotting rubber of the truck’s front tire, Laurel took a spiral notebook and blue ballpoint pen out of the... Read more →

Visual Dare - Whimsy

It was a relief to take a short break from some work training today to write a short scene for this week's Visual Dare challenge posted by Angela at Anonymous Legacy - the photo below and whimsy. I thought it would be fun to continue the story of Mirela and Vaca - and now their new friend. You can read the first three parts of their story here, here, and here. As always, visit Anonymous... Read more →

Dancing with Chaos

You must have chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star. ~Friedrich Nietzsche~ Read more →

Winter Saturday Reprise

The brilliant sunshine finally overwhelmed the virus- and bacteria-induced inertia of this morning, and I could no longer resist the urge to be outside. A short snowshoe was in order. I followed my tracks from last weekend across the yard and into the woods behind the house. After just a week of above-freezing daytime temperatures, the snow was noticeably softer, verging on rotten. The water dripping from the spruce boughs carried enough tannins to make... Read more →

Winter Saturday

A rare glorious winter day here in Valdez, and thanks to strep, flu, and migraine, I don't feel up to doing anything but enjoying this view out my window. I did fill the three bird feeders on the deck to entice the redpolls, chickadees, nuthatches, and pine grosbeaks into keeping me company. Let me know what you're up to this fine day so I can enjoy activities vicariously. Thanks. Related articles At Home in Winter Read more →