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Melinda Nakagawa
Sep 173 min read
Fun Skill building: Quick gesture sketches to build drawing skills
✏️Have you had challenges drawing that bird that flutters around or the cat that keeps changing position? ✏️Do you avoid sketching moving...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Feb 274 min read
How beauty shows up on my page
My process of nature journaling, quiet the inner critic, and let nature's beauty shine
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Melinda Nakagawa
Jan 32 min read
Wander through last year's nature journal to anticipate this year's treasures
revisit last year's pages to anticipate what you might see this year
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Melinda Nakagawa
Jul 14, 20237 min read
🌤 Clouds: How Nature journaling clouds helps me let go of perfection
Last week I spent a few days in the mountains and enjoyed big beautiful skies. I took lots of photos because I wasn’t able to nature...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Jul 3, 20234 min read
Magnolia Wisdom
Have you ever had a thought that pops into your awareness seemingly out of nowhere? Like a nudge to do something? I often do, and I’ve...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Apr 21, 20232 min read
Spring growth and tracking the changes
We’ve had so much rain here in California this winter, and it is allowing the grassy hills to remain lush and green into mid-April! As I...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Feb 20, 20235 min read
Befriending Trees Course: Winter wonders
Fun and easy ways to befriend Trees and learn to read their stories A 3-part online course: Thursdays, March 2, 9, and 16 Time:...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Feb 11, 20233 min read
Rainy day journaling 🌧
🌧 Rainy day journaling 🌧 On days like this- light rain falling all morning, I enjoyed a wander in the forest with my dog. She and I...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Feb 4, 20234 min read
Dormant trees reveal their stories
Now that we are in the middle of winter, deciduous trees have lost most of their leaves. This reveals so much more about the tree that...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Jan 3, 20239 min read
Reflections on Nature journaling
Happy New Year! I know many are ready to move on and leave 2022 behind. But as we turn our calendars to January, I’m actually drawn to...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Dec 2, 20224 min read
A moment in time: learning FROM nature versus learning ABOUT nature.
Nature is constantly changing- the sunrises and sets, the weather changes, every living thing goes through a perpetual cycle of birth,...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Nov 18, 20224 min read
Wander and wonder
This week I had a desire to get to the forest. I wanted to wander among the trees, take in the smells, sights, and feel the fresh air. I...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Nov 8, 20222 min read
What’s special about your nature journal?
This past week we had another lovely bookbinding workshop where we hand made books to use for nature journaling! It was great to be in...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Oct 8, 20223 min read
Unexpected kaleidoscope of colors
Its fall now and deciduous plants have leaves that turn bright colors before they drop. During this window of time between fresh color...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Sep 29, 20221 min read
Nature Journaling Week 2022 : Care (Video)
Watch Melinda’s session on the topic of Care for 2022 International Nature Journaling Week. How do we show Care in our nature journal?...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Aug 14, 20221 min read
Nature journal safari on Elkhorn Slough
Nature journals wild sea otters and other wildlife in their habitat! I’m offering a very special workshop- very limited seats so save...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Aug 6, 20222 min read
Trusting yourself: Listening and tuning into your heart
There’s something that I’ve been experiencing and getting more clarity about and I’d like to share with you. Its about trusting...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Jul 14, 20223 min read
Pausing for deep nature breaks
Summer is in full swing and I’ve enjoyed some quiet time in the mountains, rivers and the ocean. But for the past month I have not nature...
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Melinda Nakagawa
Jun 12, 20228 min read
Journaling around the world
International Nature Journaling Week, June 1-7 is a celebration of how we experience and record nature in our journals. June 1-7 This was...
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Melinda Nakagawa
May 10, 20223 min read
Bustling Spring, and moments of stillness
I invite you to open your mind to this idea: Time for rest is necessary for productivity, creativity and clarity. I know it may sound...
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