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The Visitor

In the dark, a baby fox hoists her short legs one by trembling one up the steep stairs, tripping the sensor light as she reaches the back deck in a sharp-eyed heap of gray…

MelindaSeptember 8, 2022

Art Love Meditation Mindfulness Parenting Poem Poetry Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

The Hand of God by Melinda satori \ sə-ˈtȯr-ē n (Buddhism) Zen Buddhism the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment • Hmmm. Tell a creative (poet, artist, musician, sculptor) that something is indescribable, and chances…

MelindaAugust 14, 2022

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The Color of Swans

Hello out there! The blog has been quiet this summer, but I've been editing and submitting work to a wide range of literary journals. My submissions practice has been haphazard and sporadic over the past…

MelindaAugust 13, 2022

Autism Death and Dying Family Love Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Writing

A Little Bullish

I know, I know. Much is not right here in the world. We conjure and raise up hatreds and fears born of misconceptions. We bow down to profit and convention instead of the goodness in…

MelindaJune 23, 2022

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She Runs On

She Runs On and On, and On A whole lot of nothing happening here in the Department of Creation of New Poems, and so I sat down with DETERMINATION and began to write, the…

MelindaJune 20, 2022

Art Autism Bink Cairns Death and Dying Family Love Meditation Mindfulness Parenting Poem Poetry Spirituality Writing Yoga Yogabilities™

Hello Out There

Hello, As a very part-time Yoga teacher (and former studio owner), I maintain a separate email communication list for my students. There is a little bit of cross-over; a handful of my students (or former…

MelindaMay 30, 2022

Family Love Meditation Nature Poem Poetry Writing

Sixty Unplugged Minutes with my Love

I used a text to carve an island from a Thursday in two overloaded lives. I typed 10 to 11 Walk with me. Moose Hill. I meant Come. To the refuge down the road, the…

MelindaMay 5, 2022

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April is….on Autism, Art, and Friendly Commerce

APRIL IS… As you may know, April is Autism Awareness Month. It’s also National Card and Letter Writing Month. Please allow me to make things more interesting by combining the two! Bink paints once a…

MelindaApril 19, 2022

Family Mindfulness Parenting Poem Poetry Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

What’s in a name? More pub cred, musings

Mid-April already? Time is such a liquid concept. Today, my already may be your finally. It is already April? Finally, it is spring. In February, my finally was louder than my already. Finally, Winter has…

MelindaApril 12, 2022

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AUTISM AWARENESS DAY Redux

I'm re-posting this poem in recognition of "World Autism Awareness Day." As D, a sister mom from my autism tribe, has said, " We are aware. We are very aware." Autism Awareness month is…

MelindaApril 1, 2022

Slack Satori

The Color of Swans

She Runs On

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