Rob Melton
@robmelt.bsky.social
Hey, glad to see you are the curious type! That’s who I’m writing for. I give you the back story that makes it all make sense. You pass it on. Everything here is for you to share or use in your studio, classroom, or home. https://robmelton.substack.com/
This and one other story were the clues to the family's journey to the West Coast of California. Someone in the family has them, but you'll have to keep asking until you find them.
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How stories begin; someone writes them down, in this case my mother
This and one other story were the clues to the family's journey to the West Coast of California my Mom wrote down. Someone in the family has them, but you'll have to keep asking until you find them.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This and one other story were the clues to the family's journey to the West Coast of California. Someone in the family has them, but you'll have to keep asking until you find them.
open.substack.com/pub/robmelto...
open.substack.com/pub/robmelto...
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The world needs more of this and less of most other things
May 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The world needs more of this and less of most other things
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Write a complete story in 55 words or less. That's what I tell writers who are just learning how to write a narrative. All it needs is a setting, character or characters, conflict, and a resolution.
January 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Write a complete story in 55 words or less. That's what I tell writers who are just learning how to write a narrative. All it needs is a setting, character or characters, conflict, and a resolution.
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The truth is, when you are working with at-risk students of any type, they have given up trying before they ever arrived in your class. In their experience, the more work they submitted, the worse their grade became because they were learning something new. Here's what to do next.
March 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The truth is, when you are working with at-risk students of any type, they have given up trying before they ever arrived in your class. In their experience, the more work they submitted, the worse their grade became because they were learning something new. Here's what to do next.
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Reposted by Rob Melton
Reposted by Rob Melton
About half shot
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About half shot | Eric Mortenson | Substack
Oregon, family, journalism, bad golf, history, politics, writing, cooking, gardening and probably some other things. Click to read About half shot, by Eric Mortenson, a Substack publication.
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April 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
About half shot
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Your assignment, just for fun: Find a family photo, and write captions to go over each of the characters in your family story. Share it with family, friends—or here. It’s fascinating how effectively this becomes a fill-in-the-blanks writing prompt.
May 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Your assignment, just for fun: Find a family photo, and write captions to go over each of the characters in your family story. Share it with family, friends—or here. It’s fascinating how effectively this becomes a fill-in-the-blanks writing prompt.
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Pet parrots were taught to do video calls, and it was a hit.
The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots.
Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare.
🧪🦜
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The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots.
Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare.
🧪🦜
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
May 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pet parrots were taught to do video calls, and it was a hit.
The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots.
Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare.
🧪🦜
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots.
Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare.
🧪🦜
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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i don’t remember giving nasa permission to do that
May 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
i don’t remember giving nasa permission to do that
Your assignment, just for fun: Find a family photo, and write captions to go over each of the characters in your family story. Share it with family, friends—or here. It’s fascinating how effectively this becomes a fill-in-the-blanks writing prompt.
May 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Your assignment, just for fun: Find a family photo, and write captions to go over each of the characters in your family story. Share it with family, friends—or here. It’s fascinating how effectively this becomes a fill-in-the-blanks writing prompt.
About half shot
ericmortenson.substack.com?r=a2810&utm_...
ericmortenson.substack.com?r=a2810&utm_...
About half shot | Eric Mortenson | Substack
Oregon, family, journalism, bad golf, history, politics, writing, cooking, gardening and probably some other things. Click to read About half shot, by Eric Mortenson, a Substack publication.
ericmortenson.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
About half shot
ericmortenson.substack.com?r=a2810&utm_...
ericmortenson.substack.com?r=a2810&utm_...
We were developing a shorter, leaner workshop that brought a team of people together to make decisions to take back to the staff. The principles and approach were wildly successful. If you want to create a change in your organization, this is the how to get started.
Never learned this lesson, and I hope students Josh and Erin are still thinking outside of the box
Growing up my mom always told me not to talk with my hands--even though I produced puppet shows and newspapers for the neighbor kids, and was an actor and journalist after that.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We were developing a shorter, leaner workshop that brought a team of people together to make decisions to take back to the staff. The principles and approach were wildly successful. If you want to create a change in your organization, this is the how to get started.
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The fall of Rome seems so much less exciting now that I realize everyone was kinda just working their regular jobs and paying bills and stuff the whole time
April 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The fall of Rome seems so much less exciting now that I realize everyone was kinda just working their regular jobs and paying bills and stuff the whole time