Build a book club and I will come! I’m serious. I’m a writer, and writers like to be read. (Perhaps not all do — this is conjecture; I can’t think of any.) Even more, writers like to hear others talk about their work. You don’t have to be part of an ongoing group to get […]
Reconnecting to Share Exciting News About the Trauma of My Last 5 Months
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 […]
Writing/Podcasting/Nurturing Our Relationship: Heartfelt Stories, Hard-Won Lessons, and Humor
Where the hell have you been, Melinda? Quick answer: NOT poolside. I’ve been publishing my work on Medium and recently added podcasting/writing to my resume (as guest and host). Checking in with you now and more regularly, I hope, will better our relationship. For a while now, I haven’t posted stories here and there. […]
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 […]
Tired of Fighting About Household Chores?
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 […]