MissMeliss | November 18, 2008
One of the reasons I made the decision not to do NaNoWriMo this year is that every year I’ve done it I’ve been fighting against a huge reading mood - there’s just something about this time of year, when the days are sunny and warm, but at night it’s cool enough for firelight and flannel [...]
MissMeliss | November 11, 2008
In an ideal world, I’d have spent Veterans day writing something sweet about my grandfather, who was a career Army officer, and later taught at West Point’s signal school, which is actually in New Jersey. Alternatively, I’d have spent the day writing letters to my adopted soldiers CV and TL who are each in different [...]
MissMeliss | November 10, 2008
Spanish speakers would tell you that the word “zorro” means “fox,” but if you capitalize it, and give it to a dog as his name, sometimes it turns out to mean “champion” instead.
It was ten years ago today, on a cold and rainy, wretched November day when my stepfather called me from work. “Melissa,” [...]