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The Quickening

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of…

May 25, 2022

The Quickening

May 25, 2022

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Melissa Williams

You Do Not Have To Be Good

“You do not have to be good.

Jan 5, 2022

You Do Not Have To Be Good

Jan 5, 2022

Melissa Williams

All the Things I Do Not Need

I recently read this thought-provoking start to a blog post:

Mar 15

All the Things I Do Not Need

Mar 15

Melissa Williams

On Ravishment

As a child I lived in tune with sensation. I lived out of my body. As I became a teenager, I began to move out of my body and into my mind…

Mar 5

On Ravishment

Mar 5

Melissa Williams

A Quick Lunch or Fast Dinner Recipe

I just played with ingredients and created this ultra fast meal that I found to be especially easy and delicious, not to mention pretty…

Feb 19

A Quick Lunch or Fast Dinner Recipe

Feb 19

Melissa Williams

No Excuses

Yesterday I went for a glorious, blue-sky bike ride with my sixteen year-old daughter, and today I went for a sunny solo run. Although it’s…

Feb 11

No Excuses

Feb 11

Melissa Williams

Vegetarian Curried Winter Stew

Time and again I turn to this Curried Lentil, Squash and Apple Stew in the winter. It’s hearty, flavorful, and vegetarian.

Feb 6

Vegetarian Curried Winter Stew

Feb 6

Melissa Williams

Breadmaking in Winter

While I have learned to like winter so much more in recent years, we recently had close to a two-week stretch with no sun here in southern…

Feb 4

Breadmaking in Winter

Feb 4

Melissa Williams

Morning Inertia

For those of you who have been reading my work on Medium, you’ll notice that I’m experimenting with something new here: writing in a stream…

Aug 21, 2023

Aug 21, 2023

Melissa Williams

The Velveteen Woman

“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be…

Aug 19, 2022

The Velveteen Woman

Aug 19, 2022

Melissa Williams

Melissa Williams

I write about Nature and Nurture: getting outdoors and creating a nurturing home. Frequent inclusions: literature references, art, and spirituality.

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