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Sep 6Liked by Kate Brennan

Spot on! I’m past mid-life (unless I live to be a centenarian), but/and could so relate to everything you wrote. “I purchase things with non-FDA approved medicinal properties, ancient remedies for some ailment I inherited by osmosis but cannot identify” —yes! to that and growing kale and being zero waste and having paint all over me.

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Paint away!

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Sep 6·edited Sep 6Liked by Kate Brennan

I'm with you 100%, Kate. What happened to the brontosaurus? "They" didn't cancel it like they did to poor, unassuming Pluto, did they? Is brontosaurus now a "dwarf dinosaur"?.... You know what? Don't tell me. With everything I ever knew to be true disappearing, let me have this one thing. This is midlife and I'd like to leave this world still holding some things sacred. Sigh...

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The loss of Pluto is rough. I saw a necklace with “all of the planets” and counted eight. I guess we should allow the world to evolve but also, I kind of want Pluto back.

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Loved it! Midlife is indeed a disorienting ride. Like suddenly realizing you are the only sober person at a wild party (or vice versa) that you didn't mean to attend. You question why you're here, what brought you, and if you'll ever find the exit 😂

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Baristas are sometimes the only adults I talk to all day... I want to give them gifts for making me feel like a person.

YES

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I definitely identify! I’m a new retiree and empty nester and my ideas and lack of commitment are endless. Today I got my first tattoo. Tomorrow I’ll probably buy a tipi online and realize I don’t know how to set it up. And don’t get me started on how disgusting it is to actually brew your own kombucha.

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