by Rochelle Melander It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and many of us are celebrating by wearing green. (Although St. Patrick’s color was actually blue. The feast day became associated with green in the 18th century, when it was linked to Irish independence.) When Patrick was a teenager in Britain, he was captured by Irish Pirates and...Read More

What My Heroes Taught Me About Writing by Rochelle Melander  “Even when you’re sure everything is falling to pieces, the moon is always right back in its usual place the next evening; the birds are still singing the next day as sweetly and eagerly as ever. And whether or not their singing is of any...Read More

Connect to your Purpose by Rochelle Melander “One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?”― Rachel Carson Why would anyone put a fox in charge of the chicken coop? It would seem ridiculous. But it’s a...Read More

What My Heroes Taught Me about Writing: Wang Zhenyi by Rochelle Melander It’s made to believe, Women are the same as Men; Are you not convinced, Daughters can also be heroic? — Wang Zhenyi Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797), a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, textbook writer, and poet, lived at a time when women had no legal rights...Read More

by Rochelle Melander “I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.” ~ Florence Nightingale Happy Women’s History Month! To celebrate, I’ll be writing about some of my favorite heroes and how they can teach you about...Read More

by Rochelle Melander Ninety years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, Sojourner Truth refused to get off a streetcar in Washington, D.C. In 1865, a conductor dislocated Truth’s arm when he tried to toss her off. Truth sued the District of Columbia and won. The conductor lost his job,...Read More