Mel Andela
@melandela.bsky.social
Ontario, Canada
Passionate about storytelling
Short story & poetry author ✍️
melandela.carrd.co
Passionate about storytelling
Short story & poetry author ✍️
melandela.carrd.co
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Happy Halloween everyone 🎃 🧡
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#happyhalloween #halloween #halloween🎃 #spookyseason #october #iloveoctober #halloweennight #halloweenspirit #littleghost
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#happyhalloween #halloween #halloween🎃 #spookyseason #october #iloveoctober #halloweennight #halloweenspirit #littleghost
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Happy Halloween everyone 🎃 🧡
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#happyhalloween #halloween #halloween🎃 #spookyseason #october #iloveoctober #halloweennight #halloweenspirit #littleghost
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#happyhalloween #halloween #halloween🎃 #spookyseason #october #iloveoctober #halloweennight #halloweenspirit #littleghost
Remember.
The empty arms of the parents who were left to wonder
The echo of language lost to time
Everything that every child must have felt when taken, and held in fear
Remember 🧡
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#everychildmatters #orangeshirtday #remember #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation #truthandreconciliation
The empty arms of the parents who were left to wonder
The echo of language lost to time
Everything that every child must have felt when taken, and held in fear
Remember 🧡
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#everychildmatters #orangeshirtday #remember #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation #truthandreconciliation
September 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Remember.
The empty arms of the parents who were left to wonder
The echo of language lost to time
Everything that every child must have felt when taken, and held in fear
Remember 🧡
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#everychildmatters #orangeshirtday #remember #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation #truthandreconciliation
The empty arms of the parents who were left to wonder
The echo of language lost to time
Everything that every child must have felt when taken, and held in fear
Remember 🧡
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#everychildmatters #orangeshirtday #remember #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation #truthandreconciliation
I've been having a bit of trouble writing recently, between being busy and this 'WTF' time we're all in, so please enjoy these non-poems in the meantime.
Stay strong out there
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#writing #writinglove #writersblock #gunviolence #childrenarenotcollateral #epsteinfiles #wherearethefiles #staystrong
Stay strong out there
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#writing #writinglove #writersblock #gunviolence #childrenarenotcollateral #epsteinfiles #wherearethefiles #staystrong
September 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I've been having a bit of trouble writing recently, between being busy and this 'WTF' time we're all in, so please enjoy these non-poems in the meantime.
Stay strong out there
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#writing #writinglove #writersblock #gunviolence #childrenarenotcollateral #epsteinfiles #wherearethefiles #staystrong
Stay strong out there
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#writing #writinglove #writersblock #gunviolence #childrenarenotcollateral #epsteinfiles #wherearethefiles #staystrong
A snippet from 'Words', on why I love writing, why I love stories and words in general. They can mean something, or everything, to someone, even when reader and writer never meet
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#writing #readinglove #reading📖 #thepowerofwords #words #thepowerofstorytelling #books #youarenotalone
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#writing #readinglove #reading📖 #thepowerofwords #words #thepowerofstorytelling #books #youarenotalone
September 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A snippet from 'Words', on why I love writing, why I love stories and words in general. They can mean something, or everything, to someone, even when reader and writer never meet
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#writing #readinglove #reading📖 #thepowerofwords #words #thepowerofstorytelling #books #youarenotalone
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#writing #readinglove #reading📖 #thepowerofwords #words #thepowerofstorytelling #books #youarenotalone
Take your time
Do what's right for you
Enjoy it 🪻
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#slowdown #live #livefully #dontcompare #poem #poetry #lifeisbeautiful #enjoylife
Do what's right for you
Enjoy it 🪻
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#slowdown #live #livefully #dontcompare #poem #poetry #lifeisbeautiful #enjoylife
July 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Take your time
Do what's right for you
Enjoy it 🪻
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#slowdown #live #livefully #dontcompare #poem #poetry #lifeisbeautiful #enjoylife
Do what's right for you
Enjoy it 🪻
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#slowdown #live #livefully #dontcompare #poem #poetry #lifeisbeautiful #enjoylife
Pride month 🏳️🌈
I hope it's a month of pride, a month of joy, a month of love
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#pride🌈 #pridemonth #humanrights #loveislove
I hope it's a month of pride, a month of joy, a month of love
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#pride🌈 #pridemonth #humanrights #loveislove
June 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Pride month 🏳️🌈
I hope it's a month of pride, a month of joy, a month of love
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#pride🌈 #pridemonth #humanrights #loveislove
I hope it's a month of pride, a month of joy, a month of love
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#pride🌈 #pridemonth #humanrights #loveislove
We will lift those
They try to cut down
Push forward while
They try to pull
Us backward into
Another dark age
The yoke of change
Will not be heavy
Because we
Are stronger together
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#staystrong #strongertogether #humanrights #nokings #keepgoing
They try to cut down
Push forward while
They try to pull
Us backward into
Another dark age
The yoke of change
Will not be heavy
Because we
Are stronger together
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#staystrong #strongertogether #humanrights #nokings #keepgoing
May 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We will lift those
They try to cut down
Push forward while
They try to pull
Us backward into
Another dark age
The yoke of change
Will not be heavy
Because we
Are stronger together
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#staystrong #strongertogether #humanrights #nokings #keepgoing
They try to cut down
Push forward while
They try to pull
Us backward into
Another dark age
The yoke of change
Will not be heavy
Because we
Are stronger together
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#staystrong #strongertogether #humanrights #nokings #keepgoing
For my mom (from a previous Mother's Day gift 🩷)
For my little one ❤️
Happy Mother's Day ❤️💐❤️ For those celebrating, loving, missing, and struggling ❤️🩷❤️🩷
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#happymothersday #mothersday #poem #poems #love #poetry #writing #writinglife
For my little one ❤️
Happy Mother's Day ❤️💐❤️ For those celebrating, loving, missing, and struggling ❤️🩷❤️🩷
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#happymothersday #mothersday #poem #poems #love #poetry #writing #writinglife
May 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
For my mom (from a previous Mother's Day gift 🩷)
For my little one ❤️
Happy Mother's Day ❤️💐❤️ For those celebrating, loving, missing, and struggling ❤️🩷❤️🩷
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#happymothersday #mothersday #poem #poems #love #poetry #writing #writinglife
For my little one ❤️
Happy Mother's Day ❤️💐❤️ For those celebrating, loving, missing, and struggling ❤️🩷❤️🩷
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#happymothersday #mothersday #poem #poems #love #poetry #writing #writinglife
They remind us
Though things
Seem dark,
A new hope
Will dawn
So long as we
Remember
May the force be with you, always
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#starwarsday #may4th #maythe4thbewithyou #maytheforcebewithyou #rebel #rebelagainsttyranny #love #persevere #staystrong #anewhope #jedi
Though things
Seem dark,
A new hope
Will dawn
So long as we
Remember
May the force be with you, always
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#starwarsday #may4th #maythe4thbewithyou #maytheforcebewithyou #rebel #rebelagainsttyranny #love #persevere #staystrong #anewhope #jedi
May 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
They remind us
Though things
Seem dark,
A new hope
Will dawn
So long as we
Remember
May the force be with you, always
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#starwarsday #may4th #maythe4thbewithyou #maytheforcebewithyou #rebel #rebelagainsttyranny #love #persevere #staystrong #anewhope #jedi
Though things
Seem dark,
A new hope
Will dawn
So long as we
Remember
May the force be with you, always
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#starwarsday #may4th #maythe4thbewithyou #maytheforcebewithyou #rebel #rebelagainsttyranny #love #persevere #staystrong #anewhope #jedi
Apathy cannot
Be an option
When they are
Dismantling democracy and
Hijacking human rights.
Stay aware, Find your voice, Do what you can
❤️
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#staystrong #youarepowerful #youareloved #youarenotalone #findyourvoice #standupforwhatsright
Be an option
When they are
Dismantling democracy and
Hijacking human rights.
Stay aware, Find your voice, Do what you can
❤️
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#staystrong #youarepowerful #youareloved #youarenotalone #findyourvoice #standupforwhatsright
May 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Apathy cannot
Be an option
When they are
Dismantling democracy and
Hijacking human rights.
Stay aware, Find your voice, Do what you can
❤️
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#staystrong #youarepowerful #youareloved #youarenotalone #findyourvoice #standupforwhatsright
Be an option
When they are
Dismantling democracy and
Hijacking human rights.
Stay aware, Find your voice, Do what you can
❤️
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#staystrong #youarepowerful #youareloved #youarenotalone #findyourvoice #standupforwhatsright
Reposted by Mel Andela
So I was on vacation and not paying attention to academic library things for most of this week, but today my colleague informed me that ERIC will essentially shut down (no money, no staff, no maintenance) this week, and I'm just at a loss. 1/5
April 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So I was on vacation and not paying attention to academic library things for most of this week, but today my colleague informed me that ERIC will essentially shut down (no money, no staff, no maintenance) this week, and I'm just at a loss. 1/5
Reposted by Mel Andela
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
www.chron.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Never forget that empathy
Makes us human,
Makes us better humans.
⛅❤️
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#poems #poetry #stayhuman #takecareofeachother #empathy #humanrights #weareallhuman #weareallconnected
Makes us human,
Makes us better humans.
⛅❤️
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#poems #poetry #stayhuman #takecareofeachother #empathy #humanrights #weareallhuman #weareallconnected
April 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Never forget that empathy
Makes us human,
Makes us better humans.
⛅❤️
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#poems #poetry #stayhuman #takecareofeachother #empathy #humanrights #weareallhuman #weareallconnected
Makes us human,
Makes us better humans.
⛅❤️
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#poems #poetry #stayhuman #takecareofeachother #empathy #humanrights #weareallhuman #weareallconnected
🌱⛅❤️
Remember
There are always stormy skies
Rain clouds and downpours,
But within you,
Always,
Are the
Green shoots of tomorrow's promise
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#keepgoing #youarenotalone #poem #poetry
Remember
There are always stormy skies
Rain clouds and downpours,
But within you,
Always,
Are the
Green shoots of tomorrow's promise
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#keepgoing #youarenotalone #poem #poetry
April 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🌱⛅❤️
Remember
There are always stormy skies
Rain clouds and downpours,
But within you,
Always,
Are the
Green shoots of tomorrow's promise
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#keepgoing #youarenotalone #poem #poetry
Remember
There are always stormy skies
Rain clouds and downpours,
But within you,
Always,
Are the
Green shoots of tomorrow's promise
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#keepgoing #youarenotalone #poem #poetry
Not much better than cozy book time with a cozy cat 📖❤️
Enjoy the little moments
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#cozycat #books #readingtime #readmorebooks #catcuddles
Enjoy the little moments
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#cozycat #books #readingtime #readmorebooks #catcuddles
April 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Not much better than cozy book time with a cozy cat 📖❤️
Enjoy the little moments
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#cozycat #books #readingtime #readmorebooks #catcuddles
Enjoy the little moments
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#cozycat #books #readingtime #readmorebooks #catcuddles
Just thinking of those who need it right now
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#sticktogether #staystrong #youarenotalone #youarestrong #strongtogether
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#sticktogether #staystrong #youarenotalone #youarestrong #strongtogether
February 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just thinking of those who need it right now
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#sticktogether #staystrong #youarenotalone #youarestrong #strongtogether
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#sticktogether #staystrong #youarenotalone #youarestrong #strongtogether
January 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM