Melissa starts her blog

In the territory twixt sleep and waking, it came to me as these gifts often do - "Beyond the Realm of Om and Meow." That was years ago and I still find the phrase magical and transporting. Ramping up for Poetry in San Miguel de Allende, the gifts have been flowing.


I snapped the photo of the gift giver graffiti on a corner near downtown Oakland on my way to work.