Melina Meador
Searching for What's In Front of Us
I think humans are great at overlooking the obvious. It's the blindspots of life that will get ya, every time. I see what I want to see...
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Melina Meador
- Oct 31
- 2 min
One Life Changing Practice
For almost six years Dale and I have been meeting weekly. This isn't a date; let's call it a mashup of business meeting and emotional...
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Melina Meador
- Oct 24
- 1 min
Myself at Ten Years Old
One of my sisters celebrated a birthday last week, and it reminded me of the very day she was born. I was ten and a half. I was eager and...
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Melina Meador
- Jun 14
- 2 min
Tuna - love it or hate it?
As I am thinking about cheap and healthy food and stretching the grocery budget, I think of tuna. Oh tuna. How do you feel about this...
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Melina Meador
- Jun 6
- 2 min
Cheap and Healthy
With rising food costs I've been thinking about how much homemade food is a bargain. But it takes knowledge, planning ahead, shopping in...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Melina Meador
- Oct 18, 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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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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