It Started with the Wrong Uber Did you every wonder what happens when you get into someone else’s Uber and the driver doesn’t speak your language? I hadn’t…until recently. Which is surprising. I tend to catastrophize when it comes to gallivanting around Paris armed only with toddler French. I typically imagine myself post-accident: rushed to the […]
The Latest Podcast on Consequential Strangers
I am truly living through — and part of — the Narcissistic Era. To wit, here’s 35 Minutes of Me, airing now and forever. Remember radio? Remember having to “tune in” on a particular day and time? This guy interviewed me on his podcast, Insights Listen now: Consequential Strangers As he posted… The quality of our […]
Stealing Words Is a Still a Crime: How To Show That We Care
No one knows who wrote the humorous gem that I copied below, but 105,000 people want to make themselves look good by posting it. Yesterday, I received a forwarded email that was sent to Rhoda who, in turn, emailed it to me — you know, the kind that starts with a dare… If you read […]
The Dilemma of a Writer in 2021: Is it Risky Asking Readers to Pay?
Back from a summer hiatus, dear Subscribers to MelindaBlau.com. Until now, I’ve made it easy for you to read what I post on Medium by publishing it here, too. I did this, because even with all that vies for your attention, you take the time to read me. I appreciate you who landed here by […]
Roof Days With Marge
The Blessing of a 103-year-old Friend Roof Days with Marge shamelessly echoes Tuesdays with Morrie, the 2007 bestseller by Mitch Albom, about “an old man, a young man, and life greatest’s lessons.” This post is about an old woman and a somewhat-less-old woman, and life’s most challenging passage! #successful aging Marge will be 104 in […]