This Creative Midlife is a project I began in 2017 at the age of 49 inspired by the unfathomable fact that I would soon be turning 50. Fifty? What the hell?
Although I have had a personal blog in various iterations since 2005, I decided I wanted to start a new site dedicated to coming to a better understanding of what it means to be what we generously refer to as “middle age” or “midlife.”
I am especially curious about the role of creativity plays and hopefully will continue to play later in life (thus the title). It seems that in recent years, creativity has become more important to me and feels like it will be an important element of my life as I grow older.
I have long been a writer and have had short stories published in Ayris Magazine, Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing, The Casserole, Contraposition, and The Penmen Review. A couple of those stories appear in my collection, Kindred Spirits.
In addition, I have had poetry appear in Small Brushes, Superior Poetry News and The Vermillion Literary Project. I have also had several professional publications associated with my 25 year (and counting) career as a librarian. Twenty-five years? What the hell?
Although I have been interested in photography for a while, I have only recently begun taking that interest seriously in the past few years. Some of my photos have appeared in several travel blogs, The Huffington Post and the websites for Forbes and Discover.
Even more recently, I have started dabbling with drawing and graphic design.
I have also written an introductory post explaining my intentions in more detail.
Another Wine Label Tracing Project in Procreate
I finished the tracing project I referred to in my January 2021 Update. It was another wine bottle to follow-up on the one I did in December 2020. As usual, I took a... READ MORE
Testing My New Replacement Cameras
As I mentioned in my January 2021 Update, I bought 2 cameras to replace 2 that had stopped working. I bought a Flexaret VI to replace my Flexaret VII. However, it seems like... READ MORE
Snow, the West, and Old Digital Cameras
We had an early February snowstorm which I was able to enjoy from the comfort of our apartment. We’ve been lucky that the weather hasn’t been particularly bad so far this winter. Restless... READ MORE
January 2021 Update
After the relative excitement of December with Holly’s birthday, Christmas, and our winter break, January settled back into the ongoing peace and quiet of our self-isolation. Heading back to work after break was... READ MORE
Favorite Photos from the 2nd Half of 2020
Back in July, I posted my favorite photos from the first half of the year. Now that it’s 2021, it’s about time to post my favorites from the second half of the year.... READ MORE
New Photo Light Box
As I mentioned in my December 2020 Update, Holly gave me a light box for Christmas. It wasn’t something I was thinking about getting, but now that I have it and have used... READ MORE