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Health.

Partial locavore

By Mel | Published: Thursday, 25 February 2010

Living in Alaska, it's hard to be a complete locavore. But I'm glad to be able to be a least a partial locavore, thereby reducing my carbon footprint, supporting Alaska farmers, & getting some really great local produce.

Also posted in Journal, Nutrition | Tagged community supported agriculture, food production & supply, Glacier Valley Farm CSA, local food | 1 Comment

Alaska Love Poem

By Mel | Published: Sunday, 14 February 2010

In 1984, during my troubled early twenties, I fell in love with a friend of mine. This poem was written to her. But it's especially a poem about how I came to love myself, & to give up my former self-hatred.

Also posted in Depression, Poems | Tagged aha, giving up self-hate, Lori, love, Night of the Butcher Knife, poem, Sharon, the pit | Leave a comment

A box of produce, & homemade sauerkraut

By Mel | Published: Thursday, 11 February 2010

More about community supported agriculture, & my very own homemade sauerkraut.

Also posted in Journal, Nutrition | Tagged Caprica (TV), community supported agriculture, food production & supply, gift exchange, Glacier Valley Farm CSA, local food, Mat-Su residents, sauerkraut, slideshow | Leave a comment

Local farmers, local food

By Mel | Published: Thursday, 28 January 2010

My first box of produce from Glacier Valley Farm CSA is cause to celebrate — not just good food, but also the connection that comes from supporting local farmers. Thank you, farmers of Mat-Su.

Also posted in Journal, Nutrition | Tagged community supported agriculture, food production & supply, gift exchange, Glacier Valley Farm CSA, local food, Mat-Su residents | 4 Comments

Actually, I kinda like clouds…

By Mel | Published: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Clouds are actually really beautiful, when I'm not feeling grey. A little about the aha! experience of 1984, when I permanently came out of my former self-hatred.

Also posted in Depression | Tagged aha, Book of Job, Caprica (TV), clouds, giving up self-hate, grey, poem excerpt, Sylvia, Voice from the Whirlwind | Leave a comment

Pausing under the clouds: A how-to guide for getting out of the grey

By Mel | Published: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Hungry, angry, lonely, tired: some of the things to be mindful about when life starts looking like shit. Again.

Also posted in Depression | Tagged 5-HTP, clouds, grey | 4 Comments

My story of 2009

By Mel | Published: Friday, 1 January 2010

Not quite ALL about my 2009, because that would take a year to write. This only took several hours.

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It’s all just an act… or maybe not

By Mel | Published: Monday, 19 October 2009

My last trip into the pit — my name for the worst form of depression/despair I sometimes go into — was in November & December 2007. Want to know what it feels like? I'll try to explain. And also how I get out of it.

Also posted in Depression | Tagged 5-HTP, Christopher Erin Rogers, Flickr, Melz history, NaNoWriMo 2007, the pit | 7 Comments

Saturn is Heavier in My Dreams

By Mel | Published: Thursday, 10 September 2009

Saturn is Heavier in My Dreams My head’s getting squashed again, all low and squat like I lived on Saturn or someplace like that, where the planet is heavy, and a woman from Earth can’t lift her head. My feet drag like they do in my dreams sometimes, and I don’t know why . . . like there’s a path I’m trying [...]

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-09-09: Partly cloudy

By Mel | Published: Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Coming out of the grey. # Well, I _thought_ I was coming out of the grey. Maybe not. # Yet another example of GOP family values hypocrisy. CA lawmaker open-mic’d his affairs w/ lobbyists. http://tinyurl.com/lumho5 # Twitter app on Facebook finally updating FB status about 3 hours behind the times. # How much data cited re: homeless in Anchorage [...]

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