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Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

My Soul

Recently I finished Rene Denfeld’s novel The Enchanted. It was a brutal book and many parts I could have done without, but the bulk of the…

Apr 4, 2018

My Soul

Apr 4, 2018

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

After the rumble

There’s a calm after the storm, but also this tension and anger that permeates my being. This wanting to be quiet and rest, figure out…

Sep 19, 2017

Sep 19, 2017

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

Iris

You stand tall before me, a Goddess waiting to be worshiped.

Sep 18, 2017

Iris

Sep 18, 2017

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

Checking out or sitting with my own uncomfortable truths

I am feeling a lot of chaos internally currently. I feel angry and scared and exhausted and hurt. Really I just want to have a day where I…

Feb 20, 2017

Checking out or sitting with my own uncomfortable truths

Feb 20, 2017

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

The Paradox of a Stamp

There is a pervasiveness that sneaks up on me when it comes to my abuse. I’ll be going about my day, happily unaware of the constant…

Feb 19, 2017

The Paradox of a Stamp

Feb 19, 2017

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

“Hello Darkness my old friend…”

The pain is tremendous and all consuming, engulfing the heart, searing the flesh with its flames of rejection and hate.

Jan 28, 2017

“Hello Darkness my old friend…”

Jan 28, 2017

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

The Wall

I stand before this fortress wall, examining its contours. Made of stone and mortar, strong and protective, it helps to keep me safe, or so…

Jan 11, 2017

The Wall

Jan 11, 2017

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

Only One

I’m at again today, cleaning that is. This time I’ve tackled the driveway. Our weekend was busy enough for us to be unable to get the inch…

Jan 10, 2017

Only One

Jan 10, 2017

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

Cleaning

Cleaning seems to be my modus operandi when I am trying to process some kind of stress or conflict in my life. I don’t think I’m alone in…

Jan 9, 2017

Cleaning

Jan 9, 2017

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

Smells of Brooklyn

It’s funny how certain smells can trigger such vivid memories for me. Cooking onions are like that, particularly the smell of an onion…

Jan 5, 2017

Smells of Brooklyn

Jan 5, 2017

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

Melissa Pletscher-Nizinsky

Writer, mother, wife, lover of flowers, cooking and food. COO, Head Chef, Party Planner, Doctor on Call of Chez Nizinsky.

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