Sharry Miller

A Spring Weekend

Yesterday: freezing temperatures, icy headwinds, and my cycling buddy who moved away but came back for a ride. A great day. Today: life in a snow globe. It's spring in Valdez! Read more →

Thoughtful Gifts

Wendy gave me a thoughtful birthday gift today. I was so touched that not only did she give me a gift, but she showed that she pays attention to this silly blog of mine. Some time ago, I wrote a post (which I can't seem to find now or I'd link to it) about keeping a perpetual calendar on recipe cards. The idea is that you have a card for each day of the year,... 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 →

Rhubarb Friendship Sauce

It was a sauce that couldn't have been made without friendship. The first friendship piece was obvious: Wendy and I decided a couple of weeks ago we'd get together to make rhubarb sauce. To ease the process, she brought a delicious bottle of Three Blind Moose chardonnay. It's a true friend indeed who provides the wine. The primary ingredient in rhubarb sauce is, of course, rhubarb. It is here that friends played the most important... Read more →

Bhutan with WomanTours

The days bringing me closer to leaving for Bhutan keep passing inexorably by. A bulky envelope from WomanTours appeared in my mailbox three days ago carrying the latest bits of information, as well as more forms to complete and mail back, and a few gifts. I learned that there will be 16 in our group of women, including the two guides. The rest of us are from homes as far flung as Florida and British... Read more →

Honoring One's Spouse

I write this at the risk of offending a number of friends and acquaintances, but that is not my intention. This topic is just one I've been giving a lot of thought to over the last several months, and since this is my blog and therefore my space to write about whatever topic I choose, here I go. My hope is that others who are reading this and who have opinions of their own, either... Read more →

Split Personality

It turns out I may be doomed to live with a split personality. Either that or I need to travel extensively to find all the parts of myself. Inspired by my upcoming trip to Bhutan, Linda bought the book Beneath Blossom Rain - Discovering Bhutan on the Toughest Trek in the World by Kevin Grange. She then loaned it to me before she'd even read it herself. Now that's a good friend! As I lay... Read more →

My Muse of the Moment

Officials reported that last night, just before dark, a man fell to his death from the concrete wall near the library. Eyewitnesses say that he had been precariously perched there for over an hour, apparently just watching passers-by, when he suddenly fell forward and landed on his nose. Regina Knowles was walking by when the fall occurred. "One minute he was on the wall, the next minute he was on the sidewalk," she said. "I... Read more →