Melina Meador
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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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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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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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;...
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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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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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Melina Meador
- Jun 3, 2020
- 2 min
Forest Bathing
There is a Japanese word that translates "Forest Bathing". It's being out in earth's loveliness and breathing it in, letting the detritus...
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Melina Meador
- May 28, 2020
- 3 min
Home Assessment 5.27.20
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;...
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Melina Meador
- May 20, 2020
- 2 min
Why Does Anything Matter?
"The comfortable lies we tell ourselves regarding these "little things" - that they don't matter, and that daily personal and household...
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Melina Meador
- May 15, 2020
- 2 min
Work Station
One adjustment to being a mother is figuring out a work space for the work that needs to be done at a desk: paying bills, thinking...
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Melina Meador
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
Manastash Run
I was running for my life. No one would save me but these two legs, this quickly tiring heart, these heaving lungs. There was nothing...
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Melina Meador
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
Running in Warfare or Me versus the Minivan
On a run yesterday I did a loop to spend extra time in a brushy trail area. The sagebrush sticks out into the path a bit and it's...
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Melina Meador
- Apr 17, 2020
- 4 min
Home Assessment 4.15.2020
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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Melina Meador
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
A Gruesome Pep Talk for the Stay-at-Home Mother
Humph. It is so discouraging to wake up extra early, excited for time to be quiet and read, write, think, etc. only to be foiled by the...
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Melina Meador
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
Cleaning Out the File Cabinet
Yesterday I tackled the file cabinet. It wasn't that it was so disorganized - just unused. It's still solid, outliving my needs. I...
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Melina Meador
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
Reading Aloud
When my daughter was born I was so excited to read aloud to her. I started reading Misty of Chincoteague when I was nursing her at a few...
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Melina Meador
- Mar 17, 2020
- 3 min
Home Assessment 3.12.20
I recently read 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; for...
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Melina Meador
- Mar 11, 2020
- 2 min
Bravery (Or A Pot of Beans)
Yesterday I made a huge pot of pinto beans. They simmered all day and made my home smell like my childhood - we ate a lot of beans...
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Melina Meador
- Mar 3, 2020
- 2 min
When You Stretch and Are Surprised
No, this is not a post about aging. Ahem. This is a good surprise. I've been running for a year half now, with 24 weeks off for the last...
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