by Melanie Scheller | Dec 29, 2023 |
When I was a senior in high school, I won an honorable mention in the poetry category of the national Scholastic Creative Writing Awards (now the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards). Ken Burns, the award-winning documentary director and producer, also won an award in...
by Melanie Scheller | Dec 15, 2023 |
I grew up in the American South, where “the blessing” was what was said before a meal was eaten. It was sometimes known as “saying grace,” and it often sounded like this:...
by Melanie Scheller | Dec 1, 2023 |
“Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me” … unless the words happen to be in the form a curse. In fairy tales and blockbuster movies, curses have the power not only to break people’s bones but to poison their wells,...
