Melina AsterinLit UpA Collection of MemoriesThe Story of a Girl and her Grandfather, by a Girl to her GrandfatherJan 3, 20231Jan 3, 20231
Melina AsterAnother One of the MissingArches National Park — Devils Garden trailDec 15, 2022Dec 15, 2022
Melina AsterinLit UpTogether under the Magnolia TreeThe Story of a Girl and her Grandmother, by a Girl to her GrandmotherOct 11, 2022Oct 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…Jun 26, 20222Jun 26, 20222
Melina AsterinLit UpTrappedThe impenetrable darkness is broken by hot strikes from Set in the sky.May 8, 2022May 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…Apr 24, 20223Apr 24, 20223
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.Feb 20, 20222Feb 20, 20222
Melina AsterinLit UpA Deep Breath of Fresh WaterA horn blares, tires screech. An SUV is skidding toward me, and I swerve.Jan 11, 2022Jan 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…Sep 17, 2020Sep 17, 2020