Mel JonesApr 29, 20207 minGrief in Slow MotionI have been articulating, in bits and pieces, over the last several weeks the anger and frustration I have felt as we move through the...
Mel JonesMar 13, 20204 minHalf the SkyI was recently asked why do you always look angry? If you think this is an angry picture, you don’t want to see me mad (and, in my...
Mel JonesFeb 9, 20204 minI'm AliveThis past week has been tough. Taz, my dog, developed the blahs late Sunday afternoon. He wasn’t sick, just blah, lying about, not...
Mel JonesJan 23, 20203 minBeing a Woman in the Real WorldDear James Walters (and other smarmy men like him), I know so many men with good hearts and generous minds. But as Donny Osmond said, so...
Mel JonesJan 19, 20205 minLee-Jackson Day (revisited from 2007)Yesterday started as any normal day; my daughter Jaime and I took the boys to school, as always. My grandson Ryan, ten, goes all day and...
Mel JonesJan 16, 20203 minOut in the CountryWe have a stand of trees on the west side of the house. For years, a turkey has lived there. She has her babies; they make turkey noises...
Mel JonesJan 12, 20203 minTeam EarthWriting for the “general public” becomes more difficult. The world is pressing in, from all directions. The world is going to hell, and...
Mel JonesSep 25, 20193 minImpeachment, a primerThe definition of impeachment is not the president is now out of office. According to the Oxford English Dictionary: 1. Call into...
Mel JonesMar 26, 20191 minHushed by the NewsGrabbed by the… …country. In some alternative universe, Somewhere far away, safe, left behind by some mordant twist of fate Reason sits:...
Mel JonesFeb 6, 20194 minHook, Line, and Sinker, Notes on SOTU and StuffFact checking the man in the White House: misleading and false. He made one false claim every two minutes. And America tuned in, at least...
Mel JonesJan 21, 20195 minLee-Jackson DayFirst posted YEARS ago... still relevant Yesterday started as any normal day; my daughter Jaime and I took the boys to school, as always....
Mel JonesJan 1, 20193 minKites and Ballons: Review Mary Poppins ReturnsI saw Mary Poppins Returns yesterday and I have mixed emotions. Mary Poppins was my favorite movie growing up. And as an adult it still...
Mel JonesDec 31, 20185 minRemember What the Door Mouse Said...So here’s my list for 2019. Everyone needs a list, I’m big on lists. So much to be done; this list barely touches my goals. 1. To finish...
Mel JonesDec 30, 20181 minPoetry by Nick JonesHead bent, shoulders hunched Staring at the screen Constantly scrolling Now typing away Time for a new post Instagram, Facebook Snapchat...
Mel JonesDec 26, 20183 minAnd So This Is ChristmasI annoy people at Christmas. I don’t celebrate, I don’t buy in. It’s too much to buy. Life is complicated enough without the stress of a...
Mel JonesDec 23, 20186 minIt's Only WordsOriginally posted August 2016, but still so very relevant in content. The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate,...
Mel JonesDec 20, 20182 minLevel Up (by Josh Jones)Josh is my grandson, a budding writer, and he wants to write regularly. As every writer knows the best way to become a better write is to...
Mel JonesDec 18, 201815 minNot Enough (by Amber James)When I first read Luis Alberto Urrea’s By The Lake of Sleeping Children, I was living in a small town in Arkansas, had no experience with...
Mel JonesDec 10, 20181 minBridges Ice FirstAs I watch the snow fall Deep, thick, cold I think about the homeless Cold and alone under Bridges icing first. As I drive country roads...
Mel JonesDec 8, 20181 minIf Only I Were Sleeping38yrs ago today, at roughly the 6am hour, I rose from my bed, walked down the stairs, flipped the power to the stereo on. John Lennon’s...
