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Autism Bink Family Love Parenting Poem Poetry Writing

The Uninvited Guests

What a time! We are seeing and hearing wide ranging effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on, it seems, every populated part of our planet. In our corner of the world, Bink's autism and accompanying dependence…

MelindaMarch 18, 2020

Love Mindfulness Nature Poem Poetry Writing

Communicable

PROPAGATION I’ve taken to humming in the produce section while caressing the plums, sneaking sniffs of the cilantro, eyeing the lemons, audacious in their yellowry. It’s a low, soothing thing, the thrum of air over…

MelindaMarch 12, 2020

Autism Bink Family Love Mindfulness Nature Parenting Poem Poetry Women's Issues Writing

Harmonious Discord

This morning I walked early, mismatched garments layered to repel a cold, spitting rain. I’d pushed his baseball cap down hard over the knitted ear band I bought to share with her, which she most…

MelindaMarch 5, 2020

Art Mindfulness Poetry Writing

BEGIN AGAIN

BEGIN AGAIN “Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning, and under every deep…

MelindaFebruary 14, 2020

Mindfulness Nature Poem Poetry Writing

FISHING

Perched on the frost hardened bank of the wide, cold river, eyes intent on the rushing water, dark and high, I notice the greenish brown river grasses, rooted hopefully in their muddy beds, in a…

MelindaFebruary 7, 2020

Autism Bink Family Love Parenting Writing

Brown Girl Hair Has Left the Building

Bink loves girl hair. For the uninitiated, this translates to long straight hair hanging down, on a female of any age. Preferably, the hair should be visible equally on the right and left sides of…

MelindaJanuary 16, 2020

Family Mindfulness Nature Poem Poetry Spirituality Writing

My Bread and Butter

Hello, dear blog. Hello, faithful tribe of readers. My neglect this past month stems not from writers block, but from posting block. Yes, it’s a thing, one which might even merit capitalization. Posting Block. I…

MelindaDecember 30, 2019

Love Mindfulness Poem Poetry Spirituality Writing

Imagine the Harvest

Mercy What if we had drills, not just for disasters, fires and hurricanes, not just for active school shooters and any possible terrorisms both foreign and domestic, what if we had rigorous training in kindnesses:…

MelindaNovember 27, 2019

Autism Bink Family Love Parenting Writing

My Daughter, the Foodie

The Pies by Bink Bink loves food. In fact, her relationship with it goes far beyond what tastes good and satisfies her hunger. She loves looking at cookbooks, finding recipes on the computer, and watching…

MelindaOctober 30, 2019

Nature Poem Poetry Writing

Turn, turn, turn, turn

OCTOBER October is like an unplanned drive, the roads back country and meandering, the other cars occasional, a determined deer or quicksilver squirrel the biggest hazards, and then just like that the road widens, and…

MelindaOctober 6, 2019

Harmonious Discord

BEGIN AGAIN

Brown Girl Hair Has Left the Building

My Bread and Butter

My Daughter, the Foodie

Turn, turn, turn, turn

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