📚 Book Lover + Soil Tender 🌀 Family Historian + GenX Resister 📷 Blogger + Photographer 👩🏻‍💻 Documenting life on the threshold of all that’s been & has yet to come @ undertheelderberrytree.com 🥰 Skeet comms > 👎🏻 DMs 📍New Mexico, USAhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mqdbznpnec2fFive living writers that you’ve read five books by each: Stephen King Katherine Arden Diana Gabaldon Dervla McTiernan Jennifer Armentrout [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqdbznpnec2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mqd6ypux222fFinished up Land by Maggie O’Farrell yesterday (loved it) 🥰 Now trying to decide between: • What We Can Know by Ian McEwan and • Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw for my next listen 🎧📚 WWYD? 💙📚10 Jul 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqd6ypux222fhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mqcti5ehzs25It’s (only) 90*F out right now but the sun feels brutal. Just took a little walk around the garden with my kiddo to check our drip irrigation and had a solid chuckle at our pug chasing the shadow of a swallowtail 😂 We’re all hydrating now, pug, humans, and garden included.10 Jul 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcti5ehzs25https://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mq2rtqjtsk2mTuesday mood 😅 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2rtqjtsk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpyaoddyos23Today’s reminder, just in case you need it, too 🥰06 Jul 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyaoddyos23https://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpwau3ywek2jThings I’ve done today instead of scrolling: • Read and commented on blogs • Ate breakfast without my phone (!) • Inventoried and organized seeds • Planted beans, beets, and bunching onions in the garden • Watched the clouds roll by05 Jul 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwau3ywek2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mptofct3uc25How about, instead of fireworks to celebrate Independence Day, we chill with friends and/or family? Read? Cuddle fur babies? Play Animal Crossing? Anything that doesn’t involve exploding? Cool? Cool 😎04 Jul 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptofct3uc25https://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpr6ddj2rk2kHaven’t figured out where the smoke is coming from yet (fires in New Mexico or elsewhere) but it’s settled in our little valley and sent me inside from the garden with a budding headache. I loathe Fire Season ☹️03 Jul 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpr6ddj2rk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpmu3fo3wc2eI saw somewhere recently that, if you devote 18 minutes a day to something, at the end of the year you’ll have devoted 100 hours to that thing. Yes, yes… it seems like common sense, but when looking at the numbers, sometimes it all hits different, you know? - A few June reflections on the blog 💛 https://undertheelderberrytree.com/noted-june/02 Jul 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmu3fo3wc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpluvxbxys24Never have I ever been arrested 😅 ⬇️ 6/20 in total 🤷🏻‍♀️ How about you? [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpluvxbxys24https://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mplq46aklk2oHappy Hump Day! How’s it going in your neck of the woods? Have you eaten? Hydrated? Taken your meds? I’m in the midst of a flair up but am going to pull through! It’s a gorgeous day and I’ve got a lunch date with my kiddo that we’ve been looking forward to so… Onward!01 Jul 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplq46aklk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpklt5dz2s2sI've read 40/77 Top Ten Tuesday posts so far today and have added another 18 soon-to-be-released books to my TBR. I knew this would happen but damn. Book bloggers for the win! But I may need another bookshelf... don't tell my wife ;-)01 Jul 2026 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpklt5dz2s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpjxl5rqhc2iJust took a little field trip down to the closest dam on the Pecos River. Our continued drought here in New Mexico is devastating but walking across the dry river bed with my daughter was downright heartbreaking.30 Jun 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjxl5rqhc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpjmmnsq4c2uUpcoming book releases I’m psyched about, on the blog today 💙📚 Seven favorite authors + three that are brand new to me 🤗 I can hardly wait! https://undertheelderberrytree.com/top-ten-most-anticipated-books-july-dec-2026/30 Jun 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjmmnsq4c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpgxz2ohqs2dRecent happy snaps!29 Jun 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgxz2ohqs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpgxabotak2d🫠 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgxabotak2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mpcd66t4ik2bEnjoyed a fantastic Pride parade and event on the Plaza today. So grateful to be in community with so many awesome people in Santa Fe today 🏳️‍🌈27 Jun 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpcd66t4ik2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mp3dkcx4j22kSurprise thunderstorm came through this afternoon and left us with a bit of respite from the heat, happy plants, and a rainbow 🌈25 Jun 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp3dkcx4j22khttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3moywdmnvck2hIf you see this, post a female superhero! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2026 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3moywdmnvck2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3moygzt7e4k2hRec from the 98*F high desert of New Mexico, USA today: Buy some black out curtains. These extremes will only get worse as climate chaos evolves, I promise that you won’t regret the long term investment. Also, water is life. Stay hydrated and say NO to ai and data centers 💦23 Jun 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3moygzt7e4k2h