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NOTES FROM THE MIDDLE
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The Archive
Issue No. 35
The Pre-Vacation DelusionI am about to have more than a month off work, which means I have spent the past week constructing a schedule from...
Issue No. 34
Seven MinutesI run my life by timers.Not because I enjoy structure. Quite the opposite.Without one, I will disappear into a book. I'll decide it's the...
Issue No. 33
The Emotional Support ErrandI have an errand I run when I am tired, restless, mildly discouraged or simply need a break from myself.It is not,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Issue No. 26
We have quietly allowed software competence to masquerade as intelligence. A smart woman, a missing meeting link, and the small expected competencies that get mistaken for evidence of your worth.