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…
This week on the Everyday Life in Middletown blog we introduce a new feature. We are giving you one of our volunteer diaries in its…
“How does everyday life feel to you? Do the habits and routines of the day-to-day press down on you like a dull weight? Do they…
Anxiety is having a cultural moment. Op-ed columns and TV news features have seized on anxiety as the definitive malady of our age. They point…