Hours at your computer behind a closed door, and I lived like a widow, mothered a fatherless child, respected your choice to close up tighter and tighter until you seemed to cease being there at all. Your home office was a ship that broke free from the rest of the house and sailed off […]
Melinda Coppola
Melinda Coppola has been writing in some form for over five decades. Her work has appeared in Harpur Palate, Kaleidoscope, The Autism Perspective, OneArt, Third Wednesday, and many other fine publications. Melinda also makes art, teaches Yoga, and parents a young woman on the autism spectrum. She nourishes her creative spirit with early morning walks, hot cinnamon tea, and intermittent affection from her four cats.