"Avian Outings About in
           Amsterdam," from The Boston
           Globe.  Read here.




      "Learning to See the Beauty in
      Salons," from The Washington
      Post.  Read here.






                     "Princess for a Day: Making
                      Foster Children Feel Like
                      Royalty," from High Country
                      News.  Read here.
 



        "Helping Hands to Injured
        Birds of Prey," from The
        Christian Science Monitor.
        Read here.



                        "What the Cat Brought Us,"
                        from Horizon Air Magazine.
                        Read here (scroll to page 96).







   "Adopt a Raptor?" from  Orion.
   Read here.





            "Dream Child: An Adoptive
            Family Bonds Over Backpacks
            and Tiaras," from Oregon
            Quarterly.  Read here.

          "Wanting What I Have," from
          Mothering Magazine. Read here.





           "Why Mom Won't Get Married,"
           from The Advocate.  Read here.
 






           "Disappearing Into Diversity,"
           from The Chronicle of Higher
           Education."  Read here.





  "Inspiration of Osprey," from
  Oregon Quarterly.  Read here.




  "In My Grandmother's Wake,"
  from The Los Angeles Times.
  Read here.



Melissa Hart is the author of over a hundred articles and essays published nationally and internationally. 

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