Melissa 🏳️🌈
@melis-willis.bsky.social
📚 Book Lover | Word Weaver
🌀 Family Historian | Ghost Chaser
✊🏼 Gen X Resister | Truth Seeker
💜 Blogger & Photographer: Share a cuppa w/ me on the threshold of all that’s been & all that’s yet to come @ undertheelderberrytree.com
📍NM, USA
🌀 Family Historian | Ghost Chaser
✊🏼 Gen X Resister | Truth Seeker
💜 Blogger & Photographer: Share a cuppa w/ me on the threshold of all that’s been & all that’s yet to come @ undertheelderberrytree.com
📍NM, USA
Happy heart, full belly. Now time to snuggle in with this cuddle bunny, crack open my book, and probably fall asleep two pages in 😂
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Happy heart, full belly. Now time to snuggle in with this cuddle bunny, crack open my book, and probably fall asleep two pages in 😂
This Thanksgiving by Lauren Mantis
[Stay safe and sane out there. Hydrate, breathe, count the memories not the calories, find joy, walk away if you must. See you on the other side.]
[Stay safe and sane out there. Hydrate, breathe, count the memories not the calories, find joy, walk away if you must. See you on the other side.]
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This Thanksgiving by Lauren Mantis
[Stay safe and sane out there. Hydrate, breathe, count the memories not the calories, find joy, walk away if you must. See you on the other side.]
[Stay safe and sane out there. Hydrate, breathe, count the memories not the calories, find joy, walk away if you must. See you on the other side.]
Continuing to make my through TEOTWAWKI, new tales from Stephen King’s world of The Stand & it is definitely slow going (all me, the stories are great). At 286 pages in, I’m 1/3 of the way through & aiming to finish these tales before the end of the year. Can I do it?
#booksky💙📚 #amreading #horror
#booksky💙📚 #amreading #horror
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Continuing to make my through TEOTWAWKI, new tales from Stephen King’s world of The Stand & it is definitely slow going (all me, the stories are great). At 286 pages in, I’m 1/3 of the way through & aiming to finish these tales before the end of the year. Can I do it?
#booksky💙📚 #amreading #horror
#booksky💙📚 #amreading #horror
Today’s reminder: You are magic, act accordingly.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Today’s reminder: You are magic, act accordingly.
Sunday morning perfection = hot tea in my hand + a good book in my lap + a solid rain storm outside + a cozy fire in the wood stove ❤️
#booksky💙📚
#booksky💙📚
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Sunday morning perfection = hot tea in my hand + a good book in my lap + a solid rain storm outside + a cozy fire in the wood stove ❤️
#booksky💙📚
#booksky💙📚
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Itza by Rios de la Luz + hot apple cider + pug cuddles = the best possible ending to the weekend while the world is on our fire and our country is crumbling around us 💙📚 Simple pleasures for.the.win!
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Itza by Rios de la Luz + hot apple cider + pug cuddles = the best possible ending to the weekend while the world is on our fire and our country is crumbling around us 💙📚 Simple pleasures for.the.win!
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Today’s reminder: There’s no time like the present. Take the class, go soak in natural hot springs, call that one person, make art…
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today’s reminder: There’s no time like the present. Take the class, go soak in natural hot springs, call that one person, make art…
Today’s (Full Moon) reminder, courtesy of the widgets on my phone:
Slow down.
Slow down.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today’s (Full Moon) reminder, courtesy of the widgets on my phone:
Slow down.
Slow down.
Today’s reminder:
Own your awesome 😎
Own your awesome 😎
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today’s reminder:
Own your awesome 😎
Own your awesome 😎
Today’s reminder is to Trust Yourself. Follow your own path, open the doors placed in front of you, keep moving forward.
It’s Monday, only you can make it a good one!
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
It’s Monday, only you can make it a good one!
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today’s reminder is to Trust Yourself. Follow your own path, open the doors placed in front of you, keep moving forward.
It’s Monday, only you can make it a good one!
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
It’s Monday, only you can make it a good one!
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Starting this wobbly day with a bit of crochet 🧶 Gotta finish up this baby blanket so it’ll arrive in time for the Shower next weekend ❤️
November 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Starting this wobbly day with a bit of crochet 🧶 Gotta finish up this baby blanket so it’ll arrive in time for the Shower next weekend ❤️
Just got pooped on by a duck.
How you doin’?
How you doin’?
October 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Just got pooped on by a duck.
How you doin’?
How you doin’?
Looking for my next book and, with help from theStoryGraph, challenging myself to pick a book from my least read genre: speculative fiction 🫣
Booksky📚💙, help! I’ve made a short list of options and am open to recommendations! Lay it on me!
Booksky📚💙, help! I’ve made a short list of options and am open to recommendations! Lay it on me!
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Looking for my next book and, with help from theStoryGraph, challenging myself to pick a book from my least read genre: speculative fiction 🫣
Booksky📚💙, help! I’ve made a short list of options and am open to recommendations! Lay it on me!
Booksky📚💙, help! I’ve made a short list of options and am open to recommendations! Lay it on me!
Tell me you have a pre-teen without telling me you have a pre-teen.
Photos/screenshots, gifs, stories welcome. A little levity never hurts 🫠
I’ll go first ⬇️ She asked for a favor.
Photos/screenshots, gifs, stories welcome. A little levity never hurts 🫠
I’ll go first ⬇️ She asked for a favor.
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Tell me you have a pre-teen without telling me you have a pre-teen.
Photos/screenshots, gifs, stories welcome. A little levity never hurts 🫠
I’ll go first ⬇️ She asked for a favor.
Photos/screenshots, gifs, stories welcome. A little levity never hurts 🫠
I’ll go first ⬇️ She asked for a favor.
What’s for dinner in your neck of the woods?
We’re having ground beef and bean burritos smothered with home grown green chile 😋
We’re having ground beef and bean burritos smothered with home grown green chile 😋
October 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
What’s for dinner in your neck of the woods?
We’re having ground beef and bean burritos smothered with home grown green chile 😋
We’re having ground beef and bean burritos smothered with home grown green chile 😋
It’s been a bit since I checked for an Ancestry DNA update and I’m intrigued by the new format. It seems the percentages are all very similar to my previous estimates but the places of origin have been added to. I’ll have to deep dive next time I prioritize a family history session 🤔🧬🌳🌀
October 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It’s been a bit since I checked for an Ancestry DNA update and I’m intrigued by the new format. It seems the percentages are all very similar to my previous estimates but the places of origin have been added to. I’ll have to deep dive next time I prioritize a family history session 🤔🧬🌳🌀
Loving every horrible minute of TEOTWAWKI!
October 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Loving every horrible minute of TEOTWAWKI!
Happy Friday from the farm! Hope your day is as chaos-less as possible 💛
October 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Happy Friday from the farm! Hope your day is as chaos-less as possible 💛
Finished listening to Piranesi today and it was… interesting. I feel like this might be a better read in print but not sure about making the investment 🤔 Definitely took me out of my norm, tho, which is always a good thing!
💙📚 #booksky
💙📚 #booksky
October 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Finished listening to Piranesi today and it was… interesting. I feel like this might be a better read in print but not sure about making the investment 🤔 Definitely took me out of my norm, tho, which is always a good thing!
💙📚 #booksky
💙📚 #booksky
Happy Caturday from my sweet journaling companion, Cer 😻 Wishing you a lovely weekend spent doing literally anything that doesn’t involve doomscrolling ❤️
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy Caturday from my sweet journaling companion, Cer 😻 Wishing you a lovely weekend spent doing literally anything that doesn’t involve doomscrolling ❤️
September @thestorygraph.com wrap up! I re-read Katherine Arden’s The Winternight Trilogy & loved it even more than the first time I read it! As part of my 50 Before 50 list, I am reading all of Arden’s books. These were the kick off & a perfect slide into the cooler months 💙
#booksky 💙📚
#booksky 💙📚
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
September @thestorygraph.com wrap up! I re-read Katherine Arden’s The Winternight Trilogy & loved it even more than the first time I read it! As part of my 50 Before 50 list, I am reading all of Arden’s books. These were the kick off & a perfect slide into the cooler months 💙
#booksky 💙📚
#booksky 💙📚
Up and slowly coming out the other side of COVID after several days in bed 😞 Willow the Pug missed me 🥰
What’d I miss?
What’d I miss?
September 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Up and slowly coming out the other side of COVID after several days in bed 😞 Willow the Pug missed me 🥰
What’d I miss?
What’d I miss?
Gentle reminder from this sweet old (18!) girl, on this lovely Caturday, who is actively wondering why *she is not on my lap 🤣
Happy Weekending!
Happy Weekending!
September 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Gentle reminder from this sweet old (18!) girl, on this lovely Caturday, who is actively wondering why *she is not on my lap 🤣
Happy Weekending!
Happy Weekending!