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In Praise of Exuberant Geezers Who Live, Love, and Laugh ’til They Die

You, too, can be an EG. Start now, and you’ll not only become a radical elder, you’ll have a better life on the way.

5 min readJul 26, 2023

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In Praise of Exuberant Geezers Who Live, Love, and Laugh ’til They Die

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LGBTQ: You Talkin’ to Me?

An Exploration of Pride, Identity, and A Writer’s 40-Year Journey to Be Who She Is

8 min readJun 6, 2022

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LGBTQ: You Talkin’ to Me?

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The Therapist Who Taught Me How to Have a Healthy Relationship

She opened my eyes to a simple technique that YOU can use to make your own relationship better, too. It works!

8 min readJan 5, 2022

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The Therapist Who Taught Me How to Have a Healthy Relationship

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The Best Stories of Melinda Blau — and Why This Took Forever

Sorting stories is as tedious as dishwashing. It lacks the allure of warm laundry. It requires picking and choosing some of my little…

7 min readNov 9, 2022

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The Best Stories of Melinda Blau — and Why This Took Forever

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Shock and Awe! I Survived Long Enough to Become Someone Else’s “Old Lady”

Strategies for enlisting courageous, productive and involved elders who exemplify how it’s done.

9 min readJan 26, 2022

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Shock and Awe! I Survived Long Enough to Become Someone Else’s “Old Lady”

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Now You See It — or Do You?

Why it’s possible to miss a blatant error in your own work and how to avoid it.

4 min read3 days ago

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Now You See It — or Do You?

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Meet Two New York Broads

Neighbors, a podcast, and oh, so much fun!

2 min readMar 17, 2024

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Meet Two New York Broads

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The Joy of True Collaboration

Discovering a video of one of my favorite editors, now a fiction writer, reminds me of what I crave whenever I’m writing.

3 min readMar 16, 2024

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The Joy of True Collaboration

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Road-Testing a Radical Idea: Admit to Yourself That You Know Nothing

Everything changes. We don’t know what‘s going to happen next, let alone tomorrow. That, says a renowned psychologist, is a good thing.

7 min readSep 27, 2023

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Road-Testing a Radical Idea: Admit to Yourself That You Know Nothing

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Do I Dare Write about Greed and Corporate Malfeasance…AGAIN?!

Modern dilemma: Refuse to reimburse the rental car company for their defective flat tire — or just pay the damn $146.72?

5 min readAug 1, 2023

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Do I Dare Write about Greed and Corporate Malfeasance…AGAIN?!

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Melinda Blau

Melinda Blau

Writer/speaker/observer of relationships, I'm a hip old lady at large. I cover the dramas we all play out. Writing's a bitch, but it makes me happy.

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