Melinda

Poem Poetry Writing

When the Beginning is also the Ending

I haven't done a lot with poetic forms. Something inside of me chafes at the notion of trying to fit the body of a poem, beating heart and all, into a prescribed number of lines…

MelindaSeptember 15, 2020

Love Mindfulness Poem Spirituality Writing

Medicament

Medicament This morning’s waking, tight and tender to the touch, felt like neck ache, and all along the spine of this day my heart climbed and slid, ridge-riding the grief and uncertainty of these past…

MelindaSeptember 2, 2020

Art Autism Bink Cairns Death and Dying Family Love Mindfulness Parenting Spirituality Writing

Gifts and Visitations

It’s been just over a month since my dear friend and soul sister Marina died, after a quick and nasty tussle with appendiceal cancer. She visits my consciousness daily, in ways both fleeting and substantial.…

MelindaJuly 31, 2020

Autism Bink Death and Dying Family Love Meditation Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Writing

Dragonflies

Image by Rona Kline As I write this, my dear friend Marina lies dying in a lovely room inside the oldest house in an historic and pretty New Hampshire town. A wonderful woman who worked…

MelindaJune 26, 2020

Autism Bink Family Love Mindfulness Parenting Writing

Little Big Thing

“Stay in awe of life. The little things are the big things. “ ― Richie Norton “I’m cold.” Bink had just gotten up, a good hour later than she used to get up on any…

MelindaJune 13, 2020

Love Meditation Mindfulness Nature Writing

Time, Place, Classroom

WHEN The world gets so noisy. Too many voices straining, pushing past their natural limits to be heard. Our small ears can’t discern provenance or factuality. Reactions quicken, turning knee-jerk, protective. WHERE There is the…

MelindaJune 3, 2020

Art Autism Bink Cats Death and Dying Love Writing

Collateral Sorrow

Art by Marina Powdermaker It’s been a time of times, a steady landslide of uncertainties. Yes, the Covid, the shutdown. Yes, Bink and so many other adults with disabilities being home all day every day…

MelindaMay 20, 2020

Family Love Mindfulness Nature Poem Poetry Singing Writing

When all this is over…

WHEN THIS IS OVER Bring bread, chewy and warm, wrapped in that red checkered tablecloth that always sings picnic, which is short for happy family, easy friendships, peace and plenty in our town state country…

MelindaApril 20, 2020

Nature Poem Writing

The Wisdom of Clouds

“ You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” Pema Chodron CIRRUS You are wisp, feet rarely touching dirt. Your gaze cannot be met. They call it lazy eye, but we know better.…

MelindaApril 3, 2020

Family Love Meditation Mindfulness Nature Parenting Poem Poetry Singing Spirituality Writing

Prospecting for Grace

Praise The faithful sun, generously stirring energies of Earth and atmosphere, coaxing every green thing towards the rising song of spring. Parents walking with their children outside, smiling and laughing, nodding at neighbors out washing…

MelindaMarch 25, 2020

When the Beginning is also the Ending

Gifts and Visitations

Little Big Thing

Collateral Sorrow

The Wisdom of Clouds

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