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mosqueOld Istanbul and the "new" mosque.2014-05-24T19:24:21+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/05/13/and-go-time/2014-05-14T14:57:40+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/05/10/how-i-like-to-travel/2014-05-10T19:27:04+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/05/06/of-loves-and-languages/2014-05-09T02:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/05/01/may-is-here/2014-05-02T03:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/04/26/three-good-things/2014-04-27T23:01:04+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/04/20/weekend-visit/2014-04-20T23:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/04/13/of-birthdays-books-and-fun/2014-04-14T01:42:39+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/04/09/not-all-here/2014-04-10T02:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/04/03/happy-rejection/2014-04-09T23:21:31+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/03/30/hello-burnout/2014-03-31T10:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/03/26/dont-put-away-childish-things/2014-03-27T02:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/03/17/phoenix-burning/2014-03-18T02:39:44+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/03/13/still-pretending-to-be-an-adult/2014-03-14T21:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/08/31/boundary-issues/2014-03-09T19:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/03/09/having-fun/2014-03-09T18:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/02/25/faith-restored/2014-03-01T01:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/02/22/happy-ragnarok/2014-02-24T02:09:19+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/02/16/more-snow/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/savedpicture-201421693237.jpgSavedPicture-201421693237.jpg2014-02-17T00:24:34+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/02/13/sordid-truth/2014-02-15T00:38:57+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/02/05/what-gets-you-creating/2014-02-06T02:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/02/03/i-am-entirely-too-good-at-wasting-time/2014-02-08T15:55:03+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/01/28/beginning-to-understand/2014-01-30T02:58:01+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/01/21/round-and-round-we-go/2014-01-22T01:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/01/18/keeping-honest/2014-01-15T03:53:57+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/01/15/books-so-many-books/2014-01-18T12:45:53+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/01/12/reading-list-2013/2014-01-12T23:59:58+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2014/01/01/happy-new-year/2014-01-02T04:00:49+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/12/22/ice-fire-lobster/2013-12-22T20:21:00+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/12/06/i-survived-and-then-some/2013-12-07T03:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/12/03/winter-isnt-coming-its-here/2013-12-06T00:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/11/28/happy-turkey-day/2013-11-30T20:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/11/17/a-little-about-stress/2013-11-18T03:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/11/08/words/2013-11-08T15:45:42+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/11/01/happy-announcing-day/2013-11-02T03:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/10/27/i-did-it-again/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1377235_10151910732383397_1484754561_n.jpg1377235_10151910732383397_1484754561_nhttps://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1374247_10151910733128397_1351560845_n.jpg1374247_10151910733128397_1351560845_n2013-10-29T23:11:56+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/10/17/all-supernatural/2013-10-29T23:11:03+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/10/01/happy-october/2013-10-01T19:21:56+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/09/29/influences-and-guilty-pleasures/2013-10-16T17:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/09/21/blogging-blather/2013-09-21T03:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/09/10/you-can-tell-im-a-fantasy-writer/2013-09-20T02:30:13+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/09/06/anxious-announcements/2013-09-24T18:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/08/27/up-and-up-and-up/2013-08-28T02:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/01/01/the-phoenix-effect/2013-08-19T02:48:12+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/08/16/i-do-not-have-to-justify-myself-to-you/2013-08-22T17:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/08/15/insidious-insecurity/2013-08-15T20:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/08/08/and-were-off-again/2013-08-08T12:15:54+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/08/02/perfect-people-being-perfect/2013-08-02T04:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/07/25/well/2013-07-26T01:11:08+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/07/22/busy-week/2013-07-23T00:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/07/07/magenta/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1040741_10152986728685440_414895129_o.jpgPink hair!2013-07-11T13:33:36+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/06/22/write-a-thon-update-1/2013-06-23T02:23:02+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/06/22/write-a-thon/2013-06-29T02:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/06/16/speaking-of-anniversaries/2013-06-17T00:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/06/14/remembrances/2013-06-15T03:07:49+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/06/10/highlights/2013-06-25T23:17:24+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/06/07/be-brave/2013-06-25T23:16:40+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/06/03/i-call-shenanigans/2013-06-03T19:13:03+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/05/30/awkward/2013-05-31T01:48:05+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/05/27/random-thought-of-the-day/2013-06-07T15:59:38+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/05/24/of-art-diversity-and-dogs/2013-05-25T02:09:53+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/05/23/a-brief-note-on-family/2013-05-23T04:21:09+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/05/01/excitement-and-life-goals/2013-05-06T01:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/04/14/dreaming-worlds/2013-04-14T05:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/04/12/what-gives/2013-04-12T05:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2013/04/05/because-i-am-just-that-awesome/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/random-cow-blog.jpgRANDOM COW!Pretty mountain, random cow, and accidentally catching my reflection.https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/flower-blog.jpgPretty non-hallucinogenic flower!This is a flower. It will not knock you out and make you hallucinate. (I don't think so, anyway.) That's a different flower. No, I didn't try.https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/waterfall-stairs-blog.jpgThis is me. At a waterfall outside the town of Baños. 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Pretty colors!The ferris wheel we're riding.https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/me-kay-ferris-wheel-tiny.jpgThe Blue Hill Fair is AWESOME ♥K and me riding the ferris wheel...and paying more attention to taking photos than the ride.2012-09-05T02:05:52+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/08/23/judging-covers/2012-08-24T00:56:06+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/07/25/five-favorite-flavors/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/531534_10150926547206370_1074407972_n.jpgHuckleberry!Photo by <a href="http://cartwheelsandtea.blogspot.com/">Lyz</a>!2012-08-17T03:07:10+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/08/12/i-have-many-loves/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dock1.jpgAt the dock in Blue HillFinally playing around with photo editing. No, I have no idea what I'm doing.2012-08-24T01:04:41+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/06/16/halloo-the-blogosphere/2012-08-17T03:03:31+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/06/21/time-to-create/2012-08-17T03:02:55+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/06/24/deconstructing-a-block/2012-08-17T03:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/06/29/when-a-writer-doesnt-write/2012-08-17T03:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/07/06/rejection-sucks/2012-08-17T03:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/07/12/how-do-we-do-what-we-do/2012-08-17T02:58:53+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/07/22/in-celebration-of-a-rare-day-off/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/day-off.jpgEditing2012-08-17T02:58:01+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/07/29/when-i-write/2012-08-17T02:57:11+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/08/16/needs-improvement/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/neil-gaiman-quote.jpegI want to be Neil Gaiman when I grow up. Only female.Brought to you by the wonderful folks at the <a href="http://blog.modcloth.com/2012/08/15/quote-of-the-day-neil-gaiman-on-mistakes/">ModCloth blog</a>.2012-08-24T14:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/08/04/ive-been-distracted/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/house.jpgA room of my own. But I'll share with my husband.It arrived on a truck. A house. Arrived on a truck. To summarize: surreal.2012-08-12T17:50:12+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/07/21/the-birthday-post/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/the-haul-712.jpgYes, those are my toesThe Haul.https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tidal-falls-712.jpgA typical Maine beachMy 'little' sisters investigating a tidal pool.2012-07-22T19:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/07/18/planning-that-thing-i-dont-do/2012-07-19T01:57:12+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/07/03/ok-folks-talk-to-me/2012-07-05T17:14:22+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/06/28/this-is-me/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/527124_10151801607800352_911249472_n.jpgLove your hole2012-07-13T22:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/06/18/misheard-on-a-plane/2012-07-10T00:47:19+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.com/2012/06/17/this-is-home/https://melissaburkart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/538203_10150843128760870_1113391328_n.jpgCadillac Mountain sunrise2012-06-17T14:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://melissaburkart.comdaily1.02026-03-12T14:16:00+00:00