Sharry Miller

Public Art Progress

If you remember, I posted early last month that I'd had a proposal accepted for one of five public art pieces to be installed in Valdez's new middle school. If you need to, take a moment to check out that post and refresh your memory. If you don't feel like reading it, here's a photo of the prototype to jog your synapses. Anyway, I've been meaning to post an update on the project for the... Read more →

Me Alternatives

I drank the bottle of lotion in three gulps, but if there was any alcohol in it, I couldn't tell. I took a long, hot shower and reveled in being clean for the first time in two weeks, but then I had to put back on the same stinky, vomit-stained clothes I'd been wearing. Words reverberate through my head: crack, heroin, hunger, theft, homeless, hopeless, despair. I pull the headphones out of my ears and... Read more →

Searching for Spring

What do you do with a drunken sailor, What do you do with a drunken sailor, What do you do with a drunken sailor, Earl-eye in the morning! These lovely lyrics have been running through my head for the past hour after I decided my tracks through the snow looked like those of a drunken sailor just cast ashore after a year at sea. But I swear, the iced tea I had for lunch was... Read more →

Stop Drifting, Start Rowing - Book Review

Women's Adventure Magazine was kind enough to post another of my book reviews today. I hope you'll hop over to their site to see what I had to say about Stop Drifting, Start Rowing by Roz Savage. Here's a little teaser from my review of this very good book. Roz Savage sat down at her dining-room table in London one day and wrote her own obituary. Actually, she wrote two – the one she wanted... Read more →