Melinda Blau

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Happy Valentine’s Day…Even if You Don’t Have “A” Valentine

February 14, 2021 by Melinda Blau

Here’s a link to today’s post on Medium (if you’re not a member, this will get you behind the paywall):  “A Forever-After Valentine’s Gift.” Writing this piece, I was aware that some people will find it irrelevant.  They don’t have A valentine.  They are single by choice or by circumstance.  They have friends, perhaps a […]

I Know You Want to Hear About Verizon….

February 12, 2021 by Melinda Blau

Thanks for your comments and your cheering on….   It is gratifying to realize (though I suspected) how many of you identified.  And now the story continues, “My Stolen $156.46: How It Ended”  

Am I Shallow or Is it Just Le Confinement?

February 10, 2021 by Melinda Blau

Thanks for reading me.  My latest on Medium is , I Refuse to Allow a Multimillion-Dollar Corporation to Steal $156.46 from Me!  And below is a more personal lament.  Do leave comments here and there! I Can’t Order from UNIQLO and it bothers me everyday… Before I arrived in Paris, I quarantined in Miami, DC, […]

Why Paying for Something Makes it Valuable

February 3, 2021 by Melinda Blau

Did you ever forget YOUR phone number? I did, and I explain why in “Dyslexia Never Dies,” my latest article on Medium.   Check it out; the title only gives some of it away! By the way, the link above is considered “a friend link” on Medium and guarantees that you will have access even if […]

This Time I Find Trouble Without Leaving Home!

January 18, 2021 by Melinda Blau

Here, for your reading pleasure is my latest adventure in Paris.  It could happen to you, too…. …unless you’re a Luddite or, famously, Fran Lebowitz, who recently told New Yorker writer Michael Schulman that the pandemic has not broken down her resistance to technology:  No. In fact, the daughter of a friend of mine called […]

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