Meladee Gardella
Stories (4/0)
Baby Blue
My mother-in-law taught me how to knit many years ago when I was a young mom and unable to concentrate for long periods of time. I wanted to learn because it was a way to bring me closer to her and I liked the idea of having a maternal hobby that required the skill of relaxing and focusing. Dolores was a magician of patience and kindness, she pulled out patience from nowhere like a rabbit from a hat. Her kindness was like a magician pulling an endless rope of silk scarves from their sleeve. She was truly magical. She put together a knitting kit with all the essentials: scissors, measuring tape, row counter, circular needles, straight needles, and everything a beginning knitter would need. She handmade a special tote bag to put everything in along with her handwritten tips and directions pinned to miniature knitted samples she made herself so I would have a visual reference to the patterns. She helped me knit an angora shawl, a felted purse, a halter-top, and our last project together, a blue baby blanket in a fan and feather pattern.
By Meladee Gardella3 years ago in Families
The Love Rock
If I went to the stall with my rosary and contrition you’d be the sin I’d confess. If I were arrested and put in a cell you’d be the crime I’d write down on paper and give to the judge. If I were in Jr. High and I were whispering in my girlfriend’s ear, I’d tell her I put a note in your locker that said you had a secret admirer. It’s hard to admit you pine for someone who doesn’t want you. It’s also one of the most glorious aches I’ve ever had. It’s a vibrant polished stone worn down by all the things I miss and wish for. I carry it in an imaginary pocket and let it shine love on people who actively love me. I admit it helps me create a life worthy to carry such an undisclosed devotion. When love and sex and friendship and memories are suspended in time without conclusions or the day-to-day minutiae that can erode passion, it stays in that magical place where, for a brief moment, everything was perfect.
By Meladee Gardella4 years ago in Humans
ICYMI
I can talk about the Sopranos for hours on end if I get a sympathetic ear. I’ve ended relationships with people who have never seen it. I mean, that’s a deal breaker right? This is to say, I like big blockbuster TV shows as much as the next couch potato. There are a few hidden gems though that people may have forgotten they liked, and might ignite some much needed nostalgia from simpler times when trickledown economics and yuppies ruled, when the internet first came into your home, and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall was the news lead, and Tiger Woods was still winning the British Open and only had 1 mobile phone to call hookers with.
By Meladee Gardella4 years ago in Geeks
Patagonia Pandemic
As the day drew closer to our trip the news regarding COVID 19 was just numbers and statistics that were chasing us. I didn’t know yet to run or hide, I just knew there were people who it had caught up with and they didn’t live where I did. I was thankful for that, and I made the decision to continue on with a much-anticipated adventure that I had made financial, physical and mental preparations for. My sister, my niece, and my friend Brittany would be backpacking in remote areas of Patagonia for 7 days. We would be sleeping in tents, zip lining across canyons and rivers, climbing mountains, and traversing glaciers. I thought we would go home and go back to our normal routines and lives.
By Meladee Gardella4 years ago in Wander