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Dating: A Middle-Aged Widow’s Open Letter To The Man Who Thinks He Wants To Date Her

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December 12, 2017 March 30, 2018

If that fat bird can do it…

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Melinda Fargo

This short bio is written in the third person to make me sound important. Thank you.

Melinda ('Mel') is a freelance writer, successful blogger (What Mel Did, the artist formerly known as HerMelness Speaks), former newspaper columnist for the UK’s largest regional newspaper (The Eastern Daily Press), editor-in-chief of online magazine (Post-40 Bloggers), enthusiastic photographer (Instagram: @WhatMelDid, @IMissMyGarden, @ThisGirlCanon), social media maven and public speaker.

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