Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Nov 25, 2009, 2:17 pm
I love Thanksgiving—in fact, I love everything about it.  It is a wonderful American Holiday—perhaps it is even my very favorite of all Holidays.  First, I love the idea of h...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 9:52 am
Do you ever really get over your first love?  I have to think a person never really does.  As I have written previously—my first real love was my love of the theater and that bug bit me ha...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Nov 13, 2009, 3:07 pm
The purity of the fresh, white snow blanketing Cleveland belied the desperation of my own situation.  Looking out of a window in the abandoned, condemned building I had been calling home for the ...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Nov 4, 2009, 3:01 pm
Early in recovery, I was complaining about this and that (and likely everything!) to my good friend, Jim, who is also a wise Medicine Man of the Crow Tribe in Montana.  He smiled patiently while ...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Oct 28, 2009, 2:49 pm
I apologize for not having a podcast this week—Les and I are currently traveling and I forgot my recording equipment at home and I have not yet found a suitable replacement on the road.  My...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Oct 20, 2009, 2:54 pm
Michael and I decided to take the long way around on our way from San Francisco to Cleveland, Ohio, dipping south into Los Angeles for a brief visit with the aunt and uncle who had partially raised hi...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Oct 15, 2009, 1:54 pm
Les and I just returned from a visit to New York City, a place that holds so many memories for me.  Arriving at Penn Station last week, reflections of those experiences flooded my brain—some bi...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Oct 6, 2009, 11:47 am
I love autumn . . . love the name autumn—so why would anyone want to call it “fall?” Personally, I always preferred the term “autumn” to “fall” because ‘fall’ conjures up a negat...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Oct 1, 2009, 11:42 am
I apologize for there being no podcast for this short entry; I am terribly congested and find it hard to record today.  In fact, I think I have the swine flu!  At least my symptoms seem...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Sep 28, 2009, 10:06 am
  Things have been rather melancholy here around Melindaville.  I admit—I have been dark and somewhat disconsolate lately.  I’ve had a couple of experiences this summer that shook m...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Sep 23, 2009, 2:59 pm
  It was more than a year since I’d seen Sally and Sue (of Mutants fame), who were two of my closest friends for many years.  My old friends who had been around during my theater and early...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Sep 17, 2009, 9:24 am
I have confronted death on many occasions in my life—too many for someone as young as I am.  I have come close to death on many occasions myself and have witnessed friends dying—up close and ...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Sep 11, 2009, 10:29 am
It was a bad Holiday season all the way around—life had a bleak and gritty feel.  New York City winters are harsh and dismal.  Having grown up in the pristine beauty of Montana’s snow ki...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Sep 4, 2009, 10:58 am
My last two posts were disheartening.  I am sure the information about the predators saddened many of you—researching and writing those posts made me feel awful.   Confronted with inf...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Sep 2, 2009, 12:13 pm
After writing my last post, Do You Know This Man, I heard from so many women—and unbelievable number, really; some of whom left me a comment on this blog and others, through embarrassment or wanting...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Aug 25, 2009, 12:18 pm
The Internet is a wonderful place—it opens up an entire world of possibilities for anyone who has a computer and wants to venture in. The internet promises opportunities for almost every kind o...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Aug 19, 2009, 2:43 pm
If you asked me what is the most fearful situation I have ever been in, you might be surprised at my answer.  I’ve certainly been in some terrifying situations, including some dangerous encount...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Aug 13, 2009, 4:22 pm
I feel that train a comin’ It’s comin’ round the bend And I ain’t seen that sunshine, since I don’t know when . . .            --Johnn...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Aug 8, 2009, 11:55 am
As I was going through the photos I recently obtained from my mother’s album, looking for suitable ones for the book, I came across the following picture, which held me captive.  When this ...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Jul 31, 2009, 11:38 am
We opened Julie’s Hotline in a nondescript office on San Francisco’s posh Union Street, which is located in the Pacific Heights area of the city.   In Julie’s early days...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Jul 27, 2009, 5:29 pm
I finished the major editing of my memoir recently and have currently been reading through it, with my hands behind my back, forcing restraint on making any more edits.  My perfectionist tendenci...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Jul 21, 2009, 2:05 pm

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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Jul 15, 2009, 12:07 pm
I’ve always said, in a light-hearted manner, “If I’d known I was going to live this long, I would have taken much better care of my physical health and financial well being.”  I’ve ...
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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Jul 12, 2009, 12:19 pm

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Melinda Roberts Tyler posted an article on The Melindaville Blog - Jul 9, 2009, 10:14 am

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