On midlife vulnerability and custard
Where’s the fucking zest?
5 min readMay 7, 2023
“There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.” Margaret Mead
I just went to the post office, my first outing in weeks after a long, miserable (supposedly non-Covid) illness. Driving there, I felt like a naked baby bird, possibly not yet…