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 […]
Stealing Words Is a Still a Crime: How To Show That We Care
No one knows who wrote the humorous gem that I copied below, but 105,000 people want to make themselves look good by posting it. Yesterday, I received a forwarded email that was sent to Rhoda who, in turn, emailed it to me — you know, the kind that starts with a dare… If you read […]
The Dilemma of a Writer in 2021: Is it Risky Asking Readers to Pay?
Back from a summer hiatus, dear Subscribers to MelindaBlau.com. Until now, I’ve made it easy for you to read what I post on Medium by publishing it here, too. I did this, because even with all that vies for your attention, you take the time to read me. I appreciate you who landed here by […]
My Vision: A Poem Written When It Felt Like I Was Losing It
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 […]
What Happens When You Switch from Writing to Painting?
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, […]