Sharry Miller

Expanding Your Self-Definition

It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while (especially when my arms feel like they're going to fall off while swimming or my shins are screaming at me during a run) I ask myself why on earth I'm planning to do another triathlon. After all, I did it last year and therefore proved that I could. Why do I need to do it again? I'm not sure that I could really give you... Read more →

Hot Mosaics

Of all the classes I took at Glass Expo, the technique I learned that I'm most likely to do more with is mosaics, especially "hot mosaics." Creating a mosaic is, of course, just a matter of gluing small pieces of glass or other bits and bobs to a surface and then grouting around them. The real artistry is in design and in the bits and bobs one chooses to use. Christine Stewart, a mosaic and... Read more →

Women Artists Project Update

Here it is, nearly the end of February. I should have two Women Artist projects nearly complete: a Hawaii journal inspired by Violette and a stained glass piece a la Robbi Joy Ecklow. Are either near completion? Not only "no," but "hell no!" In my own opinion, my sanity was in question when I conceived of this project. I doubted myself whether I could really do it. Given that I'm only two months into this,... Read more →

The Sun Returns

It's been a good day in the Miller household. Rowan swam in three events at the Banana Meet this morning, improved her time in all of them, and won her heat for the 50 yard backstroke. She was very excited. Thane and I helped time the races, and he was pleased to finish up early enough to go for a snowmachine ride this afternoon. As I write this he, Rowan and the Smith tribe all... Read more →

My Baby's First Tattoo

Now really, did you honestly think I'd let Rowan get a tattoo at 9? I consider myself fairly liberal-minded, but that's going too far! In reality, Rowan and I decided we wanted to get henna tattoos while we were in Hawaii. We waited until the last day to get them so that they'd be fresh for everyone to see back home. Unfortunately, we went to the studio in Kona about noon, and so we missed... Read more →

Another Day in Paradise

For the last couple of days I've been wanting to write something here, but I've been totally annoyed by my inability to post photos. I just have to assume that you'd rather see beautiful pictures of Hawaii than just read my dull ramblings. And really, is it enough for me to just tell you about the fun we've been having snorkeling, kayaking and swimming? That said, you're stuck with just my words. We went on... Read more →

Hawaii, with Photos?

In a very convoluted effort to add photos to my posts from my iPad, I took photos with my phone, e-mailed them to myself, and then uploaded the pics to my iPad. Then I downloaded the Typepad app to my iPad. Now we'll see if this works. The first photo should be of a lovely hibiscus Rowan and I saw at the local post office when we stopped to get postcard stamps. If it weren't... Read more →

Ahh, Hawaii!

When were deciding where we wanted to go for vacation this year, we really wanted somewhere other than Hawaii. Unfortunately, we couldn't decide on where. I suggested exploring the Tuscon, Arizona area - I'd been there on a bike tour and loved it. Rowan, however, always insists on "beach, ocean." Finally, we ran out of time for New Zealand, Greece, or anywhere else exotic, so here we are in Hawaii again. My boss and his... Read more →

February's Woman Artist and My Impending Vacation

Okay, okay, I know I'm jumping the gun talking about February's artist in non-quite-mid-January, but we're headed out of Valdez this afternoon on the first step of our trip to Hawaii. Yahoo! We'll be ready to hit the beach by mid-afternoon Friday! You may recall that when I said I'd chosen Robbie Joy Ecklow for January I also said I'd have to overlap January and February to make it all work. Indeed, I've gotten no... Read more →

January's Woman Artist

I'm trying to actually get a start on my Women Artists Project (if I write it in caps it means more, right?). You might remember from a few weeks ago that I was thinking it would be an interesting challenge for myself to pick a different woman artist each month and create a piece of art in a similar style to her's. For January, the winner was quilt artist Robbi Joy Ecklow. She is the... Read more →