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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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Into the Woods

By Mel | Published: Wednesday, 15 July 2009

This is the first of what’ll probably be two or three posts about my trip last weekend to Spokane. The main reason I went down there was to join my brothers Dave & Mark, sister Mer, nieces & nephew, & extended family in celebrating the lives of my mother, Rauha Elizabeth (neé Siukola) Green (1928—2005) [...]

Posted in Greens | Also tagged bragging about my family, Brewster family, Dave, Davenport WA, Lauren Green, Linda (1), Linda (2), Mark, musical theatre, slideshow, Spokane, theatre | 4 Comments

Blinks

By Mel | Published: Saturday, 23 May 2009

On Facebook, my friend David has been thinking about blinks. He posted a brief little meditation about it a few days ago, & this morning a wonderful short poem called “Blinking” that I wish I could post here but I haven’t asked him so I won’t. But his poem led me to dig [...]

Posted in Greens, Nonfiction | Also tagged 1962, 1994, blinks, cats, Columbia Falls, creative nonfiction, Dad, Dave, David Cheezem, Eight Lives, Facebook, Gretchen Legler, Lem the cat, Mark, Melz history, memory, Mer, Mom, Montana, Rozz, UAA, Whylie | Leave a comment

Lauren Green sings

By Mel | Published: Thursday, 9 April 2009

Last Saturday (April 4) I attended a concert at UAA of the winners and honorable mentions in two competitions held recently by National Association of Teachers of Singing Alaska (NATS): Classical Voice (held April 3–4) and Musical Theater (held February 28). My niece, Lauren, competed in the “upper avocation” division of both competitions. [...]

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Legacy

By Mel | Published: Monday, 12 December 2005

Arrived back in Anchorage late Saturday night. Last night with my partner I watched a documentary about Ram Dass, “Fierce Grace,” which title refers to his 1997 stroke which has led him to experiences & realizations he otherwise could not have had. There was a very moving section of the documentary with the [...]

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Green family

By Mel | Published: Tuesday, 6 December 2005

With Dad and Mom, Mer, Mark, and Dave. Columbia Falls, Montana. Abt. 1964. I’ve heard stories of families that, when a parent died, had all kinds of resentment or anger between family members over past wrongs and hurts. Well, we each have a share of hurts we’ve suffered from each other or given each other. [...]

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