by Melanie Scheller | Feb 9, 2024 |
In a case involving the definition of “hard-core pornography,” Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said that he couldn’t define it, but “I know it when I see it.” I feel the same way about defining “beautiful...
by Melanie Scheller | Jan 26, 2024 |
I can’t remember anything said by the speaker at my high school commencement. I don’t bother listening to campaign speeches or debates anymore. Oscar acceptance speeches bore me to tears. All of that could be because I’m a visual learner, not an...
by Melanie Scheller | Jan 12, 2024 |
I’ve often wished that I would win the lottery. It hasn’t happened yet. Could that be because I didn’t make my wish while blowing away the fluff from a dandelion, dropping a coin in a wishing well, pulling on one wing of a wishbone, or rubbing a...
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:...
