Melina AsterinLit UpA Collection of MemoriesThe Story of a Girl and her Grandfather, by a Girl to her Grandfather·11 min read·Jan 3, 2023--1--1
Melina AsterAnother One of the MissingArches National Park — Devils Garden trail·4 min read·Dec 15, 2022----
Melina AsterinLit UpTogether under the Magnolia TreeThe Story of a Girl and her Grandmother, by a Girl to her Grandmother·11 min read·Oct 11, 2022----
Melina AsterinLit Up50 Years Gone ByOn the middle shelf of my entertainment center sits a photograph, yellowing in its frame. You and me, laughing on the hood of Dad’s Dodge…·4 min read·Jun 26, 2022--2--2
Melina AsterinLit UpTrappedThe impenetrable darkness is broken by hot strikes from Set in the sky.·4 min read·May 8, 2022----
Melina AsterinLit UpWays to Feel AliveThe window clicks when it’s fully retreated into the car door. I wouldn’t have had the strength to turn the hand crank last week, and as I…·3 min read·Apr 24, 2022--3--3
Melina AsterinLit UpThe Last DanceI carefully lower myself onto the bench. I sit just off-center, so I’m right beside the plaque, but not touching it.·7 min read·Feb 20, 2022--2--2
Melina AsterinLit UpA Deep Breath of Fresh WaterA horn blares, tires screech. An SUV is skidding toward me, and I swerve.·4 min read·Jan 11, 2022----
Melina AsterThe Innocent and WrongedEveryone is looking at me with their noses and foreheads wrinkled. I do not understand why, and I do not like it, so I smile at them. Now…·3 min read·Sep 17, 2020----