Melissa Pappas

Writer and Photographer

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    • An Early Fall
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    • The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
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  • Writing
    • An Early Fall
    • Beginnings
    • Ice on The Tracks
    • The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
    • The Socrates Café
    • Epilogue
  • Current Writing Projects
    • The Other
      • Novel Playlist
  • Recognized Writing
    • The Water
    • Creme Caramel
  • All Projects
  • Blog- Through My Lens
  • Blog- Through My Lens
  • Current Writing Projects
    • The Other
      • Novel Playlist
  • Recognized Writing
    • Creme Caramel
    • The Water
  • Welcome to My World
  • Writing
    • An Early Fall
    • Beginnings
    • Creme Caramel
    • Epilogue
    • Ice on The Tracks
    • The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
    • The Socrates Café

Writing

“Write the story you want to read”

Anne Rice
Notebook with fountain pen
Old School tools of the writer’s craft

Here are a variety of short stories and poems. They cover a variety of subjects and themes.

  • Blog- Through My Lens
  • Current Writing Projects
    • The Other
      • Novel Playlist
  • Recognized Writing
    • Creme Caramel
    • The Water
  • Welcome to My World
  • Writing
    • An Early Fall
    • Beginnings
    • Creme Caramel
    • Epilogue
    • Ice on The Tracks
    • The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
    • The Socrates Café

Recent Posts

  • A Modest Proposal for newspaper websites and newspaper paywalls
  • Seasons Change
  • Why do People do the things they do?
  • Thought of the Day
  • Monday Thoughts

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  • Seen today on the way to the Mall of America. I think of it as the “Bloomington Stargate”. (I don’t know what it’s really supposed to be or represent but I can’t see it as anything besides a Stargate.) #sculptures #publicart
  • Some of the panoply of colors of nature’s bounty. #photography #vegetables #vegetablegarden
  • You never know what you will find in the spaces between buildings. #streetart #streetphotography
  • A study in color and texture seen on a late summer walk. #nature #flowersandplants
  • Spread kindness around like wildflowers. (These roses aren’t exactly wild but the sentiment can still apply.) #flowers #positivethoughts
  • One of the murals in my neighborhood. #publicartwork
  • How it all began. The notebooks that I wrote the beginning of my novel in back in 2000. #writing #fictionwriter
  • Urban architecture for a spring Monday. #photo #photography #architecture
  • Today’s moment of zen. #photooftheday #photo
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Seen today on the way to the Mall of America. I think of it as the “Bloomington Stargate”. (I don’t know what it’s really supposed to be or represent but I can’t see it as anything besides a Stargate.) #sculptures #publicart
Seen today on the way to the Mall of America. I think of it as the “Bloomington Stargate”. (I don’t know what it’s really supposed to be or represent but I can’t see it as anything besides a Stargate.) #sculptures #publicart
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Seen today on the way to the Mall of America. I think of it as the “Bloomington Stargate”. (I don’t know what it’s really supposed to be or represent but I can’t see it as anything besides a Stargate.) #sculptures #publicart
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Some of the panoply of colors of nature’s bounty. #photography #vegetables #vegetablegarden
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Some of the panoply of colors of nature’s bounty. #photography #vegetables #vegetablegarden
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You never know what you will find in the spaces between buildings. #streetart #streetphotography
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You never know what you will find in the spaces between buildings. #streetart #streetphotography
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A study in color and texture seen on a late summer walk. #nature #flowersandplants
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A study in color and texture seen on a late summer walk. #nature #flowersandplants
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Spread kindness around like wildflowers. (These roses aren’t exactly wild but the sentiment can still apply.) #flowers #positivethoughts
Spread kindness around like wildflowers. (These roses aren’t exactly wild but the sentiment can still apply.) #flowers #positivethoughts
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Spread kindness around like wildflowers. (These roses aren’t exactly wild but the sentiment can still apply.) #flowers #positivethoughts
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One of the murals in my neighborhood. #publicartwork
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One of the murals in my neighborhood. #publicartwork
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How it all began. The notebooks that I wrote the beginning of my novel in back in 2000. #writing #fictionwriter
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How it all began. The notebooks that I wrote the beginning of my novel in back in 2000. #writing #fictionwriter
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Urban architecture for a spring Monday. #photo #photography #architecture
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Urban architecture for a spring Monday. #photo #photography #architecture
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Today’s moment of zen. #photooftheday #photo
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Today’s moment of zen. #photooftheday #photo
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