Melissa’s Substack
Melissa LudtkeWhen ideas and issues grab me and won't let go, I write about them. If they are about girls and women and sports, especially baseball, all the better! My book, "Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside," pops up every now and then.
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Let's Row Together
My daughter Maya isn’t always right.
But I’ve learned never to bet against her when it comes to organizing my life. And my surroundings.
Simple replaces surplus.
Clarity overcomes chaos.
Fewer overtakes many.
And this human tornado tou...
Let's Row Together
Every twist and turn of my hometown, Amherst, MA feels familiar.
Even though nearly six decades separate me from the time I lived there.
My parents moved us to Amherst when I was three months old.
Then, it was just me and them.
When I l...
Let's Row Together
In borrowing words from centuries and decades ago, I return to the document that birthed the American experiment of self-rule and set forth its enduring principles.
The Declaration of Independence.
Memorial Day, Boston Common, 2012
In Ja...
Let's Row Together
When I was a kid, I knew Marge as one of my mom’s dearest friends.
What I couldn’t know then was how eerily similar our obituaries would be.
Yes, though mine hasn’t been written, trust me when I tell you this will be so.
It’s inevitable...
Let's Row Together
This offer to climb a Nantucket lighthouse didn’t take long to sell out.
Had I known about June’s semi-annual stair-climbing outing, then on Saturday I could have been on the spiral staircase heading to the top of the 60-foot Sankaty Head...
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Author of "Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside,” (2024) Mom, climate activist and Charles River rower. My website: Melissaludtke.com
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