Bryn MarlowFebruary 12, 2020 Bryn Marlow is the most creative and prolific diarists participating in the Everyday Life in Middletown Project. A recent, likely terminal,…
This week, we conclude our “Four Muncies” series by highlighting the directive written by “Lafe,” one of our most prolific and creative writer/volunteers. Lafe lives…
Last week on our blog, we heard from the Reluctant Transplant, who moved here with his spouse because of the availability of good jobs in…
As a relatively small city that houses a relatively large university and a regional hospital, Muncie has a sizable population of transplants–people not born in…
Today on the Everyday Life in Middletown blog, we begin a four-part series in which our volunteer writers share their thoughts and feelings about Muncie.…
Last winter, when we asked our volunteer writers to reflect on Muncie as a place, one message came through loud and clear: feelings about Muncie…
From the beginnings of Everyday Life in Middletown (EDLM), Muncie has been at the center of work. We take our name, of course, from the…
“The Christmas season–a mix of emotions, feelings, anxieties, joy and appreciation.” —Diarist A33, Dec. 15, 2018. December 15, the next-to-last Saturday before Christmas, dawned chilly…
Editors’ note: When we prompt our diarists to record the activities, thoughts, and feelings of a day, we invite them to be creative, to write…
Editor’s note: The diary below is, among many other things, an extraordinary record of the kinds of overloaded days that working parents experience as a…