Melanie Marshall

Lover of animals, the world and the mystic arts. Once I served BBC Foreign News, now I'm Ronin.

[Melanie Marshall @mdmarshall]

@HondaMexico Yo envío un DM, pero el problema es que nadie contesta el teléfono de atención al cliente. 1 800 368 8500. Lo he intentado una y otra vez. Llevo semanas llamando. #hondalovers #Ayuda #Honda @Honda

[Melanie Marshall @mdmarshall]

@HondaMexico Ayudame. Llevo 3 semanas llamando al servicio de atención al cliente de Honda. Nunca contestan. Mi madre está enferma y necesito urgentemente un documento para que mi CR-V y yo podamos quedarnos con ella. ¿Cómo puedo hablar con una persona de verdad? #hondalover

[Melanie Marshall @mdmarshall]

@tombateman @BernieDebusmann Hmmm… great read but the conclusion seems based on a potentially faulty assumption. That he hadn’t already lost the superpower; or that not standing up would have garnered a different outcome. Losing America is more the point…

[Joan Halifax @jhalifax]

"Our task is not to be popular or to be seen as having an impact, but to speak the deepest truths that we know. We need to live our lives in accord with the deepest truths we know, even if doing so does not produce immediate results in the world.” Daniel Berrigan, SJ

[Melanie Marshall @mdmarshall]

A beautiful piece from my former colleagues. And a painful reminder that children and other human beings are suffering today, and yet still holding on to beauty.

[Jon Donnison @jondonnisonbbc]

WATCH “It changes the mood when I play the violin." Mohammed, 14, has to play with the bow tied to his elbow. He lost part of his arm in an Israeli strike. Kids making music amid the mayhem in #Gaza. Our @BBCWorld story with @NickWoolley1234 @cswift2 & Anastasia Zlatopolskai

[Melanie Marshall @mdmarshall]

@OneNerdyOpinion The interspecies snuggling is the best. I am so happy for you three. My two started slow…but became inseparable. I miss them both so much. Snuggle Spike and Dandy from me!

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"Why is it that so many of us persist in thinking that Autumn is a sad season? Nature has merely fallen asleep, and her dreams must be beautiful if we are to judge by her countenance."
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The River in Autumn (1912)
🎨 Gustave Loiseau

[Melanie Marshall @mdmarshall]

Hard to believe sometimes, but that’s exactly when we need Mary Oliver.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

'Angels' by Mary Oliver

[Melanie Marshall @mdmarshall]

@Mjff4life @TheOperaGeek @OneNerdyOpinion I’m so sorry! I misspoke! Let me fix it: you’re ignorantly speaking ill of the dead. And are so high on your own supply you haven’t noticed that Cocoa Belly passed. This situation is terribly sad. All we know for sure is that the cat distribution system is needed. Can you help?

[Melanie Marshall @mdmarshall]

@Mjff4life @TheOperaGeek @OneNerdyOpinion

[Melanie Marshall @mdmarshall]

@Mjff4life @TheOperaGeek @OneNerdyOpinion I’m sure you think you’re being caring; but you’re managing to speak ill of the dead and be rude to someone who lost a friend and is trying to help. It is not helpful. Can you help these cats? If not, please bite your tongue. Things beyond our control happen. I hope never to you.

[Jemaine Clement @AJemaineClement]

I've been to Australia. That was their best dancer.

[Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy]

“Free Afghan women.”

Afghanistan’s first female Olympic breakdancer Manizha Talash competed at #Paris2024, the first Olympic Games where Breakdancing was included. Video via @Thibuch

[Tiny Buddha @tinybuddha]

"Nobody tells you how hard it is to rewire your brain so you can allow amazing things to happen to you after so much trauma or hurt. Blessings exist, good people exist, a softer life exists. Let it happen.” ~Layla Laurent

[Janey Godley @JaneyGodley]

No president of America has ever given birth - I don’t understand why it’s suddenly an issue

[Melanie Marshall @mdmarshall]

What a gorgeous thread

[J.R.R. TolKee @Jeremyakee]

There is a concept known as “thin places”, where it is said that the veil between this world and the next is thin. You can sense the numinous around you, even if you cannot describe it.

Where have you been that felt ‘thin’?

[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

Weird age to be a childless woman … neither sexpot nor mommy nor crone but a secret fourth thing

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

This is for everyone struggling with the next step.

[Joan Halifax @jhalifax]

“Everything is connected; nothing lasts; you are not alone.” Lew Richmond