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Melissa
November 8, 2017
wisdom

"You found the earth too great for your one life..."

Melissa
November 8, 2017
wisdom
"You found the earth too great for your one life..."

"...you have been mad and drunken, furious and wild, filled with hatred and despair, and all the dark confusions of the soul - but so have we."

Tagged: change, growth, humankind, quotes

Melissa
October 31, 2017
sparks

She Had Some Horses

Melissa
October 31, 2017
sparks
She Had Some Horses

She had horses with eyes of trains.
She had horses with full, brown thighs.
She had horses who laughed too much.

Tagged: independence, on being a woman, poems

Melissa
October 25, 2017
life

A Season for Leaving Part 1: Asheville's Fall Magic and Signs From Above

Melissa
October 25, 2017
life
A Season for Leaving Part 1:  Asheville's Fall Magic and Signs From Above

I’ve been wondering why I was drawn to visit Asheville, NC, where I recently returned from a several nights' trip that also took me into Pigeon Forge, TN and the famed Dollywood amusement park...

Tagged: change, healing, nature, lyrics, spirit, the creative path, travel

Melissa
October 18, 2017
life

All Digital Music Proceeds This Month To Be Donated to Help Victims of Northern California Fires

Melissa
October 18, 2017
life
All Digital Music Proceeds This Month To Be Donated to Help Victims of Northern California Fires

If you'd like to help victims of the Northern California fires, I will be donating all proceeds this month of my digital music sales to the Northern California Fire Fund (operating through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation).

Tagged: healing, humankind, nature, resolve

Melissa
October 10, 2017
sparks

The Nature of Desire

Melissa
October 10, 2017
sparks
The Nature of Desire

heat

a warming liquid

hot lava flowing
unerupted

Tagged: poems, relationships, on being a woman

Melissa
October 4, 2017
wisdom

I’m Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea — So What?

Melissa
October 4, 2017
wisdom
I’m Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea — So What?

I don’t have to be emotionless when facing rejection, but I can be resolute and have a healthy detachment. Even a sense of humor about it.

Tagged: growth, healing, independence, relationships, resolve, self-care

Melissa
September 26, 2017
sparks

You are more alive just by being quiet, present, and aware.

Melissa
September 26, 2017
sparks
You are more alive just by being quiet, present, and aware.

My hands are like ice.

I’ve been beside the ocean this evening, walking along the cliff. I can hardly write this note.

Tagged: poems, mindfulness, nature, spirit

Melissa
September 18, 2017
life

California, I'm Coming Home

Melissa
September 18, 2017
life
California, I'm Coming Home

When I counted out the years I couldn’t hardly believe it. It’ll be two-and-a-half years since I’ve lived in California — which I knew well — but it’ll be over five years since I lived “home home,” back in the Bay Area.

Tagged: change, growth, healing, independence, spirit, travel

Melissa
September 13, 2017
wisdom

Feeding the Eagles

Melissa
September 13, 2017
wisdom
Feeding the Eagles

Sometimes in life we are called to do something, or be something other than what’s expected of us in our native communities. We have a passion, a drive, a mission that is “other,” apart, or misunderstood from the tribes we are born into.

Tagged: spirit, the creative path, independence, relationships, resolve

Melissa
September 5, 2017
sparks

No Dollars in Duende: On Making Uncompromising, Spirited Music

Melissa
September 5, 2017
sparks
No Dollars in Duende: On Making Uncompromising, Spirited Music

"All that has dark sound has duende, that mysterious power that everyone feels but no philosopher can explain." -Nick Cave

Tagged: spirit, the creative path, independence

Melissa
August 30, 2017
life

I’m in a strange place… though I’ve been here before

Melissa
August 30, 2017
life
I’m in a strange place… though I’ve been here before

Where once I leapt upon myself as my own worst enemy to my prey, I’ve somehow learned to tame my claws.

Tagged: growth, healing, resolve, self-care, the creative path

Melissa
August 23, 2017
sparks

Life Giveth / Life Spilleth

Melissa
August 23, 2017
sparks
Life Giveth / Life Spilleth

A poem.

Tagged: nature, change, poems

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