Notes from the Middle

Issue No. 32

  The Midlife Pleasure of Being Bad at Something My eldest remarked this week on the relentless confidence with which I belt out the wrong lyrics to songs. This was...

Issue No. 31

  The Administrative Burden of Being a Person Friday morning, before I could begin the work I am actually paid to do, I needed to renew a prescription, reschedule a...

Issue No. 30

The House Next Door The neighbours from our old house came for dinner last night. Calling them “the neighbours” is technically accurate in the same way that calling someone you...

Issue No. 29

There are hidden blessings to middle age, and I do not think we discuss them enough. This may be because we are too busy discussing the other parts. The neck....

Issue No. 28

Yesterday I went to the hairdresser for my quarterly cut and colour. It is, by now, a small ritual. I park in roughly the same place. I arrive with a...

Issue No. 27

For the last two months, I have been in the final push of finishing my latest textbook, which means I have been living in a state that can only be...