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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

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The Sweet Complications of Living in a Body

Trigger warning: I'm incurably wordy. On a Friday morning approximately 11 days ago, I had surgery on my left foot. "A big one”, the excellent podiatrist/surgeon calls it. No weight bearing for 8 weeks. A…

MelindaDecember 23, 2024

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Dreams

Field notes from this family’s mornings Bink and I have many rituals. They’ve shifted over time and we’ve been able to let go of some of them. Others stay in place and bring her comfort…

MelindaNovember 25, 2024

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Half Full

If I were to update my resume, my longest running position would be caregiver. I'm a veteran at this point, and like others who have been caring for a loved one at home for decades,…

MelindaOctober 16, 2024

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Eloquence as Legacy

My mother Victoria took prolific notes. Her handwriting was an elegant cursive, quite different from my chicken scratch (that even I have difficulty deciphering sometimes). She penned lovely postcards during her travels. Clever greeting cards…

MelindaJuly 1, 2024

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Mutha

I’m so pleased to share two poems that were published today in Mutha Magazine. These two are part of the full-length poetry book I’ve been working on for years. I finally finished the manuscript in January,…

MelindaMay 23, 2024

April is…..

My Drawing Told Me To Tell You

Postcards from the Slow Lane

The Sweet Complications of Living in a Body

Dreams

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