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The Introvert at the Podium

Hello there, I've been writing about life with my special needs daughter since she was a toddler. She is by far the most interesting person I know. Like many people who are wired differently, she’s…

MelindaOctober 7, 2025

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Stepping into the River of Song

The Sings On parenting, autism, and unrestrained delight Where do you cast your light (aka energy, aka focus, aka intention)? What is it that brings you untethered joy, especially when nobody is watching? I’ve a…

MelindaSeptember 29, 2025

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Of Birds and Blueberries

Writing can be therapeutic, but it's work nonetheless. Sending woven words out into the world to be judged is a practice in growing thicker skin. For every published piece there are dozens of rejections. Though I've…

MelindaJuly 21, 2025

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When I am Ash

To hear me read this post, click below. Hello you! I’ve had a new poem published in the inaugural issue of Harrow House Journal. This was one of the rare pieces that arrived almost completely…

MelindaJuly 2, 2025

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This Motley, Sublime Life

Weary and Awed a collection of parts of the holy whole One of my favorite songs is “All This Joy” by John Denver. If you’ve never heard it or it has been a while, here’s…

MelindaMay 31, 2025

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When God is a Bird

This one is for the mothers. When God is a Bird The feeders out back bring more color this month— goldfinches blossoming from marsh-like greeny gray to forsythia yellow, a red-winged blackbird flashing…

MelindaMay 11, 2025

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April is…..

April is Autism Awareness Month and also National Poetry Month, two topics about which I am passionate. I ought to have lots to write and say and post, but here we are almost two thirds…

MelindaApril 19, 2025

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Another Drawing Talks to Me

I am recovering nicely from December foot surgery. Even as I am able to do more, the little colored pencil drawings I made when I was entirely couch-bound continue to talk to me. Perhaps it…

MelindaFebruary 11, 2025

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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

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Postcards from the Slow Lane

In the Beginning: The Sings When Bink was newly born I started singing to her. There were the songs you might expect—lullabies and sweet old-fashioned songs like Daisy Bell and Clementine.…

MelindaJanuary 14, 2025

Of Birds and Blueberries

When I am Ash

April is…..

My Drawing Told Me To Tell You

Postcards from the Slow Lane

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