About Sharon
Sharon Trammell is an accomplished author and advocate for personal healing through her storytelling. She has written several influential books, including her memoir, Becoming Strength, and the insightful dating guide, I Swiped Left Again: The Evolving Woman's Guide to Dating, Twin Flames, and Healing. Her passion for writing stemmed from a desire to help others overcome abuse and find their path to personal recovery. As a spiritualist with a background in psychology, Sharon offers a unique perspective on mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.
Sharon's work has garnered recognition in the literary community; she won first place in the 2024 Northwest Outdoor Writers Association (NOWA) Excellence in Craft Competition and received an honorable mention for her book *Becoming Strength*.
With her educational background, Sharon graduated Magna Cum Laude from Oregon State University in 2024, earning a BS in Human Development and Family Sciences and a minor in Psychology. She is also a Certified Somatic Practitioner, deepening her understanding of holistic health.
As a full-time writer and freelancer, Sharon contributes to various magazines, including *Salmon Trout Steelheader*, which featured her article and image on the cover of its April 2024 edition. For additional details and press coverage, visit her writing profile at https://www.sharontrammell.com/writing-portfolio. Currently, she also serves on the board of directors for NOWA, furthering her commitment to the writing community.
Outdoor Life
Pictured here: Sharon, with a fall chinook harvested in August 2024 at Oregon's popular Buoy 10 with, guide Logan Ellis
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Mushroom hunting has been a favorite fall and spring activity ever since I moved to Oregon in 2013! Pictured here is a lobster mushroom harvested from an old growth forest in the Oregon coast range.
Cooking over a campfire is one of my favorite activities. Here in the PNW we camp from April to October, weather notwithstanding!
Pictured: My daughter, enjoying the new boat more than she lets on.
Imagine it is August. You just set up camp, in a beautiful forested campground with a cool breeze blowing from the west, where the ocean is located half mile away. You are getting ready to go harvest to some fresh Oregon Dungeness crab in the morning. Setting out your stove on the wooden picnic table, you look under it, and to your surprise, you find a flush of lobster mushrooms! Harvested and washed, they get added to a diner of strip steak cooked over the camp stove!
Days like this are hard to beat! Walking through the mossy forest floor, searching for the bright yellow of chanterelles, while inhaling the scent of the first big rain of the season in early November. As you walk beneath a fir tree with needles slightly wet as they brush your arm, you spot something that looks slightly like a shaped stick. Bending to examine it, you see that it is a deer shed, miraculously saved from the teeth of small critters like mice who gnaw at them every spring!