Melissa

November 20, 2017

sparks

Alternative States of Zen

Melissa

November 20, 2017

sparks

Be like rolled oats,
transmutable and staid.

Melissa

November 16, 2017

life

A Season for Leaving Part 2: Redemption and Dollywood

Melissa

November 16, 2017

life

A Season for Leaving Part 2: Redemption and Dollywood

I’d always enjoyed Dolly Parton’s music and persona as an entertainer growing up, but I became more obsessed with Dolly as a person when I happened to pick up her autobiography, Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business, at a used bookstore...

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."

Melissa

October 31, 2017

sparks

She Had Some Horses

Melissa

October 31, 2017

sparks

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

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...

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).

Melissa

October 10, 2017

sparks

The Nature of Desire

Melissa

October 10, 2017

sparks

heat

a warming liquid

hot lava flowing
unerupted

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.

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.

Melissa

September 18, 2017

life

California, I'm Coming Home

Melissa

September 18, 2017

life

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.

Melissa

September 13, 2017

wisdom

Feeding the Eagles

Melissa

September 13, 2017

wisdom

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.

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

Join the journey of Lady Lazarus.