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About Me — Melinda Blau
Writer, Speaker, Social Observer, Lover of People and Their Stories
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” — Albert Einstein
For the past many decades and now on Medium, I’ve reported on the “soft” sciences (psychology, sociology, learning), as well as on social trends. Most recently —I’ve written about my life in Paris and the pandemic. But the theme that runs through all of my work is relationships. I cover the spectrum from consequential strangers to soulmates.
This is how I got here:
As a child…
Growing up, I was “the baby” in a household of adults, and to make sense of it all, I watched the dance between people. I’d sneak out of my room, crouch on the second-floor landing, and eavesdrop on conversations between my parents and my nine- and eleven-years-older siblings.
In college…
Circa the early 60s, I’d roam the dorm, a warren of rooms where girls gathered in rollers and bunny slippers. I listened to everyone’s problems. I can’t remember the face, only her story.
As a young adult…
My earliest jobs were in educational publishing, editing and writing textbooks and teacher’s guides. “Learning…
