About MoL.

Blogging without a GPS since 2010.

Hello and welcome to the Middle of Life.

Well, my life anyway. The title for this blog dawned on me one day when Eric Idle (of Monty Python fame for those of you out of the British Comedic loop) walked into the gallery in which I work. His presence spurred a memory – the point in the middle of the Monty Python film The Meaning of Life when it is announced in a booming voice, “Welcome to the Middle of the Film” followed by a big song and dance number. And there you have the source and inspiration for my blog title.

This blog is a place where I will share, and hopefully readers will relate to, what happens in the Middle of Life (or MoL). As different as we all are, separated by gender, socioeconomics, intelligence levels, marital status, vegetarianism, there are commonalities among humans. As humans we find solace in those commonalities, and I am human, etc. etc. You get the point, if you’re human.

Below are some of the points I’d like to discuss here at this stage in the life game:

AGING; health and subsequent deterioration of joints, skin, etc. I could just title this, WTF?

CAREER; how they keep a changin’ and challenging.

MONEY; that fluid, elusive, yet often abundant minx.

DIVERSIONS AND HOBBIES; what are they and how do we get new ones in MoL?

FRIENDSHIPS; how MoL affects them

RELATIONSHIPS; (the love kind); I just noticed that every other subtitle written so far could be applied to this title. So just do that.

ART; (visual, musical) it’s food and vital to our existence.

BOOKS; a staple of life at the beginning the middle and I’m thinking the end of life, too (and I’m talking real books with dusty pages and dog ears, people!)

WRITING; because that goes along with books as a staple. Also, I will chart the progress of my two stalled screenplays hoping that a public display of my years long procrastination will help spur me on to finish them. Or one. And authors – we will discuss authors, for what should be obvious reasons by now.

DAILY OBSERVATIONS: it is vital to observe our world. I am curious to compare my observations from the MoL perspective with others in the MoL or not. I’m thinking everything from the nightmare of Healthcare reform to kittens will show up here.

I am a 40-something woman with a grown child already out on her own. So what’s next in this phase of life with no child to care for and not even a cat?

Apparently, writing this blog is one thing and making my living as an art dealer is another. I’m looking forward to whatever comes next, like maybe learning how to play the cello and finishing at least one of my pathetically neglected screenplays.

Thanks for reading and thank you even more for sharing your own thoughts on this interesting place called the Middle of Life.

We shall see.

MoL

PS: All my photos and writings are seriously copyrighted, by very serious people in a big high rise skyscraper that looks serious. Seriously. If you want something, just ask and give credit where it is due.

© Susan Bush 2010