Mel JonesApr 29, 20207 min readGrief 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 min readHalf 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 min readI'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 min readBeing 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 3, 20195 min readBack to the House at Pooh CornerI was showing a friend, a coworker, how to see houses on Google maps the other day. She was excited. We looked at her house in England,...
Mel JonesDec 23, 20186 min readIt'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 18, 201815 min readNot 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...
J.T. HosackDec 12, 201831 min readThe Show Must Go On - The Death of a Teacher, Director, and MentorDon Cox was in the hospital. If the images in your mind have been influenced by ER and The Good Doctor, you would be right. He was...