Hello, My book has been out in the world just a few weeks, and the feedback has been so lovely and heart warming. I was overwhelmed by the support at the book's launch party on…
MelindaNovember 13, 2025
Reach for the Bus Crayon
The Bus Crayon There will be a morning you won’t reach for the black rectangle with the white apple on its face. You won’t instruct your finger to slide…
Poetry reading this week!
Hello, dear reader, and happy mid-June to you. I’m popping in to say my first full-length poetry collection is scheduled for publication this fall. No exact date yet, but I’ll send out an update when…
MelindaJune 8, 2025
A Happy Smattering of Weirdness
Perfectly Imperfect I read a good amount of poetry. Some comes to me in literary journals and books, some shows up in various online forums. I’m drawn to writing that is accessible, creative and real.…
MelindaMay 19, 2025
How to Become a Runner
Here's another talkative colored pencil drawing I made while I was couch-bound after foot surgery. Colored pencil "Judy Runs" by Melinda How to Become a Runner If you’re over 60— with knees that creak…
MelindaMarch 26, 2025
My Drawing Told Me To Tell You
Hello out there! My recovery from foot surgery is going well. I’ve spent some of the “couch time” making little colored pencil drawings. Shortly after I finished them (and like so many things in my…
MelindaJanuary 25, 2025
April is also…..
April has quite a load to carry! Not only is is Autism Awareness Month and National Poetry Month, it’s also been deemed National Card and Letter Writing Month. Texts and emails are fine, but isn’t…
MelindaApril 28, 2024
In the Pink
"Fruits on Pink" by Bink She begins. First, there is pink. Well...vivid electric magenta is more apt. She pushes the frayed brush into the water jar, hitting the bottom too hard. Taps out a neurodivergent…
MelindaMarch 7, 2024
Still, After Years
This is the Love Poem, Mid-Life for Super Guy "Who, being loved, is poor?" --Oscar Wilde Remember the night I woke moaning, ankles on fire, some ghost gripping my arches, preventing even a twitch of…
MelindaFebruary 14, 2024