📚 Book Lover + Soil Tender 🌀 Family Historian + GenX Resister 📷 Writer + Photographer 👩🏻‍💻 Documenting life on the threshold of all that’s been & has yet to come, on the blog @ undertheelderberrytree.com 🥰 Skeet comms > 👎🏻 DMs 📍New Mexico, USAhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mvazqyhwc22vCare to share a cuppa with me? It’s been a minute since I’ve written a blog post but today was the day the words wanted to flow and I was not about to resist. Sometimes we just need a bit of space, you know? But I’m here now, and determined to get my groove back 💜 https://undertheelderberrytree.com/over-a-cuppa-twenty-eight-here-now/11 Sep 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvazqyhwc22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3muy4lvgg6c2vDecided to make a couple of loaves of bread for the week ahead despite the heat this evening. How was I repaid? With the smell of fresh bread in the house and petrichor breezing in through the windows! Petrichor! I don’t think I could be happier in this moment 💙08 Sep 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muy4lvgg6c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3muusbnwvrs26Renaming New Mexico “New America”? Yeah… what they said ⬇️ Never would I ever 😡 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muusbnwvrs26https://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3muqdnksscs2lI had Jury Duty this week on an intense case (no, obvs not *that case). Daily, I was on my phone a few minutes here & there. Deliberations = no tech at all. It was only four days but today, at home, I’ve misplaced my phone multiple times & my screen time is down over 50% for the week! Wild.05 Sep 2026 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqdnksscs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mumlei274s2l“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.” RIP Gloria Steinem03 Sep 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumlei274s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mul7avrsik2zEating a solid chef salad with a dinky plastic fork is not my favorite.03 Sep 2026 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mul7avrsik2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3muitayo4a22bOne book. I only read one book in August. 419 pages. And guess what, I’m damn proud. Every page, every story, leaves us just a little bit different than we were before, and that matters more than any kind of competition or comparison to what anyone else has accomplished 💙📚 Onward!02 Sep 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muitayo4a22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mue3d7m72c2nThe nostalgia is real today, no?! I was a single mom in the 90s/early 2000s & worked in a restaurant to keep us afloat. Any “extra” tips from the week went to Hastings VHSs so my daughter & I could enjoy some solid movies and air popped popcorn over the weekend. Those were, truly, the days! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 04:34 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mue3d7m72c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3muct2jhawk23Fun to see this trending! These are the first 10 that popped I to my head 🎶 Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: 1. Tori Amos 2. Pearl Jam 3. Violent Femmes 4. BB King 5. Dave Matthew’s Band 6. Harry Connick Jr. 7. John Butler Trio 8. Sting 9. Etta James 10. Billie Eilish30 Aug 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muct2jhawk23https://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mu4bz6fs222dType “my characters” on Pinterest !! This tracks 🤣 Not sorry 🤷🏻‍♀️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4bz6fs222dhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mtwzbk3ewc2sSo so glad I had the privilege of sharing a timeline with Dolly Parton. What a phenomenal human being she was. May we all carry her forward on the pulse of our hearts and in the care we offer to our communities 🖤25 Aug 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwzbk3ewc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mtvsqve4js2dWeirdly Haunted Forest is pretty on point 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvsqve4js2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mtjigvt6wk2rStay close to _______ (noun) that feel like sunshine ☀️ {Can we bring MadLibs back, please? I think we could all use a little more levity in our days, no?}20 Aug 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjigvt6wk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mth4b674f22zGrocery stores offer such interesting insights into how our communities are doing… Who is confident, who is struggling, who is shopping for someone else and is utterly lost, who is helping who, who is experiencing sticker shock (all of us?), who’s card has been declined, etc. All the masks come off.19 Aug 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth4b674f22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mtfjonhpkc2wAnyone else’s dog do this to their bones? It can’t be just mine, can it?19 Aug 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfjonhpkc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mteucjpcj22xFuck this! We don’t need “bigger cases” we need our loved ones to stop dying! “Two additional DEA whistleblowers in New Mexico have come forward in recent weeks, including one who said his colleagues there failed to seize 350,000 fentanyl pills that they learned about… in a 2024 wiretap.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteucjpcj22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mtcbw5k4622yHappy Black Cat Appreciation Day! This lovely lady is Ceridwen. When she’s not cuddling her bestie, she’s either in Panther Mode (running amuck on top of the cabinets, doors, or railings while growling about it) or sleeping quietly away from any hustle and bustle. Goodness how I adore her 🖤17 Aug 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcbw5k4622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/melis-willis.bsky.social/post/3mt3l53ync227Just had the most glorious little rain storm come through our part of north-central New Mexico! Amazing how a little rain can offer such respite for our parched land and weary souls!15 Aug 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:3cxm5o7uj55nzxe473msg7y2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3l53ync227