This post was first published in 2015. I was reminded of it recently after seeing “This One’s For the Girls,” a review of women’s loves and lives told through music.* Will You Miss Me? Do you think about me when you’re writing contracts Or on the tennis court When you’re walking to the office Or selling […]
To Hell and (I’m) Back
I came face-to-face with my early writing, ironically at the precise moment in time when all my online work disappeared into cyberspace! I recently sold my house in Massachusetts. Although I’d started decluttering years before, emptying out my house forced me — as my astute and dear friend Bertha reminded me — to “put your […]
How to Not Write
This piece has been rewritten and edited, emailed and critiqued more times than I can remember. This is the 2015 version. Since it was the first post I published on melindablau.com, it seemed fitting to trot it out again for this site’s resurrection! January 8, 2015. For weeks, I agonized about this first post. And […]
Kugel and Pork
Conventional wisdom dictates that headlines should not be obscure or cute. If “Kugel and Pork” leaves you wondering what this piece is about, I apologize. I just couldn’t resist. I have an affinity to such pairings. Once I commissioned a photographer to do a shoot using challah and a jar of Hellman’s — a wedding gift […]