Melina MeadorSep 11, 20192 minBeautiful EveningsSo much has been written about morning and evening routines. I heartily acknowledge they matter and that is why I am unhappy with my...
Melina MeadorSep 3, 20191 minGrandma Doris (Apron) I am enjoying being part of a writing group. We set out some practices for ourselves this summer where we pick a word and then free write...
Melina MeadorAug 28, 20192 minRevolutionize Your Day With This ToolThis is for everyone but especially the stay-at-home-moms and homemakers of the world: here is the oomph you need to thrive today. And...
Melina MeadorAug 20, 20191 minSowing and Reaping"And to write is to sow and to reap at the same time." Ellie Wiesel in Memoirs Mr. Wiesel is an author and holocaust survivor. I'm...
Melina MeadorJul 31, 20192 minRiverThere is a certain smell that can only be a river. Freshwater, pungent, earth-laced, mossy, cool, wet – all these can be tasted as I walk...
Melina MeadorJul 23, 20191 minGlamming.Dale and I had fancy drinks and sushi at a rooftop bar in Bellevue on Saturday night. It had been a dream of mine since I'd heard about...
Melina MeadorJul 17, 20191 minSmall.This is the time for small. Not vast. Small. Like three or four pints of apricot jam, not twenty. Like a garden of one zucchini plant,...
Melina MeadorJul 17, 20191 minSummer PregnancyWell, feeling the baby halfway through this pregnancy is awesome. I sit down in my bedroom reading chair and lift my big legs onto the...
Melina MeadorJun 11, 20193 minBlackberriesOne mid-July evening, when the jewel colors of the Chehalis and Wishkah rivers and the hills of Douglas Firs sparkle their brightest, Dad...
Melina MeadorJun 4, 20191 minLooking For Great ConversationsI recently took a trip back to Indiana to visit family and friends. It was only my fourth time back to visit the land of my husband’s...
Melina MeadorApr 9, 20191 minSeason of SlippageI set out to make 2019 the year of writing and of reading Shakespeare. I've been plugging away on my laid out plans to do just that when...
Melina MeadorMar 26, 20192 minHabits For My ToddlersI’ve been musing over what I’ve been training my toddlers to do, and why. This is kind of a journal entry of sorts, marking for myself...
Melina MeadorMar 20, 20191 minIs There Just One Way To Love?Recently a wise woman told me to ask more questions. I thought this great advice but I asked her why anyway. “It’s the only way to love...
Melina MeadorMar 1, 20191 minMoving Along Helps Me – Does it You?I read this morning that some people write after they have a clear plan, and some write with no plan. For that second group, the plan...
Melina MeadorFeb 21, 20191 minBlowing Bubbles in the SnowWe blow them, one or four at a time Rainbow balls bursting forth Sparkling in the sun What a treat to see your little lips puckering Your...
Melina MeadorFeb 12, 20193 minThe BallerinaWhen I was a little girl I used to dance nearly every day. I spent hours with the CD player blasting Strauss waltzes or Tschaikowsky...
Melina MeadorFeb 11, 20191 minEndings and BeginningsOnce I was told this rule of thumb: How you end one thing is how you’ll begin the next thing. It might sound a little woo-woo, but I...
Melina MeadorFeb 5, 20193 minDo you know where your Great-Grandparents lived and died? Does it matter?I have been recently re-immersed in my paternal family’s history. I’ve always loved the story of their immigration to Hoquiam, Washington...
Melina MeadorJan 29, 20193 minFinding Your Way Out of Dullsville It happens to all of us. We mean to stay inspired and we do, for a while. And then we get tired and suddenly we wonder, “Will I ever get...
Melina MeadorJan 17, 20193 minWhat Physical Change Do You Need to Make? Or The Chair That Changed My Life About a year and a half ago my husband and I loaded up our two little babies in the double stroller and walked to an estate sale about 2...