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    Clean Living: Never Too Late
    Melina Meador
    • Mar 16
    • 3 min

    Clean Living: Never Too Late

    Well, clean living is such a trend and I am years late, in a sense, to jump on the bandwagon. On the other hand, the renewed interest in...
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    2021 Reading Thoughts
    Melina Meador
    • Jan 19
    • 4 min

    2021 Reading Thoughts

    I so enjoyed the books I read in 2021 - hardly a dud in there! This was the first year that I read more non-fiction than fiction - by one...
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    Ways to Support Your Running Habit
    Melina Meador
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Ways to Support Your Running Habit

    Supporting your running habit amongst the busy demands of life takes concentration. It's fantastic though because the high of running...
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    Running Around the Outside of the House
    Melina Meador
    • Nov 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Running Around the Outside of the House

    Back when school began I was looking for the right way to begin our formal school hours. I had heard of people playing the same song each...
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    Identifying Pain Points
    Melina Meador
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Identifying Pain Points

    I've been helped lately by figuring out where the "sticky" parts of life are and writing them down in detail to help solve them. When I...
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    Little Kindnesses
    Melina Meador
    • Jul 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Little Kindnesses

    I picked up Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte last week from the library. From the first page it is fresh and alive with excitement and...
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    Trail Running a Half Marathon
    Melina Meador
    • Apr 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Trail Running a Half Marathon

    I started to jog as soon as the director set our small group of runners off: "On your mark"and the loping rhythm of people falling into...
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    Losing Wildness: A Tribute
    Melina Meador
    • Mar 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Losing Wildness: A Tribute

    Our backyard has been the size of three city lots but will soon be reduced to a modest strip of grass, a small garden area, a good-sized...
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    Nourishing My Running Life
    Melina Meador
    • Mar 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    Nourishing My Running Life

    I've been training for a half marathon for nearly three months. I'm looking at six weeks and a day to race day. I'm pumped! I'm awed and...
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    Giving Each Other Room
    Melina Meador
    • Mar 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Giving Each Other Room

    While it is only March 2nd, Ellensburg is being honored with an early Spring. All the earth feels the swelling out, the tremble of weeds...
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    Boldly Building
    Melina Meador
    • Jan 27, 2021
    • 3 min

    Boldly Building

    I am thinking these days about living less in my head and more near the ground, more humbly interested in the small tasks of life. I have...
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    A Mini Habit to Make Stillness Part of Your Daily Life
    Melina Meador
    • Jan 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Mini Habit to Make Stillness Part of Your Daily Life

    "Because he knew no quiet within him, he does not retain anything he desires." Job 20:20 "Solitude, stillness, and silence are the...
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    Generosity
    Melina Meador
    • Dec 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    Generosity

    Yesterday I had a casual conversation with an old man named Ken. He was selling tree tops that were as large as Christmas trees and I,...
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    Carniceria
    Melina Meador
    • Oct 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Carniceria

    The meat store was in a strange, rather derelict building that Jay and Mike thought would do just fine for a produce stand (Jay's Farm...
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    Home Assessment 7.20.2020
    Melina Meador
    • Sep 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    Home Assessment 7.20.2020

    I read a while back about how writing a narrative of your day is a great way to get a bird's eye view of how things are going in life;...
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    Family Read Aloud
    Melina Meador
    • Aug 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    Family Read Aloud

    Our family finished our first chapter book last evening. Dale read aloud to us for the last month or so out of "The Sign of the Beaver"...
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    Hallowing the Gift of Health
    Melina Meador
    • Aug 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    Hallowing the Gift of Health

    Thursday afternoon. Bread is baking, children quiet, my tea tray is next to me, book within reach. In the wild loveliness of summer I've...
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    Home Assessment 6.22.20
    Melina Meador
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 4 min

    Home Assessment 6.22.20

    I read a while back about how writing a narrative of your day is a great way to get a bird's eye view of how things are going in life;...
    41 views0 comments
    How to Take a Solid Driver's License Photo
    Melina Meador
    • Jul 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    How to Take a Solid Driver's License Photo

    You'll notice I didn't say GLAMOROUS, that is asking too much of a picture taken in the glare of fluorescent lighting, but you can take a...
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    Making Pinwheels
    Melina Meador
    • Jul 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    Making Pinwheels

    I had made the dough the night before, leaving it in the fridge to rise slowly overnight. The yeast had done its work even in the cool...
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