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Melissa Westemeier
- Dec 23, 2020
- 4 min
proceeding apace
A couple of bird feeders hang outside my window and flocks of visitors arrive all day long. Even on this dreary winter day, sparrows, fin...
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Melissa Westemeier
- Sep 6, 2020
- 5 min
first one done
The report from Room 209: This first week of the school year was ... really different. My students' desks are arranged in rows per CDC re...
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Melissa Westemeier
- Aug 25, 2020
- 4 min
perspective
I'm different than I was yesterday. Every day I learn new information or have a new experience, and my knowledge expands and my understan...
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Melissa Westemeier
- Aug 7, 2020
- 4 min
past pools
This strange summer I have worn down a path moving through my daily routine. Kitchen to make coffee. Library to write. Garden to pull wee...
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Melissa Westemeier
- Jul 9, 2020
- 4 min
wild living
This quiet summer means I get to swim nearly every day. In order, my strokes of preference are: back stroke (my best and fastest), breast...
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Melissa Westemeier
- Jun 26, 2020
- 4 min
how the plot unfolds
Last summer an idea for a story squeaked around the edges of my brain and I articulated it to my writing group. "Possibly my next book pr...
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Melissa Westemeier
- May 16, 2020
- 3 min
closer
It's human nature to pull in tighter when we feel fear. Instinct makes us curl in to protect ourselves from a punch, we wrap ourselves ar...
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Melissa Westemeier
- May 2, 2020
- 4 min
discoveries
This pandemic has revealed a few sobering truths to me. That's bound to happen when isolated with your own thoughts, there's no distracti...
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Melissa Westemeier
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
kind words
A few early reviews of my new book have come in and they are very flattering (special shout-out to Musings of a Bookworm!). Thank you to ...
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Melissa Westemeier
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
a few words about Maw
It's strange to share a bed with someone while they read the book I wrote. I can't focus on my own book because my gaze keeps moving over...
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Melissa Westemeier
- Apr 11, 2020
- 3 min
reading in quarantine
While pushing out my new book and keeping up with teaching online, I've enjoyed some pretty eclectic reading in my spare time. Most peopl...
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Melissa Westemeier
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
no foolin'!
My new book will be available April 1st! It's been printed and shipped and you can hold a copy in your hands in just a few short days! Am...
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Melissa Westemeier
- Oct 25, 2019
- 1 min
cover reveal!
cover reveal for Through the Channel!
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