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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...
Melina Meador
Oct 18, 20203 min read
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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;...
Melina Meador
Sep 1, 20203 min read
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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"...
Melina Meador
Aug 18, 20201 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Aug 6, 20201 min read
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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;...
Melina Meador
Jul 21, 20204 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Jul 12, 20202 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Jul 8, 20202 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Jun 3, 20202 min read
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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;...
Melina Meador
May 28, 20203 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
May 20, 20202 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
May 15, 20202 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Apr 30, 20202 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Apr 22, 20202 min read
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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;...
Melina Meador
Apr 17, 20204 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Apr 7, 20202 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Mar 30, 20202 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Mar 24, 20202 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Mar 17, 20203 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Mar 11, 20202 min read
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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...
Melina Meador
Mar 3, 20202 min read
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