Melinda Blau

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A 45-Year-Old Scolds Tech Companies!

June 12, 2021 by Melinda Blau

Geezers don’t despair. Younger people feel it, too! “Tech is now for all of us, and yet the tech companies keep focusing on the nerds who want fancy gadgets.” Other than the fact that she starts out by apologizing for sounding like “a grumpy old man” (ageist stereotype)… I was thrilled to read New York […]

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 […]

Tired of Fighting About Household Chores?

June 2, 2021 by Melinda Blau

The Winning Strategy That Will Save Your Relationship This post also appears on Medium “When Cleaning Windows,” 1943. Photo by Austrian National Library on Unsplash   A Half-Century of Chore Wars It all started in the 70s, the result of that new-fangled notion of “gender equity.”  Before that, men and women had defined roles.  Mothers […]

I Don’t Usually Yell at Other Writers

May 29, 2021 by Melinda Blau

But I Can’t Keep My Mouth Shut Any Longer This piece is also on Medium   Something is very wrong with the punctuation used in the sentence below. I’ve seen many errors like this one on Medium and elsewhere on line: It often sounds like “good vibes only” or “just be positive”. The source of this […]

What Happens When You Switch from Writing to Painting?

May 28, 2021 by Melinda Blau

Hint: the voices quiet — and you slow down This piece also appears on Medium   …even more important than the painting we make is what happens to us when we make it. — Jerry Fresia, “The Real Reason We Paint” Past truths can be nudged out of hiding unexpectedly. I recently read a piece, […]

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