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Melissa Stacy

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in Cincinnati, Ohio, The United States

May 02, 1980

Website

https://melissastacy-thoughtcandy.com/

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Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary

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I live in Durango, Colorado. I like to spend my time doing Really Important Things, like eating cheese and wishing I had a pet hedgehog. I write fiction. I have self-published five novels.

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Today Is the Winter Solstice: Here’s a Christmas Story

Dear friends and readers,

As I type these words on December 21, 2021, it is the Winter Solstice, a celebration of the longest night of the year.

It has also been just over three years since I posted anything on my blog, and I thought it was time to fix that.

Earlier this month, I had a chance to spend some time with my family, and watch my favorite holiday shows. We turned on the classic Christmas ca

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Average rating: 3.78 · 74 ratings · 35 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Etiquette of Wolves 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and Student Loans and Other Big Problems 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloodshade of the Goddess 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mark of the Pterren: Book 1 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Published in 1971, "Be Here Now," by Ram Dass, is part memoir, part mystical experience how-to guide for the masses. I discovered Ram Dass by listening to Jack Kornfield lectures, and then reading one of Kornfield's books (Kornfield quotes Ram Dass a ...more
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Published in August 2018, "Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America," by Beth Macy, is a nonfiction book detailing the rise of the opioid epidemic in the U.S. I listened to this one on audio, and my attention wandered a * ...more
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