The following rumination, published first on Medium, was inspired by “my old ladies”… …women 20 or 25 years older whom I’ve befriended and gotten to know since I was 50. I now am old enough to be someone else’s “old lady.” Still, I continue to seek out “good” much-older women — though I’ve had to […]
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The Perils of Online Publishing
Am I Boring You With This — or Are You Interested a Writer’s Life, 2021? I fear that your answer is, “Not that again, Melinda!” Perhaps I’m wrong; perhaps you do care about the perils of online publishing. My evolution as a writer parallels other changing fields. I am like a lamplighter after […]
How Do I Avoid Thee?
An Ode to Procrastination (with apologies to the rightful author) This parody was originally published on Medium. I didn’t want you to miss it! Hey, fans. It’s here: “How to Not Write, 4.0” … I once again found myself updating my essay on how to avoid what you’re supposed to be writing by doing something else, even writing something else. […]
Here’s One Those Who Know Me Will Appreciate — and Probably Those Who Don’t….
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 […]