Melinda Blau

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Isn’t it Time to Love Your (Naturally) Changing Face?

January 22, 2025 by Melinda Blau 2 Comments

So much more than vanity is at stake! August 10, 2024, me at 80, at “The Wisdom Whisperers” book party on Fire Island. Photo by Susan Kravitz Now and Then…It happens to all of us. Accepting your aging/changing appearance is key to a good life. Neither is easy. I made peace with my changing body before I felt […]

Reconnecting to Share Exciting News About the Trauma of My Last 5 Months

January 21, 2025 by Melinda Blau Leave a Comment

I want to think that you notice when I’ve been away for a while. In the past, it was because I was posting on Medium or because I was busy working on my  book.  Now it is because I have not been posting anywhere or writing anything. Some of you know I was bitten by […]

8 Sensible Strategies to Reduce Pre-Travel Anxiety

June 13, 2021 by Melinda Blau

Advice from me to me — that you might find useful, too.  This piece also appears on Medium. 11 June 2021: My Dream I am frazzled and not yet packed. With me are two young women I know from the dog park. We went to the French Open, Roland Garros, two days earlier. I wonder what they’re doing in […]

My Vision: A Poem Written When It Felt Like I Was Losing It

June 5, 2021 by Melinda Blau

Introduction: Time Traveling with My Gerbil Brain My computer is a mess, and my brain is hyperactive. Everyday, I  write something other than what I’m meant to be working on.  It could be the germ of an idea or awareness, advice, a slice of my own life; a bit of prose or poetry, snippets of […]

Dear Board of Directors: An Open Letter from Condo Owners Everywhere

May 11, 2021 by Melinda Blau

Dear Board of Directors… This letter is to remind you, members of “the Board,” that you work for us – the owners who elected you. It is written on behalf of all who own property in a condominium development.  We are everywhere – from the Pacific Northwest to South Florida. Canada, too.  Different populations; surprisingly […]

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